Cost-effective nanoporous SiO2-TiO2 coatings on glass substrates with antireflective and self-cleaning properties

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1198-1205

  Miao, Lei ^a   Su, Li Fen ^a,e   Tanemura, Sakae ^a,b   Fisher, Craig A J ^c   Zhao, Li Li ^a   Liang, Qing ^d   Xu, Gang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^d HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antireflective; Glass substrate; Self cleaning; Sol gel dip coating; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; COATINGS; GLASS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTI-REFLECTIVE; ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYERS; BAND-EDGE ABSORPTION; GLASS SUBSTRATES; SELF-CLEANING; SELF-CLEANING COATINGS; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SOL GEL DIP COATING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ANATASE; COATING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; DURABILITY; GEL; HARDNESS; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84884209345     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.043     Document Type: Article

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