Broad-band polarization-independent metamaterial absorber for solar energy harvesting applications

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2017-06-01

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BAĞMANCI, MEHMET
KARAASLAN, MUHARREM
ÜNAL, EMİN
AKGÖL, OĞUZHAN
KARADAĞ, FARUK
Sabah, Cumali

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A novel broad-band polarization-independent with wide-angle metamaterial absorber(MA) is investigated and demonstrated for solar energy harvesting applications. The proposed MA is composed of two metal layers which have different thickness and a dielectric layer which is sandwiched between these metal layers. By this combination, the proposed MA indicates plasmonic resonance characteristic. Numeric results show that proposed MA has perfect absorption characteristic which is above 88.28% with wide-angle for all visible region. It shows almost perfect absorption of 98.4% at the resonance frequency of 621.76 THz and has also 90% absorption between frequencies of 445 THz and 770 THz which is nearly all visible light region. Besides, numerical results validate that the proposed MA could achieve very high absorption at wide-angles of incidence for both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) waves.. The proposed MA and its variations enable for solar cell applications due to have upper ratio of 90% in the widest range of visible spectrum comparing to the studies in literature. In order to show additional features of the proposed structure, parametric studies are realized and discussed. Furthermore, the absorption characteristic of proposed MA is investigated for infrared and ultraviolet region. The enhancement of absorption of the structure will provide new type of sensors in these frequency ranges.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68344

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PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2017.03.001

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Engineering, Article

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M. BAĞMANCI, M. KARAASLAN, E. ÜNAL, O. AKGÖL, F. KARADAĞ, and C. Sabah, “Broad-band polarization-independent metamaterial absorber for solar energy harvesting applications,” PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES, pp. 1–6, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68344.