Abstract
The thermal stability of spectrally selective few-layer metallo-dielectric structures is evaluated to analyze their potential as absorber and emitter materials in solar thermophotovoltaic (STPV) systems. High-efficiency (e.g., STPV) systems require materials with spectrally selective properties, especially at high temperatures (>1273 K). Aiming to develop such materials for high-temperature applications, we propose a few-layer structure composed of a refractory metal (i.e., Mo) nanometric film sandwiched between the layers of a dielectric material (i.e., hafnium oxide, HfO2) deposited on a Mo bulk substrate. In vacuum conditions (<5 × 10–2 Pa), the few-layer structure shows thermal stability at 1423 K for at least 1 h. At 1473 K, the spectral selectivity was degraded. This could have been caused by the oxidation of the Mo thin film by the residual oxygen through the grain boundaries of the upper HfO2 layer. This experiment showed the potential stability of few-layer structures for applications working at temperatures greater than 1273 K as well as the degradation mechanism of the few-layer structure. This characteristic is expected to help improve the thermal stability in few-layer structures further.
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