Textile solar light collectors based on models for polar bear hair

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1661-1667

  Bahners, Thomas ^a   Schlosser, Uwe ^a   Gutmann, Rainer ^b   Schollmeyer, Eckhard ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES TEXTILFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM NORD WEST E V   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Textilchemie und Chemiefasern   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fexible solar light collectors; Polar bear hair; Textile fibers

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; MAMMALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TEXTILE FIBERS; TEXTILES;

DIFFUSE SCATTERING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MODIFIED FIBERS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; POLAR BEARS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SOLAR LIGHT; TECHNICAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 55349141737     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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