Nanometric multi-scale rough, transparent and anti-reflective ZnO superhydrophobic coatings on high temperature solar absorber surfaces

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-224

  Barshilia, Harish C ^a   John, Siju ^a   Mahajan, Vishal ^a  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

Author keywords

Broadband anti reflection; High temperature solar selective coating; Sputtering; Superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ANTI-REFLECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; MULTISCALES; NANOMETRICS; PHOTOTHERMAL CONVERSION; SOLAR SELECTIVE COATING; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION; SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBERS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; VISIBLE RANGE; WATER REPELLENCY; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO;

CONTACT ANGLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SPUTTERING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; ZINC OXIDE;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 84867576000     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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