Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces for Selective Solar Absorption

Development of W–SiO 2 and Nb–TiO 2 solar absorber coatings for combined heat and power systems at intermediate operation temperatures

(2015) Ewa Wäckelgård et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Highly efficient selective metamaterial absorber for high-temperature solar thermal energy harvesting

(2015) Hao Wang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Quantitative Angle-Resolved Small-Spot Reflectance Measurements on Plasmonic Perfect Absorbers: Impedance Matching and Disorder Effects

(2014) Andreas Tittl et al.   ACS Nano

Switchable wavelength-selective and diffuse metamaterial absorber/emitter with a phase transition spacer layer

(2014) Hao Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Micro-electro-mechanically switchable near infrared complementary metamaterial absorber

(2014) Prakash Pitchappa et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A review of cermet-based spectrally selective solar absorbers

(2014) Feng Cao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Wavelength-tunable infrared metamaterial by tailoring magnetic resonance condition with VO2 phase transition

(2014) Hao Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Plasmonic and metamaterial structures as electromagnetic absorbers

(2014) Yanxia Cui et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

A large-scale lithography-free metasurface with spectrally tunable super absorption

(2014) Kai Liu et al.   Nanoscale

Structurally tunable resonant absorption bands in ultrathin broadband plasmonic absorbers

(2014) Serkan Butun et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

All-Semiconductor Negative-Index Plasmonic Absorbers

(2014) S. Law et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Lithography-free broadband visible light absorber based on a mono-layer of gold nanoparticles

(2014) M Yan et al.   Journal of Optics

Metamaterial thermal emitters based on nanowire cavities for high-efficiency thermophotovoltaics

(2014) Huixu Deng et al.   Journal of Optics

Metallic Photonic Crystal Absorber-Emitter for Efficient Spectral Control in High-Temperature Solar Thermophotovoltaics

(2014) Veronika Rinnerbauer et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Review of Plasmonic Nanocomposite Metamaterial Absorber

(2014) Mehdi Hedayati et al.   Materials

Photo-driven Super Absorber as an Active Metamaterial with a Tunable Molecular-Plasmonic Coupling

(2014) Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Wideband Omnidirectional Polarization-Insensitive Light Absorbers Made with 1D Silicon Gratings

(2014) Jae Woong Yoon et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Thermophotovoltaics on the move to applications

(2013) Bernd Bitnar et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Hafnia-plugged microcavities for thermal stability of selective emitters

(2013) Heon-Ju Lee et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Two-dimensional subwavelength meta-nanopillar array for efficient visible light absorption

(2013) S. Cao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Efficient infrared thermal emitters based on low-albedo polaritonic meta-surfaces

(2013) Burton Neuner et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High-temperature tantalum tungsten alloy photonic crystals: Stability, optical properties, and fabrication

(2013) V. Stelmakh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Voltage tuning of plasmonic absorbers by indium tin oxide

(2013) Fei Yi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Subwavelength metal optics and antireflection

(2013) Aaron Isenstadt et al.   Electronic Materials Letters

Thermophotovoltaic emitters based on a two-dimensional grating/thin-film nanostructure

(2013) Bo Zhao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Wideband Tunable Omnidirectional Infrared Absorbers Based on Doped-Silicon Nanowire Arrays

(2013) X. L. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFER-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Control of Infrared Spectral Absorptance With One-Dimensional Subwavelength Gratings

(2013) Nghia Nguyen-Huu et al.   JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY

Silicon complex grating with different groove depths as an absorber for solar cells

(2013) Qiang Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Mid-infrared tunable polarization-independent perfect absorber using a phase-change metamaterial

(2013) Tun Cao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Plasmonic materials for energy: From physics to applications

(2013) Svetlana V. Boriskina et al.   Materials Today

Exploiting extreme coupling to realize a metamaterial perfect absorber

(2013) Uwe Huebner et al.   MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Far-IR multiband dual-polarization perfect absorber for wide incident angles

