Colored selective absorber coating with excellent durability

Dan, Atasi and Chattopadhyay, Kamanio and Barshilia, Harish C and Basu, Bikramjit (2016) Colored selective absorber coating with excellent durability. In: THIN SOLID FILMS, 620 . pp. 17-22.

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Abstract

The colored solar-thermal collectors can provide advantages of architectural integration over energy performance. The colour appearance of the solar-thermal collectors can be achieved by increasing the number of layers. W/WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3 coating, fabricated by DC and RF magnetron sputtering showed a high solar absorptance of 0.948 and the low thermal emittance of 0.08 with a sky blue color appearance. The tandem absorber exhibited excellent long-term thermal stability at 500 degrees C in air for 150 h. The absorber deposited on SS substrates showed high solar selectivity (alpha/epsilon) of 0.918/0.11, even after heat treatment in air up to 500 degrees C for 100 h. The selective performance of the coating can be stable more than 25 years. The humidity test confirms the significant moisture resistant of the coating. In summary, the new W/WAlN/WAlON/Al2O3-based coating with its colourful appearance is appropriate to be used in solar thermal collectors. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	THIN SOLID FILMS
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2017 04:17
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2018 17:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/55920

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