Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 49, Issue 9, 0903001(2022)

Design of Ultra-Broadband and High-Absorption Metamaterial Solar Absorber

Yang Wang1, Xuefei Xuan1, Lu Zhu2, Jiabing Zhu1、*, Xiaobo Shen1、**, Qiang Gao1, and Changjun Hu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Engineering, Huainan Normal University, Huainan 232038, Anhui, China
  • 2School of Information Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, China
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    Schematics of absorber. (a) Absorber array; (b) structure schematic of absorber unit cell; (c) top view of absorber unit cell; (d) schematic of preparation process of absorber
    Absorptivity and average absorptivity of absorber with different structures. (a) Absorptivity; (b) average absorptivity
    Effects of polarization angle and incident angle on absorption spectrum. (a) Effect of polarization angle; (b) effect of incident angle
    Relative impedance for different structures. (a) MSA; (b) structure without cross; (b) structure without Ti/GaAs/Ti layer
    Electric field intensity |E| distributions of planes x and y under different wavelengths. (a) λ=360 nm, plane z; (b) λ=720 nm, plane z; (c) λ=3440 nm, plane z; (d) λ=360 nm, plane x; (e) λ=720 nm, plane x; (f) λ=3440 nm, plane x
    Electric field intensity distributions of plane z at different wavelengths. (a) λ=600 nm; (b) λ=650 nm; (c) λ=700 nm
    Electric field intensity and magnetic field intensity distributions at different wavelengths. (a) Electric field intensity, λ=360 nm; (b) electric field intensity, λ=720 nm; (c) electric field intensity, λ=3440 nm; (d) magnetic field intensity, λ=360 nm; (e) magnetic field intensity, λ=720 nm; (f) magnetic field intensity, λ=3440 nm
    Absorption spectra and relative impedance for different structures. (a) Absorption spectra; (b) relative impedance
    Influences of T2 values on absorptivity and average absorptivity. (a) Influence on absorptivity; (b) influence on average absorptivity
    Influences of period p values on absorptivity and average absorptivity. (a) Influence on absorptivity; (b) influence on average absorptivity
    • Table 1. Physical parameters of proposed absorber

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      Table 1. Physical parameters of proposed absorber

      ParameterValue /nmParameterValue /nm
      H400L3500
      T1400G1130
      T2300G2120
      L1500p600
      L2420W1500
    • Table 2. Comparison of some solar energy absorbers with the absorber proposed in this work

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      Table 2. Comparison of some solar energy absorbers with the absorber proposed in this work

      AbsorberWavelength /nmBandwidth /%Average absorptivity /%Polarization insensitivityMaterial
      Absorber in ref.[12]4007506195 Au
      Absorber in ref.[14]260128013298.9YesW
      Absorber in ref.[15]420195012992.5YesTi
      Absorber in ref.[16]100200017992.7YesTi
      Proposed absorber300400017294.9YesTi
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    Yang Wang, Xuefei Xuan, Lu Zhu, Jiabing Zhu, Xiaobo Shen, Qiang Gao, Changjun Hu. Design of Ultra-Broadband and High-Absorption Metamaterial Solar Absorber[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(9): 0903001

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    Paper Information

    Received: Aug. 9, 2021

    Accepted: Oct. 8, 2021

    Published Online: Apr. 22, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhu Jiabing (zjb3617@163.com), Shen Xiaobo (shenhnnu@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202249.0903001

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