Surfaces for selective absorption of solar energy: an annotated bibliography 1955?1981

Niklasson, Gunnar A.; Granqvist, Claes G.

doi:10.1007/bf00540724

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“…This absorber must strongly absorb the sunlight, while ideally losing little heat to the environment via convection and radiation. An absorber which has strong solar absorptance and low infrared (IR) emittance is called a spectrally-selective absorber 9,10 . In this review, we focus on spectrallyselective absorbers based on cermets, which are mixtures of ceramics and metals.…”

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A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

Cao

McEnaney

Chen

et al. 2014

Energy Environ. Sci.

432

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Spectrally-selective solar absorbers harvest solar energy in the form of heat. Solar absorbers using cermet-based coatings demonstrate a high absorptance of the solar spectrum and a low emittance in the infrared (IR) regime. Extensive work has been done to optimize cermet-based solar absorbers to achieve high performance by exploring different cermet (ceramic-metal composite) materials and film configurations through different preparation techniques such as electrodeposition, sputtering, pulsed laser deposition, and solution-based methods. In this article, we review the progress of cermet-based spectrally-selective absorbers with high solar absorptance and low thermal emittance, such as Cr 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , AlN, SiO 2 , and ZrO 2 based cermets as absorption layers. We also present an outlook for cermet-based spectrally-selective absorbers with high thermal stability and high conversion efficiency from sunlight to heat.

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Section: Figmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

Cao

McEnaney

Chen

et al. 2014

Energy Environ. Sci.

432

285

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“…The metal particles in the cermet act as a modifier for the optical response of the ceramic phase [50,88]. The absorption in a cermet coating is a result of light scattering by the boundaries between the metallic phase and the oxide (dielectric) phase [89,90].…”

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Developments in the synthesis of flat plate solar selective absorber materials via sol–gel methods: A review

Amri

Jiang

Pryor

et al. 2014

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

140

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“…Materials of solar-thermal energy conversion have been studied for several decades [1,2]. A variety of selective surfaces have been proposed and fabricated for solar thermal applications.…”

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The influence of oxygen in TiAlOxNy on the optical properties of colored solar-absorbing coatings

Zhu

Mao

Zhao

2012

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

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Abstract:Low cost and ease of fabrication are important factors for solar-thermal applications in energyefficient buildings. This contribution reports the influence of oxygen on structure, optical properties and chromaticity of TiAlO x N y thin films prepared by DC magnetron sputtering. It is an extension of a previous study on colored solar-thermal absorbers based on titanium-aluminum nitride. The purpose is to investigate the possibility of using TiAlO x N y as middle layer to achieve a gradient effect.The results reveal that the structure and optical properties of the TiAlO x N y coatings are sensitive to the oxygen content under certain sputtering conditions. The ratio of oxygen/nitrogen of 0.7:10 is the most appropriate to form the crystalline structure of TiAlON. The optical constants of TiAlN and TiAlON were deduced by fitting the experimental data. It shows that both the refractive index (n) and the extinction coefficient (κ) are decreased when oxygen is introduced to form titanium-aluminium nitro-oxide. The gradient effect can be achieved and controlled by adjusting the ratio of oxygen/nitrogen flow during the process to enhance solar absorptance while keeping the desired color appearance.

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Surfaces for selective absorption of solar energy: an annotated bibliography 1955?1981

Cited by 123 publications

References 295 publications

A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

Developments in the synthesis of flat plate solar selective absorber materials via sol–gel methods: A review

The influence of oxygen in TiAlOxNy on the optical properties of colored solar-absorbing coatings

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