Microstructure and Optical Properties of SS/Mo/Al2O3 Spectrally Selective Solar Absorber Coating

Structural, morphological, and optical characterizations of Mo, CrN and Mo:CrN sputtered coatings for potential solar selective applications

“…The simulated data was well-consistent with the experimental and low emittance. It was reported that the controlled surface roughness and larger aspect ratio improves the solar absorption and reduces the thermal emittance values of this coating [12]. Tauc-Lorentz and Drude free-electron theories were used to model the optical constants and the dielectric nature of the coatings was reported.…”

The Effect of Nitrogen Flow Rate on the Loadbearing Capacity from Nano- to Macro-Hardness of Austenitic Stainless Steels Magnetron Sputtering-Coated with Stainless Steel Films

“…Magnetron-sputtering allows the covering of diverse substrate materials with protective superficial layers of different SS specifications [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] . Films with thicknesses in the order of magnitude of 1.0 μm can be obtained straightforwardly on either heated or unheated substrates or as interlayers [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] . Zhang et al 4 reported on the phase stability of SS films as a function of both target chemical composition and external substrate heating.…”

“…The increased use of SS films in diverse technological areas has been driven by their magnetic properties 5,6 , electrical properties 7,8 , corrosion resistance 2,3,9 , biocompatibility performance 10 , and surface reflective properties [11][12][13] . Aldrich-Smith et al 19 compared the antiwear performance of SS films with typical CrN tribological films, and saw that sputtered SS films are neither intrinsically anti-scratch nor antiwear materials.…”

Thermal stability investigation of the SS/MO/Al2O3 spectrally selective solar absorber coatings

“…In the previous work, we have developed an SS/Mo/ Al 2 O 3 solar absorber coating, in which metal Mo and dielectric material Al 2 O 3 work as the main absorber layer and an antireflection layer, respectively [19]. The detailed microstructure and optical properties are discussed.…”