(2013) Woon-Gi Yeo et al.   MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Self-Assembly Based Plasmonic Arrays Tuned by Atomic Layer Deposition for Extreme Visible Light Absorption

(2013) Carl Hägglund et al.   NANO LETTERS

Extreme Light Absorption in Thin Semiconductor Films Wrapped around Metal Nanowires

(2013) Sander A. Mann et al.   NANO LETTERS

Engineered Absorption Enhancement and Induced Transparency in Coupled Molecular and Plasmonic Resonator Systems

(2013) Ronen Adato et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ordered Au nanocrystals on a substrate formed by light-induced rapid annealing

(2013) Xi Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Plasmonic black metals by broadband light absorption in ultra-sharp convex grooves

(2013) Jonas Beermann et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Tunable absorption in a dielectric–graphene–metal groove-grating absorber

(2013) Bofeng Zhu et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Polarization-dependent and -independent spectrum selective absorption based on a metallic grating structure

(2013) Jun Wu et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Near-perfect absorber with ultrawide bandwidth in infrared region using a periodically chirped structure

(2013) Yanqin Song et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Super absorption of ultra-thin organic photovoltaic films

(2013) Kai Liu et al.   OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Metamaterials with angle selective emissivity in the near-infrared

(2013) Jeremy A. Bossard et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Perfect selective metamaterial solar absorbers

(2013) Hao Wang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Light absorber based on nano-spheres on a substrate reflector

(2013) Jin Dai et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High-temperature stability and selective thermal emission of polycrystalline tantalum photonic crystals

(2013) Veronika Rinnerbauer et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dual-band absorption of mid-infrared metamaterial absorber based on distinct dielectric spacing layers

(2013) Nan Zhang et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Infrared perfect absorber based on nanowire metamaterial cavities

(2013) Yingran He et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Broadband absorbers and selective emitters based on plasmonic Brewster metasurfaces

(2013) Christos Argyropoulos et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Coherent emission of light using stacked gratings

(2013) Yongkang Gong et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Spectral beam splitting for efficient conversion of solar energy—A review

(2013) Ahmad Mojiri et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Design of multi-band metamaterial perfect absorbers with stacked metal–dielectric disks

(2013) Govind Dayal et al.   Journal of Optics

Three-dimensional self-assembled photonic crystals with high temperature stability for thermal emission modification

(2013) Kevin A. Arpin et al.   Nature Communications

Green chemistry and nanofabrication in a levitated Leidenfrost drop

(2013) Ramzy Abdelaziz et al.   Nature Communications

Numerical study of the meta-nanopyramid array as efficient solar energy absorber

(2013) Qiuqun Liang et al.   Optical Materials Express

Large-Area Gold/Parylene Plasmonic Nanostructures Fabricated by Direct Nanocutting

(2013) Vaida Auzelyte et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Magnetoplasmonics: Combining Magnetic and Plasmonic Functionalities

(2013) Gaspar Armelles et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Metamaterial-Based Two Dimensional Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures Offer the Broadest Waveband Light Harvesting

(2013) Qiuqun Liang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Dual-Band Perfect Absorber for Multispectral Plasmon-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy

(2012) Kai Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Elastomeric silicone substrates for terahertz fishnet metamaterials

(2012) I. E. Khodasevych et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High performance broadband absorber in the visible band by engineered dispersion and geometry of a metal-dielectric-metal stack

(2012) Peng Zhu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High-performance solution-processed plasmonic Ni nanochain-Al2O3 selective solar thermal absorbers

(2012) Xiaoxin Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light-driven tunable dual-band plasmonic absorber using liquid-crystal-coated asymmetric nanodisk array

(2012) Yanhui Zhao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Wavelength-selective and diffuse emitter enhanced by magnetic polaritons for thermophotovoltaics

(2012) L. P. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Wavelength selective uncooled infrared sensor by plasmonics

