Structure and optical properties of AgAl2O3 nanocermet solar selective coatings prepared using unbalanced magnetron sputtering

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1707-1715

  Barshilia, Harish C ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^a   Rajam, K S ^a   Biswas, A ^b  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Nanocermet; Solar selective coating; Sputtering; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER COATINGS; ABSORPTANCE; ABSORPTION BAND; AG NANOPARTICLE; AMORPHOUS ALUMINA; ANNEALING IN VACUUM; COLLECTIVE OSCILLATIONS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DE-FRAGMENTATION; DIELECTRIC MATRIXES; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IN-VACUUM; INFRARED REGIONS; LOW EMITTANCE; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCERMETS; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; PULSED DIRECT CURRENT; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY; RAMAN PEAK; SOLAR SELECTIVE COATING; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBERS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; THERMAL STABILITY; UNBALANCED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COATINGS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTOEXCITATION; PLASMONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VACUUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 79955477536     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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