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Title: Solar Synthesis of Advanced Materials: A Solar Industrial Program Initiative

Abstract

This is an initiative for accelerating the use of solar energy in the advanced materials manufacturing industry in the United States. The initiative will be based on government-industry collaborations that will develop the technology and help US industry compete in the rapidly expanding global advanced materials marketplace. Breakthroughs in solar technology over the last 5 years have created exceptional new tools for developing advanced materials. Concentrated sunlight from solar furnaces can produce intensities that approach those on the surface of the sun and can generate temperatures well over 2000{degrees}C. Very thin layers of illuminated surfaces can be driven to remarkably high temperatures in a fraction of a second. Concentrated solar energy can be delivered over large areas, allowing for rapid processing and high production rates. By using this technology, researchers are transforming low-cost raw materials into high-performance products. Solar synthesis of advanced materials uses bulk materials and energy more efficiently, lowers processing costs, and reduces the need for strategic materials -- all with a technology that does not harm the environment. The Solar Industrial Program has built a unique, world class solar furnace at NREL to help meet the growing need for applied research in advanced materials. Many new advancedmore » materials processes have been successfully demonstrated in this facility, including the following: Metalorganic deposition, ceramic powders, diamond-like carbon materials, rapid heat treating, and cladding (hard coating).« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
5351540
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-453-4734
ON: DE92010575
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; MATERIALS; PRODUCTION; SOLAR FURNACES; USES; CARBON; CERAMICS; DEPOSITION; INCONEL 600; POWDERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION; SYNTHESIS; ALLOY-NI76CR15FE8; ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM ADDITIONS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CONVERSION; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY SOURCES; EQUIPMENT; FURNACES; HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS; HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS; INCONEL ALLOYS; IRON ALLOYS; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL BASE ALLOYS; NIMONIC; NONMETALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIU; TITANIUM ADDITIONS; solar energy; advanced materials; manufacturing; ecomonic potential; 140909* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Miscellaneous Solar Applications- (1980-); 360000 - Materials

Citation Formats

Lewandowski, Allan. Solar Synthesis of Advanced Materials: A Solar Industrial Program Initiative. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/5351540.
Lewandowski, Allan. Solar Synthesis of Advanced Materials: A Solar Industrial Program Initiative. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5351540
Lewandowski, Allan. 1992. "Solar Synthesis of Advanced Materials: A Solar Industrial Program Initiative". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5351540. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5351540.
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title = {Solar Synthesis of Advanced Materials: A Solar Industrial Program Initiative},
author = {Lewandowski, Allan},
abstractNote = {This is an initiative for accelerating the use of solar energy in the advanced materials manufacturing industry in the United States. The initiative will be based on government-industry collaborations that will develop the technology and help US industry compete in the rapidly expanding global advanced materials marketplace. Breakthroughs in solar technology over the last 5 years have created exceptional new tools for developing advanced materials. Concentrated sunlight from solar furnaces can produce intensities that approach those on the surface of the sun and can generate temperatures well over 2000{degrees}C. Very thin layers of illuminated surfaces can be driven to remarkably high temperatures in a fraction of a second. Concentrated solar energy can be delivered over large areas, allowing for rapid processing and high production rates. By using this technology, researchers are transforming low-cost raw materials into high-performance products. Solar synthesis of advanced materials uses bulk materials and energy more efficiently, lowers processing costs, and reduces the need for strategic materials -- all with a technology that does not harm the environment. The Solar Industrial Program has built a unique, world class solar furnace at NREL to help meet the growing need for applied research in advanced materials. Many new advanced materials processes have been successfully demonstrated in this facility, including the following: Metalorganic deposition, ceramic powders, diamond-like carbon materials, rapid heat treating, and cladding (hard coating).},
doi = {10.2172/5351540},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5351540}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
}