Effect of accelerated thermal ageing on the selective solar thermal harvesting properties of multiwall carbon nanotube/nickel oxide nanocomposite coatings

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roro, Kittessa T ^a   Mwakikunga, Bonex ^a   Tile, Ngcali ^a,b   Yalisi, Brian ^a,b   Forbes, Andrew ^a,b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NICKEL COATINGS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; TESTING; YARN;

ABSORPTANCE; ACCELERATED THERMAL AGING; CARBON ATOMS; MULTI-WALLED-CARBON-NANOTUBES; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PROPERTY; SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER; SOLAR THERMAL; THERMAL AGING TESTS;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84863647742     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/678394     Document Type: Article

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