Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

Solar thermal absorber coatings play a key role in the thermal efficiency of receivers for
applications in the field of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). The development of stable …

Luca Mascaretti completed his PhD in 2018 at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Afterwards, he has
worked as a postdoc researcher at the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and …

Micro/nanostructures play a key role in tuning the radiative properties of materials and have
been applied to high-temperature energy conversion systems for improved performance …

Understanding thermal emissivity at high temperatures is crucial for developing efficient
materials for solar thermal applications. We present a new approach for creating an efficient …

The directional spectral emissivities of four new copper-alloyed spinel coatings for
concentrated solar power applications were measured up to 800° C and compared …

In this work, for the first time, we studied the temperature-dependent spectral emittance of
highly refractory ceramics, eg silicon carbide (SiC) and two ultra-high temperature ceramics …

A spectrally selective TiAlC/TiAlCN/TiAlSiCN/TiAlSiCO/TiAlSiO coating was deposited on
stainless steel substrate by unbalanced magnetron sputtering system. Each individual layer …

An intercomparison of opto-thermal spectral measurements has been performed for some
relevant receiver materials in concentrating solar thermal applications, from room …

The emissivity of two unencapsulated photovoltaic cells has been measured by a direct
radiometric method, between 30 and 50° C, and indirectly at room temperature. The …