Abstract:Solar technology operating at elevated temperature conditions demands accurate knowledge of the optical and thermal properties of the materials involved in the construction and operation of solar collectors, reactors, and energy storages, among many others. Thermal energy storage (TES) devices involve successive melting and crystallization processes, which result in high complexity materials where the morphology, composition, and porosity could be highly non-homogeneous. In these cases, contact techniques for … Show more
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