Design of selective coatings for solar thermal applications using subwavelength metal-dielectric structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7410, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sergeant, Nicholas P ^a   Agrawal, Mukul ^a   Peumansa, Peter ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Grating; Metal dielectric; Solar selective coatings; Solar thermal; Thermophotovoltaics; V groove

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RANGE; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DIELECTRIC STACK; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; INCIDENT LIGHT; METAL-DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES; METALLIC FEATURE; NANO SCALE; SELECTIVE COATINGS; SOLAR SELECTIVE COATING; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL CONTROL; SPECTRAL SELECTIVITY; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THERMAL EMISSIVITY; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGIES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS; V GROOVES; V-GROOVE;

COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HIGH PASS FILTERS; METALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL METALS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 70449635532     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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