A novel route to prepare weather resistant, durable antireflective films for solar glass

Solar Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-126

  Xin, Chongfei ^a,b   Peng, Cheng ^a   Xu, Yudong ^a   Wu, Jianqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Antireflective films; Durability; High transmittance; Sol gel preparation; Solar glass

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTIREFLECTIVE FILMS; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SOL GEL PREPARATIONS; SOLAR GLASS; TRANSMISSION SPEED; WEATHER RESISTANCE;

CATALYSIS; COATINGS; DURABILITY; GLASS; SILICA; SILICONES; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

FILM PREPARATION;

CATALYSIS; COATING; GEL; GLASS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLAR POWER; SOLVENT; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 84877791524     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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