Wavelength-selective solar thermal absorber with two-dimensional nickel gratings

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Lee, Bong Jae ^a   Chen, Yu Bin ^b   Han, Sunwoo ^a   Chiu, Feng Cheng ^b   Lee, Hyun Jin ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

rigorous coupled wave analysis; solar thermal absorber; two dimensional grating

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR THERMAL ABSORBERS; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84897107188     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026954     Document Type: Article

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