Durability and Accelerated Aging Test of the Polymeric Mirror-Film Prototype: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-21-17856

Guangdong Zhu; Tucker Farrell

doi:10.2172/2583533

Durability and Accelerated Aging Test of the Polymeric Mirror-Film Prototype: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-21-17856

Guangdong Zhu, Tucker Farrell

Center for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems

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Abstract

The participant is developing a low-cost liquid metal coating for concentrated solar power (CSP) polymeric mirrors. Current CSP technology uses bulky and costly glass mirrors. As a lighter alternative, polymeric mirror film is cheaper than glass mirrors, yet expensive to manufacture. The participant is working to develop a room temperature liquid-metal thin-film deposition technique and CSP polymeric mirror film that will reduce expenditures by 80% and film cost by 50%.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/2583533
State	Published - 2025

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-5700-93249

Keywords

American-Made Challenges
concentrated solar power
CRADA
CSP
Liquid Metal (LM)
mirror film
prototype
reflectance
Solar Prize

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