Structure, Optical properties, and Thermal stability of Co3O4-Silicone Rubber as a solar selective absorber for solar thermal energy conversion | ||
| Journal of Basic and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 49-56 PDF (559.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jbes.2022.372065 | ||
| Authors | ||
| T. Y. Elrasasi* 1; B. Abdalla2; M. Elmansy1 | ||
| 1Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Basic Science, High Institute of Engineering and Technology in El-Arish, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the present work, Cobalt tetra oxide (Co3O4) nanoparticles have been added to Silicon rubber (SiR) at different concentrations to be used as a solar selective material for thermal solar heaters. The prepared samples have been characterized by using XRD, FT-IR, SEM, TGA, and DSC. The absorbance and the emittance have been calculated from the reflection spectra of the UV-Vis-NIR in the range from 300 to 2500 nm. The investigated samples exhibited integral solar absorbance values of about 91% and emittance values of about 8.7%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Thermal solar energy; Selective absorber; Optical properties | ||
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