Energy-saving transparent heat mirrors based on tungsten oxide-gold WO 3/Au/WO 3 multilayer structures

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3183-3189

  Al Kuhaili, M F ^a   Al Aswad, A H ^a   Durrani, S M A ^a   Bakhtiari, I A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy efficient coatings; Gold; Heat mirror; Tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GOLD LAYER; HEAT MIRRORS; INFRARED REFLECTANCE; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; SMOOTH SURFACE; SPECTRAL TRANSMITTANCE; TUNGSTEN OXIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MIRRORS; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTRONS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTILAYERS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GOLD; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFLECTANCE; TRANSMITTANCE; TUNGSTEN; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866179292     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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