Numerical study on tungsten selective radiators with various micro/nano structures

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 762-765

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Kanamori, Yoshiaki ^b   Hane, Kazuhiro ^b   Yugami, Hiroo ^b   Yamaguchi, Masafumi ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL HOLES; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE-RELIEF GRATINGS;

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TUNGSTEN;

RADIATORS;

EID: 27944488805     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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