Thermal resistance of nanoporous antireflective coatings on silica glass for solar tower receivers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2191-2196

  Helsch, G ^a   Mos A ^a   Deubener, J ^a,b   Holand M ^c  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Energie Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^c Landscape Architecture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antireflective coatings; Nanoporous silica film; Silica glass; Sintering; Solar tower receiver; Solgel dip coating

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; NANOPOROUS SILICA FILMS; SILICA GLASS; SOLAR TOWER RECEIVER; SOLGEL DIP-COATING;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS FILMS; FILM PREPARATION; FUSED SILICA; GLASS; GLASS PLANTS; HEAT RESISTANCE; RATE CONSTANTS; REFLECTION; SILICA; SINTERING; TOWERS; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 77957673118     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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