(2012) Shinpei Ogawa et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion

(2012) Veronika Rinnerbauer et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Broadband Brewster transmission through 2D metallic gratings

(2012) Khai Q. Le et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Self-assembled nanostructured composites for solar absorber

(2012) Dawei Ding et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Ultrabroadband Light Absorption by a Sawtooth Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab

(2012) Yanxia Cui et al.   NANO LETTERS

Controlled-reflectance surfaces with film-coupled colloidal nanoantennas

(2012) Antoine Moreau et al.   NATURE

Development of a polarization-insensitive thermophotovoltaic emitter with a binary grating

(2012) Nghia Nguyen-Huu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Efficient absorption of visible radiation by gap plasmon resonators

(2012) Michael G. Nielsen et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Wide-angle polarization independent infrared broadband absorbers based on metallic multi-sized disk arrays

(2012) Cheng-Wen Cheng et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High temperature epsilon-near-zero and epsilon-near-pole metamaterial emitters for thermophotovoltaics

(2012) Sean Molesky et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Porous metal-based multilayers for selective thermal emitters

(2012) Shiwei Shu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Total absorption of TM polarized light in a 100 nm spectral band in a nanopatterned thin a-Si film

(2012) Wenhua Wu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Wideband perfect light absorber at midwave infrared using multiplexed metal structures

(2012) Joshua Hendrickson et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Design of metamaterial surfaces with broadband absorbance

(2012) Chihhui Wu et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Wideband omnidirectional infrared absorber with a patchwork of plasmonic nanoantennas

(2012) Patrick Bouchon et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications

(2012) Y. X. Yeng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advancement in solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) hybrid collector technology

(2012) V.V. Tyagi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Recent advances in the solar water heating systems: A review

(2012) Ruchi Shukla et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

A polarization insensitive and wide-angle dual-band nearly perfect absorber in the infrared regime

(2012) Hua Cheng et al.   Journal of Optics

Metamaterial-based integrated plasmonic absorber/emitter for solar thermo-photovoltaic systems

(2012) Chihhui Wu et al.   Journal of Optics

Plasmonic black gold by adiabatic nanofocusing and absorption of light in ultra-sharp convex grooves

(2012) Thomas Søndergaard et al.   Nature Communications

Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems

(2012) Robert A Taylor et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Effects of crystallization and dopant concentration on the emission behavior of TiO2:Eu nanophosphors

(2012) Mou Pal et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Design of a Perfect Black Absorber at Visible Frequencies Using Plasmonic Metamaterials

(2011) Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A thin film broadband absorber based on multi-sized nanoantennas

(2011) Yanxia Cui et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electrodeposited 3D Tungsten Photonic Crystals with Enhanced Thermal Stability

(2011) Kevin A. Arpin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Shape-dependent absorption characteristics of three-layered metamaterial absorbers at near-infrared

(2011) Jing Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Solar Energy Conversion Toward 1 Terawatt

(2011) David Ginley et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Metamaterial-Plasmonic Absorber Structure for High Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells

(2011) Yang Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Flexible Visible–Infrared Metamaterials and Their Applications in Highly Sensitive Chemical and Biological Sensing

(2011) Xinlong Xu et al.   NANO LETTERS

A terahertz metamaterial with unnaturally high refractive index

(2011) Muhan Choi et al.   NATURE

Phonon-mediated magnetic polaritons
in the infrared region

(2011) L. P. Wang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Highly flexible near-infrared metamaterials

(2011) G. X. Li et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optically thin composite resonant absorber at the near-infrared band: a polarization independent and spectrally broadband configuration

(2011) Kamil Boratay Alici et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Broadband multi-layer terahertz metamaterials fabrication and characterization on flexible substrates

(2011) N. R. Han et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Polarization-independent broad-band nearly perfect absorbers in the visible regime

(2011) Chia-Hung Lin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Tailoring thermal emission viaQmatching of photonic crystal resonances

