Angle-dependent light scattering in materials with controlled diffuse solar optical properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 84, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 427-439

  Jonsson, Jacob C ^a   Karlsson, Linus ^a   Nostell, Per ^a   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^a   Smith, Geoffrey B ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angle dependence; Daylighting; Light scattering

Indexed keywords

DAYLIGHTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIGMENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUN HOODS; TITANIUM; VOLUME FRACTION;

ANGLE-DEPENDENCE; ENERGY EFFICIENT MATERIALS; MIE THEORY; RADIATIVE COOLING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 4243141793     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.02.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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