Highly efficient and durable solar thermal energy harvesting <i>via</i> scalable hierarchical coatings inspired by stony corals

Authors: Juan F. Torres, Kaoru Tsuda, Yasushi Murakami, Yifan Guo, Sahar Hosseini, Charles-Alexis Asselineau, Mahdiar Taheri, Kurt Drewes, Antonio Tricoli, Wojciech Lipiński, Joe Coventry

Published: 2022-03-28

DOI: 10.1039/d1ee03028k

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Stony coral morphology inspires ultra-stable sunlight absorber structure with highest reported absorptance for high-temperature solar thermal applications.