(2011) M. Ghebrebrhan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Large-area wide-angle spectrally selective plasmonic absorber

(2011) Chihhui Wu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Taming the Blackbody with Infrared Metamaterials as Selective Thermal Emitters

(2011) Xianliang Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Solar cell efficiency tables (version 39)

(2011) Martin A. Green et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

A review of solar photovoltaic technologies

(2011) Bhubaneswari Parida et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Review of physical vapor deposited (PVD) spectrally selective coatings for mid- and high-temperature solar thermal applications

(2011) N. Selvakumar et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers

(2011) Koray Aydin et al.   Nature Communications

Metamaterial Silk Composites at Terahertz Frequencies

(2010) Hu Tao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanical and thermal stability of plasmonic emitters on flexible polyimide substrates

(2010) Ismail Emre Araci et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Metamaterials on parylene thin film substrates: Design, fabrication, and characterization at terahertz frequency

(2010) X. Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High performance optical absorber based on a plasmonic metamaterial

(2010) Jiaming Hao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

The profile optimization of periodic nano-structures for wavelength-selective thermophotovoltaic emitters

(2010) Y.-B. Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Narrow-band spectral features of structured silver surface with rectangular resonant cavities

(2010) Jinguo Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Effect of magnetic polaritons on the radiative properties of double-layer nanoslit arrays

(2010) Liping Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Highly Strained Compliant Optical Metamaterials with Large Frequency Tunability

(2010) Imogen M. Pryce et al.   NANO LETTERS

High performance solar-selective absorbers using coated sub-wavelength gratings

(2010) Nicholas P. Sergeant et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Infrared Spatial and Frequency Selective Metamaterial with Near-Unity Absorbance

(2010) Xianliang Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Resonance transmission or absorption in deep gratings explained by magnetic polaritons

(2009) L. P. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Visible and near-infrared radiative properties of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes

(2009) X J Wang et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

T-shaped plasmonic array as a narrow-band thermal emitter or biosensor

(2009) Yia-Chung Chang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Design of wide-angle solar-selective absorbers using aperiodic metal-dielectric stacks

(2009) Nicholas P. Sergeant et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Wide-angle infrared absorber based on a negative-index plasmonic metamaterial

(2009) Yoav Avitzour et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Rolled-Up Three-Dimensional Metamaterials with a Tunable Plasma Frequency in the Visible Regime

(2009) Stephan Schwaiger et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A black body absorber from vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes

(2009) K. Mizuno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nanotechnology for sustainable energy

(2009) Elena Serrano et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Metamaterials in the Terahertz Regime

(2009) W. Withayachumnankul et al.   IEEE Photonics Journal

Tungsten black absorber for solar light with wide angular operation range

(2008) Eden Rephaeli et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Narrow-band, tunable infrared emission from arrays of microstrip patches

(2008) Irina Puscasu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Two-dimensional tungsten photonic crystals as selective thermal emitters

(2008) Ivan Celanovic et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Near-field–induced tunability of surface plasmon polaritons in composite metallic nanostructures

(2008) A. CHRIST et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Terahertz metamaterials on free-standing highly-flexible polyimide substrates

(2008) Hu Tao et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Efficient Low-Temperature Thermophotovoltaic Emitters from Metallic Photonic Crystals

(2008) Prashant Nagpal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Experimental Observation of an Extremely Dark Material Made By a Low-Density Nanotube Array

(2008) Zu-Po Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Negative index bulk metamaterial at terahertz frequencies

(2008) Oliver Paul et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Total absorption of light by lamellar metallic gratings

(2008) Nicolas Bonod et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Coherent thermal emission by excitation of magnetic polaritons between periodic strips and a metallic film

(2008) B. J. Lee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Highly flexible wide angle of incidence terahertz metamaterial absorber: Design, fabrication, and characterization

(2008) Hu Tao et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Perfect Metamaterial Absorber

(2008) N. I. Landy et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS