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Solar selective coatings for solar thermal flat-plate collectors consisting of crystalline copper oxides and amorphous nickel oxide composites were obtained by robotic spray pyrolyzed deposition. The parameters were optimized for increased spectral selectivity (S): high solar absorptance and low thermal emittance. The coatings were deposited using nickel and copper acetate, dissolved in mixed solvents with various water: ethanol ratios. The coatings’ properties were characterized in terms of crystalline composition (XRD), surface morphology (AFM, contact angle) and optical properties (solar absorptance, thermal emittance and spectral selectivity). Considering the precursor solutions composition (solvent, wetting behaviour), the growth processes were modelled for two different systems: predominant hydrophilic and predominant hydrophobic. The high selectivity values (S > 30) of the optimized composite coatings were explained based on two parallel mechanisms: intrinsic absorption and multiple reflections generated when absorbers with controlled roughness are deposited.
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This paper is supported by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD) Post-Doctoral Studies, financed from the European Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under contract number, POSDRU 59323.
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DUDITA, M., ISAC, L. & DUTA, A. Influence of solvents on properties of solar selective coatings obtained by spray pyrolysis. Bull Mater Sci 35, 997–1002 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-012-0381-8
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