Energy-saving spectrally-selective coatings based on MoO3/Ag thin films

M. F. Al-Kuhaili; S. H.A. Ahmad; S. M.A. Durrani; M. M. Faiz; A. Ul-Hamid

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2015.02.025

Energy-saving spectrally-selective coatings based on MoO₃/Ag thin films

M. F. Al-Kuhaili^*
, S. H.A. Ahmad
, S. M.A. Durrani
, M. M. Faiz
, A. Ul-Hamid

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transparent heat mirrors are spectrally selective coatings that transmit light and reflect heat in the form of infrared radiation. In this work, these coatings were achieved by depositing a two-layer structure consisting of molybdenum oxide thin films deposited on silver thin films by thermal evaporation. First, the structural, chemical, and optical properties of molybdenum oxide thin films, that are relevant to their use in transparent heat mirrors, were investigated. Then, the optical properties of the two-layer structure were determined. Moreover, chemical depth profiling was carried out to investigate the spatial distribution of the elements among the layers. The deposited heat mirrors were found to exhibit the desired behavior of high visible transparency and high infrared reflection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-19
Number of pages	5
Journal	Materials and Design
Volume	73
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2015.02.025
State	Published - 15 May 2015

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Keywords

Energy saving
Heat mirror
Molybdenum oxide
Spectrally selective

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General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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