[HTML][HTML] A review of high-temperature selective absorbing coatings for solar thermal applications

K Xu, M Du, L Hao, J Mi, Q Yu, S Li - Journal of Materiomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar selective absorbing coatings directly harvest solar energy in the form of heat. The
higher temperatures are required to drive higher power-cycle efficiencies in favor of lower …

Optical characterization of TiAlNx/TiAlNy/Al2O3 tandem solar selective absorber coatings

A Soum-Glaude, A Le Gal, M Bichotte, C Escape… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar selective absorber coatings, consisting in a TiAlN x/TiAlN y tandem absorber with low
(metallic-like) and high (semiconductor-like) nitrogen content, and an Al 2 O 3 antireflective …

Design and fabrication of spectrally selective TiAlC/TiAlCN/TiAlSiCN/TiAlSiCO/TiAlSiO tandem absorber for high-temperature solar thermal power applications

J Jyothi, H Chaliyawala, G Srinivas… - Solar energy materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
A new nanostructured TiAlC/TiAlCN/TiAlSiCN/TiAlSiCO/TiAlSiO tandem absorber has been
designed for high-temperature solar thermal power applications. The first three layers in this …

Maximizing concentrated solar power (CSP) plant overall efficiencies by using spectral selective absorbers at optimal operation temperatures

K Burlafinger, A Vetter, CJ Brabec - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Selective absorbers for CSP plants to suppress thermal losses and to increase the efficiency
is a promising topic and strong scientific efforts have been spent on how to design and …

Spectrally selective absorber coating of WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3 for solar thermal applications

A Dan, J Jyothi, K Chattopadhyay, HC Barshilia… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A novel WAlN/WAlON/Al 2 O 3 coating was successfully deposited on stainless
steel (SS) substrate using reactive DC and RF magnetron sputtering. Excellent spectrally …

Enhancing spectrally selective response of W/WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3–based nanostructured multilayer absorber coating through graded optical constants

A Dan, A Biswas, P Sarkar, S Kashyap… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the field of concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies, multilayer absorber coatings
are widely being investigated. The spectral properties of selective coatings can be tailored …

Levelized cost of energy (LCOE) metric to characterize solar absorber coatings for the CSP industry

A Boubault, CK Ho, A Hall, TN Lambert, A Ambrosini - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The contribution of each component of a power generation plant to the levelized cost of
energy (LCOE) can be estimated and used to increase the power output while reducing …

The spectral selective absorbing characteristics and thermal stability of SS/TiAlN/TiAlSiN/Si3N4 tandem absorber prepared by magnetron sputtering

J Feng, S Zhang, Y Lu, H Yu, L Kang, X Wang, Z Liu… - Solar Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Spectrally selective TiAlN/TiAlSiN/Si 3 N 4 multilayer coatings were deposited on
stainless steel (SS) plate using a reactive direct current magnetron sputtering technique. In …

Optical simulation, characterization and thermal stability of Cr2O3/Cr/Cr2O3multilayer solar selective absorber coatings

AB Khelifa, A Soum-Glaude, S Khamlich… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Cr 2 O 3/Cr/Cr 2 O 3 multilayered selective solar absorber coating was deposited
onto stainless steel substrates using electron beam vacuum evaporation at room …

[HTML][HTML] Natural convection in vertical solar heat collector nanotextured with reduced graphene oxide and silver nanowires

T Kim, CS Ahn, C Park, BY Kim, J Huh… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a vertical shaft is coated using silver nanowires (AgNWs) together with reduced
graphene oxide (rGO) via the supersonic spray-coating technique to enhance the absorption …