Machine learning aided design and optimization of thermal metamaterials

C Zhu, EA Bamidele, X Shen, G Zhu, B Li - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced material research that were previously intractable,
for example, the machine learning (ML) has been able to predict some unprecedented …

Solar energy: Potential and future prospects

E Kabir, P Kumar, S Kumar, AA Adelodun… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of novel solar power technologies is considered to be one of many key
solutions toward fulfilling a worldwide increasing demand for energy. Rapid growth within …

A review of gap-surface plasmon metasurfaces: fundamentals and applications

F Ding, Y Yang, RA Deshpande, SI Bozhevolnyi - Nanophotonics, 2018 - degruyter.com
Plasmonic metasurfaces, which can be considered as the two-dimensional analog of metal-
based metamaterials, have attracted progressively increasing attention in recent years …

Narrowband wavelength selective thermal emitters by confined Tamm plasmon polaritons

ZY Yang, S Ishii, T Yokoyama, TD Dao, MG Sun… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This study experimentally demonstrates infrared wavelength selective thermal emission
based on Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs). Unlike conventional TPP structures, which have …

A refractory metamaterial absorber for ultra-broadband, omnidirectional and polarization-independent absorption in the UV-NIR spectrum

Y Huang, L Liu, M Pu, X Li, X Ma, X Luo - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, efficient ultra-broadband absorption from ultraviolet (UV) to near infrared (NIR)
is achieved using a metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) with refractory constituents. Both …

Designing metasurfaces for efficient solar energy conversion

L Mascaretti, Y Chen, O Henrotte, O Yesilyurt… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces have recently emerged as a promising technological platform, offering
unprecedented control over light by structuring materials at the nanoscale using two …

Large‐area ultrabroadband absorber for solar thermophotovoltaics based on 3D titanium nitride nanopillars

M Chirumamilla, A Chirumamilla… - Advanced Optical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband absorbers, with the simultaneous advantages of thermal stability, insensitivity to
light polarization and angle, robustness against harsh environmental conditions, and large …

Photonics roadmap for ultra-high-temperature thermophotovoltaics

MRS Dias, T Gong, MA Duncan, SC Ness… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
The ability to control thermal emission is crucial for the thermal regulation of devices, barrier
coatings, and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems. However, only a limited number of …

Ultra-broadband perfect absorber utilizing refractory materials in metal-insulator composite multilayer stacks

Y Li, Z Liu, H Zhang, P Tang, B Wu, G Liu - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present an ultra-broadband perfect absorber composed of metal-insulator composite
multilayer (MICM) stacks by placing the insulator-metal-insulator (IMI) grating on the metal …

Strong light–matter interaction in lithography-free planar metamaterial perfect absorbers

A Ghobadi, H Hajian, B Butun, E Ozbay - ACS Photonics, 2018 - ACS Publications
The efficient harvesting of electromagnetic (EM) waves by subwavelength nanostructures
can result in perfect light absorption in the narrow or broad frequency range. These …