Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber

Azad, Abul K.; Kort-Kamp, Wilton J.  M.; Sykora, Milan; Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R.; Luk, Ting S.; Taylor, Antoinette J.; Dalvit, Diego A.  R.; Chen, Hou-Tong

doi:10.1038/srep20347

Title: Metasurface Broadband Solar Absorber

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20347· OSTI ID:1258002

Azad, Abul K. ^[1]; Kort-Kamp, Wilton J. M. ^[1]; Sykora, Milan ^[1]; Weisse-Bernstein, Nina R. ^[1]; Luk, Ting S. ^[2]; Taylor, Antoinette J. ^[1]; Dalvit, Diego A. R. ^[1]; Chen, Hou-Tong ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

We demonstrate a broadband, polarization independent, wide-angle absorber based on a metallic metasurface architecture, which accomplishes greater than 90% absorptance in the visible and near-infrared range of the solar spectrum, and exhibits low absorptivity (emissivity) at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths. The complex unit cell of the metasurface solar absorber consists of eight pairs of gold nano-resonators that are separated from a gold ground plane by a thin silicon dioxide spacer. Our experimental measurements reveal high-performance absorption over a wide range of incidence angles for both s- and p-polarizations. We also investigate numerically the frequency-dependent field and current distributions to elucidate how the absorption occurs within the metasurface structure.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1258002

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1339274; OSTI ID: 1339275

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-24569; SAND-2017-0018J; SAND-2017-0019J; srep20347

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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