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Solar selective coatings and materials for high-temperature solar thermal applications

Escobar Galindo, R.; Krause, M.; Niranjan, K.; Barshilia, H.

In this chapter, we will present and summarize the latest innovative materials science approaches devoted to increase the CSP plant efficiency by implementing higher operation temperatures and reducing the levelized costs of electricity (LCOE). The chapter is organized as follows: The first section provides statistical data (Section 13.3.1) and the basic knowledge (Section 13.3.2) necessary to understand the state-of-the-art and the recent R&D directions of the field “high-temperature solar thermal applications”. In the second section 13.2 we introduce the concept of solar selectivity. Based on realistic operational parameters of CSP plants, their potentials and limitations are discussed and graphically illustrated. State-of-the-art results from the last decade are briefly reviewed in the third section for: absorber paints (Section 13.3.1), solar selective coatings (SSCs) (Section 13.3.2), and volumetric receivers (Section 13.3.3). The fourth Section 13.4 focuses on the need of comparable stability studies of newly developed SSCs and materials along with the demand and the criteria for standardized characterization protocols.

Keywords: Solar thermal; Concentrated solar power; High-temperature energy conversion; High-temperature materials

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