Optical, thermal and structural characteristics of carbon nanoparticles embedded in ZnO and NiO as selective solar absorbers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1285-1292

  Katumba, G ^a   Olumekor, L ^b   Forbes, A ^a,c   Makiwa, G ^b   Mwakikunga, B ^a,d   Lu, J ^e   Wackelgard E ^f  

^a Biomedical Translational Research Initiative   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon nanoparticles; Dielectric matrices; Selective solar absorbers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CLADDING; AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON; COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; GELATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL; SCANNING; SECONDARY EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILICONES; SOLAR ENERGY; TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ACCELERATED AGEING; ACCELERATED AGEING TESTS; CARBON NANOPARTICLES (CNP); CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ANALYSIS (XRQ); CLIMATE CHAMBERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY (EELS).; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM AND SEM); ELSEVIER (CO); EMITTANCE; EMITTANCES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE; FINE STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (HR-TEM); MATRIX MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO; NANOMETRIC GRAIN SIZE; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PERFORMANCE CRITERION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION (SAED); SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUES; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD);

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 47049110056     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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