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Title
Optical properties of solar absorber materials and structures / Liang-Yao Chen, editor.
ISBN
9789811634925 (electronic bk.)
9811634920 (electronic bk.)
9811634912
9789811634918
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-3492-5 doi
Call Number
TK2960
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.31/244
Summary
This book presents an overview of both the theory and experimental methods required to realize high efficiency solar absorber devices. It begins with a historical description of the study of spectrally selective solar absorber materials and structures based on optical principles and methods developed over the past few decades. The optical properties of metals and dielectric materials are addressed to provide the background necessary to achieve high performance of the solar absorber devices as applied in the solar energy field. In the following sections, different types of materials and structures, together with the relevant experimental methods, are discussed for practical construction and fabrication of the solar absorber devices, aiming to maximally harvest the solar energy while at the same time effectively suppressing the heat-emission loss. The optical principles and methods used to evaluate the performance of solar absorber devices with broad applications in different physical conditions are presented. The book is suitable for graduate students in applied physics, and provides a valuable reference for researchers working actively in the field of solar energy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 8, 2021).
Series
Topics in applied physics ; v. 142. 1437-0859
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811634918
1. Introduction
2. Conventional electromagnetic theory
3. Optical properties of the solar materials
4. Optical characteristic of the solar absorbers
5. Intrinsic solar selective materials
6. Semiconductor-metal tandems
7. Metal-dielectric-based multilayers
8. Metal-dielectric-composited cermets
9. Nano-textured surface structures
10. Photonic-crystal-based metamaterials and designs
11. Experimental methods
12. Broad applications of the solar selective absorbers
13. Summary
14. Acknowledgement.
