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Advanced process development for high reflector coatings on solar concentrator panels. Final letter report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/416928· OSTI ID:416928
Objectives were to develop and demonstrate the manufacturing process for vacuum deposition of low-cost thin-film high reflectance coatings onto large solar concentrator panels; demonstrate thin-film deposition processes for commercialization of this technology by United Solar Technologies (UST); apply reflective coatings to solar concentrator panels for prototype application by UST.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
416928
Report Number(s):
PNNL--11374; ON: DE97050536; CRN: C/PNL--021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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