Femtosecond laser treatments to tailor the optical properties of hafnium carbide for solar applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages 460-466

  Sciti, D ^a   Silvestroni, L ^a   Trucchi, D M ^b   Cappelli, E ^b   Orlando, S ^b   Sani, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Femtosecond laser; Hafnium carbide; Molybdenum disilicide; Patterning; Solar absorber

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

CERAMIC; HAFNIUM CARBIDE; MOLYBDENUM DISILICIDE; PATTERNING; SOLAR APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84908517775     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.037     Document Type: Article

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