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Coatings for enhanced photothermal energy collection I. Selective absorbers
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For economical and efficient utilization of solar energy various types of absorber coatings and preparations can be used for solar collectors as discussed by the authors, and several varieties of commercial and research selective absorbers are reviewed and tabulated for application.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials.The article was published on 1979-06-01. It has received 163 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofluids in solar collectors & Absorption (electromagnetic radiation).read more
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Review of physical vapor deposited (PVD) spectrally selective coatings for mid- and high-temperature solar thermal applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art physical vapor deposited solar selective coatings used for solar thermal applications with an emphasis on sputter deposited coatings for high-temperature applications.
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Concentrating Solar Power.
Lee A. Weinstein,James Loomis,James Loomis,Bikram Bhatia,David M. Bierman,Evelyn N. Wang,Gang Chen +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-Energy) gave DE-AR0000471 and DE-ARM0000181 for the first time, respectively.
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Optical Properties of (Oxy)Nitride Materials: A Review
Rong-Jun Xie,Hubertus T. Hintzen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the optical properties of (Oxy)nitride materials, including refractive index, reflectance, absorbance, band gap, photoluminescence, and transmittance, are discussed.
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Heat mirror coatings for energy conserving windows
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of heat-mirror deposition technology including chemical vapor deposition using hydrolysis and pyrolysis reactions, dc and rf sputtering using reactive, biased and nonreactive techniques, vapor deposition and ion plating.
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Radiative heating and cooling with spectrally selective surfaces.
TL;DR: The ideal spectral properties are treated, an illustrative experimental example of how well this goal can be realized is given, and a corresponding theoretical curve is shown indicating to what extent the measured results can be theoretically understood.
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Applied solar energy. An introduction
TL;DR: In this paper, an introduction to the theory that must be mastered in order to engineer and evaluate the performance of solar energy systems is presented, and the authors build the necessary background and information in successive chapters, culminating in a section on representative applications.
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Spectral reflectance properties of black chrome for use as a solar selective coating
TL;DR: The spectral reflectance properties of a commercially prepared black chrome on steel have been measured as discussed by the authors, and the results indicate absorptivity-to-emissivity (αϵ) values of 9·8, 13.8, 8·0 and 1·00, respectively.
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Thin film coatings in solar−thermal power systems
R. E. Peterson,J. W. Ramsey +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of selective absorber coatings and antireflection coatings on both flat plate and concentrating type solar collectors is covered. And the results of durability life tests on a high-temperature stable, vacuum-evaporated absorber coating consisting of layers of Al 2O3−Mo−Al2O3 are reported.
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A new concept for solar energy thermal conversion
TL;DR: In this article, a new approach to the conversion of solar energy to heat is proposed, which consists of a dense array of metal whiskers grown with spacings of a few wavelengths of visible light, and achieves significant optical absorption by trapping the light by a geometric maze effect.
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Selective black absorbers using rf‐sputtered Cr2O3/Cr cermet films
John C. C. Fan,Steven A. Spura +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the optical constants of Cr2O3/Cr films over the composition range up to 35 vol% Cr were determined and it was found that films containing 29 vol%Cr are nearly optimum for this application.