Research Article

Effect of Accelerated Thermal Ageing on the Selective Solar Thermal Harvesting Properties of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube/Nickel Oxide Nanocomposite Coatings

Table 1

Tabulation of phonon peak parameters for a typical sample before and after the ageing test.

Peak assignmentBefore thermal ageing testAfter thermal ageing test
Area, (cm−1)Centre, (cm−1)Width, Γ (cm−1)Intensity, (arb. units)Area, (cm−1)Centre, (cm−1)Width, Γ (cm−1)Intensity, (arb. units)

NiO18051524.384.2171.161669502122.9400.4
NiO731151121.2170.6341.9473051109.8143.8262.5
D3.4 × 1051374.9182.21475.92.00 × 1051361.9143.31115.4
G2.2 × 1051580.8101.91693.41.50 × 1051579.61071118.5