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Selective solar absorbers with tuned oxygen deficiency and methods of fabrication thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1632430
Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed towards the fabrication of a solar absorber comprising an IR reflector layer deposited on a substrate; a first cermet layer deposited in contact with the IR reflector layer; a second cermet layer deposited in contact with the first cermet layer; a first anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the second cermet layer; a second anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the first anti-reflection coating layer. A sputtering process may be used to deposit some or all of the layers, and the YSZ layers in each cermet layer may be deposited with a tuned partial oxygen pressure in order to form a layer that is oxygen-deficient.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
EE0005806; SC0001299
Assignee:
University of Houston System (Houston, TX); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
10,533,777
Application Number:
15/580,271
OSTI ID:
1632430
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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