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High-Flux Solar Furnace

Availability for a Range of Research

  • Design-point or accelerated high-flux conditions for solar thermochemical hydrogen production research
  • On-sun functional component performance and materials testing of high-temperature materials, perovskites, solar-selective coatings, and components used in concentrating solar power systems such as receivers, collectors, and reflector materials
  • Evaluation and development of state-of-the-art measurement systems for extreme solar environments
  • Testing of prototype advanced converters and chemical reactors for solar-electric and solar-chemistry applications
  • Space applications including heat shields and lunar mining.