Optical properties and thermal stability of pulsed-sputter-deposited AlxOy/Al/AlxOy multilayer absorber coatings

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Barshilia, Harish C ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a   Vignesh, G ^a   Rajam, K S ^a   Biswas, A ^b  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

AlxOy; Aluminum oxide; Multilayer absorbers; Optical properties; Performance criterion; Pulsed sputtering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; COATINGS; COPPER; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; MOLYBDENUM; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY; SUBSTRATES; SYSTEM STABILITY; TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VACUUM; VACUUM DEPOSITED COATINGS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALXOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; MULTILAYER ABSORBERS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PULSED SPUTTERING;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58549096888     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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