Numerical Study of an Efficient Solar Absorber Consisting of Metal Nanoparticles

We propose and theoretically investigate an efficient solar light absorber based on a multilayer structure consisting of tungsten nanoparticle layers and SiO(2) layers. According to our calculation, average absorbance over 94% is achieved in the wavelength range between 400 and 2500 nm for the propo...

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Autores principales: Liu, Chang, Zhang, De, Liu, Yumin, Wu, Dong, Chen, Lei, Ma, Rui, Yu, Zhongyuan, Yu, Li, Ye, Han
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Nano Idea
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2363-7
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author Liu, Chang
Zhang, De
Liu, Yumin
Wu, Dong
Chen, Lei
Ma, Rui
Yu, Zhongyuan
Yu, Li
Ye, Han
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Zhang, De
Liu, Yumin
Wu, Dong
Chen, Lei
Ma, Rui
Yu, Zhongyuan
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Ye, Han
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description We propose and theoretically investigate an efficient solar light absorber based on a multilayer structure consisting of tungsten nanoparticle layers and SiO(2) layers. According to our calculation, average absorbance over 94% is achieved in the wavelength range between 400 and 2500 nm for the proposed absorber. The excellent performance of the absorber can be attributed to the localized surface plasmon resonance as well as the Fabry-Perot resonance among the metal-dielectric-metal layers. We compare the absorbing efficiency of tungsten nanosphere absorber with absorbers consisting of the other metal nanoparticles and conclude that iron can be an alternative material for tungsten in solar energy systems for its excellent absorbing performance and the similar optical properties as tungsten. Besides, a flat multilayer absorber is designed for comparison, and it is also proved to have a good absorbing performance for solar light.
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spelling pubmed-57000092017-12-04 Numerical Study of an Efficient Solar Absorber Consisting of Metal Nanoparticles Liu, Chang Zhang, De Liu, Yumin Wu, Dong Chen, Lei Ma, Rui Yu, Zhongyuan Yu, Li Ye, Han Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Idea We propose and theoretically investigate an efficient solar light absorber based on a multilayer structure consisting of tungsten nanoparticle layers and SiO(2) layers. According to our calculation, average absorbance over 94% is achieved in the wavelength range between 400 and 2500 nm for the proposed absorber. The excellent performance of the absorber can be attributed to the localized surface plasmon resonance as well as the Fabry-Perot resonance among the metal-dielectric-metal layers. We compare the absorbing efficiency of tungsten nanosphere absorber with absorbers consisting of the other metal nanoparticles and conclude that iron can be an alternative material for tungsten in solar energy systems for its excellent absorbing performance and the similar optical properties as tungsten. Besides, a flat multilayer absorber is designed for comparison, and it is also proved to have a good absorbing performance for solar light. Springer US 2017-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5700009/ /pubmed/29168003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2363-7 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Chen, Lei
Ma, Rui
Yu, Zhongyuan
Yu, Li
Ye, Han
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title_short Numerical Study of an Efficient Solar Absorber Consisting of Metal Nanoparticles
title_sort numerical study of an efficient solar absorber consisting of metal nanoparticles
topic Nano Idea
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2363-7
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