Nano-Cr-film-based solar selective absorber with high photo-thermal conversion efficiency and good thermal stability

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 28953-28962

  Zhou, Wei Xi ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Hu, Er Tao ^a   Zhao, Yuan ^a   Sheng, Ming Yu ^a   Zheng, Yu Xiang ^a   Wang, Song You ^a   Lee, Young Pak ^b   Wang, Cai Zhuang ^c   Lynch, David W ^c   Chen, Liang Yao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSITION METALS;

ABSORBING LAYERS; FILM STRUCTURE; INFRARED REGIONS; K9 GLASS SUBSTRATE; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING METHOD; METAL MATERIALS; MULTILAYER STACKS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHOTO-THERMAL; SELECTIVE PROPERTIES; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL EMITTANCE; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

CHROMIUM; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION; CHROMIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872013152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.028953     Document Type: Article

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