High performance multi-scaled nanostructured spectrally selective coating for concentrating solar power

Nano Energy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 238-246

  Moon, Jaeyun ^a   Lu, Dylan ^b   VanSaders, Bryan ^a,b   Kim, Tae Kyoung ^a   Kong, Seong Deok ^a,c   Jin, Sungho ^a   Chen, Renkun ^a   Liu, Zhaowei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Effective medium theory; Multi scaled nanostructures; Spectrally selective coating

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DESIGN; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

BLACK BODY RADIATION; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OPERATIONS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE COATINGS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84903787431     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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