A Feasible and Promising Strategy for Improving the Solar Selectivity and Thermal Stability of Cermet-Based Photothermal Conversion Coatings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation and Annealing
2.2. Characterization
2.3. Optical Properties Tests
2.4. Numerical Simulations
3. Results
3.1. Optical Properties and Thermal Stability of the Multilayer Coatings
3.2. Microstructural and Compositional Evolution of the Solar Selective Absorbing Coatings during Long-Term Annealing
4. Discussion
4.1. Spectrally Selective Absorbing Mechanism of the Layered Multilayer Coating
4.2. Thermal Strengthening Mechanism
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Annealing Time, h | α | ε | α/ε | PC |
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0 | 0.909 | 0.163 | 5.58 | - |
100 | 0.911 | 0.150 | 6.07 | −0.0085 |
200 | 0.913 | 0.144 | 6.34 | −0.7785 |
300 | 0.914 | 0.157 | 5.82 | −0.008 |
400 | 0.916 | 0.180 | 5.09 | 0.0015 |
500 | 0.917 | 0.180 | 5.09 | 0.0005 |
600 | 0.918 | 0.180 | 5.10 | −0.0005 |
700 | 0.919 | 0.183 | 5.02 | 0 |
800 | 0.920 | 0.185 | 4.97 | 0 |
900 | 0.923 | 0.185 | 4.99 | −0.003 |
1000 | 0.922 | 0.185 | 4.98 | −0.002 |
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Wang, X.; Kang, Y.; Yuan, X.; Gong, D.; Li, K. A Feasible and Promising Strategy for Improving the Solar Selectivity and Thermal Stability of Cermet-Based Photothermal Conversion Coatings. Materials 2022, 15, 6847. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196847
Wang X, Kang Y, Yuan X, Gong D, Li K. A Feasible and Promising Strategy for Improving the Solar Selectivity and Thermal Stability of Cermet-Based Photothermal Conversion Coatings. Materials. 2022; 15(19):6847. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196847
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Xiaobo, Yabin Kang, Xiaopeng Yuan, Dianqing Gong, and Kewei Li. 2022. "A Feasible and Promising Strategy for Improving the Solar Selectivity and Thermal Stability of Cermet-Based Photothermal Conversion Coatings" Materials 15, no. 19: 6847. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15196847