Photonic metamaterial absorber designs for infrared solar-cell applications
Date
2010Source Title
Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher
SPIE
Volume
7772
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We propose a metamaterial based absorber design that operates at the infrared regime. The absorption peak was 83.6%. We can incorporate solar-cell layers inside the metamaterial absorber in order to significantly increase solar-cell efficiency. © 2010 SPIE.
Keywords
MetamaterialsResonant absorption
Solar energy
Absorber design
Absorption peaks
Photonic metamaterials
Resonant absorption
Solar-cell applications
Absorption
Electronic equipment
Energy conversion
Metamaterials
Solar absorbers
Solar cells
Solar radiation
Solar energy
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http://hdl.handle.net/11693/28537Published Version (Please cite this version)
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