Quantifying the efficacy of solar selective absorber materials: The case of carbon nanoparticles dispersed in SiO2, ZnO, and NiO matrices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7046, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Katumba, G ^a   Forbes, A ^a,b   Olumekor, L ^c   Makiwa, G ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Efficacy; rms deviations; Solar absorptance; Step function; Thermal emittance

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; GELATION; REFLECTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EFFICACY; RMS DEVIATIONS; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE; STEP FUNCTION; THERMAL EMITTANCE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 56249100071     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.793705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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