Issue 30, 2024

A wide angle broadband solar absorber with a horizontal multi-cylinder structure based on an MXene material

Abstract

An MXene material absorbs visible and IR light which makes a MXene-based solar absorber an ideal absorber. Here, we propose a high-absorption broadband absorber based on an array of MXene composite cylinder ring structures. The structure designed in this article fully utilizes the MXene material's large surface area to volume ratio, and in the wavelength range of 300–5000 nm, the average absorption efficiency is as high as 98.44%, and the energy absorption rate in the AM 1.5 solar radiation spectrum is 98.76%. The absorption characteristics of the absorber are analyzed by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The electric and magnetic field patterns indicate that the high absorption performance is attributed to the coupling effect of surface plasmon resonance and gap surface plasmon resonance. Furthermore, the absorber exhibits insensitivity to the polarization angle and demonstrates high absorption efficiency even at large incidence angles. Within a certain manufacturing tolerance range, the absorber can still maintain its broadband absorption characteristics. The absorber also shows a high thermal emissivity of 98.5% when the temperature is 1750 K. The findings offer a theoretical foundation for the development of absorption metamaterials for solar energy harvesting elements.

Graphical abstract: A wide angle broadband solar absorber with a horizontal multi-cylinder structure based on an MXene material

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Apr 2024
Accepted
03 Jul 2024
First published
22 Jul 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 20619-20628

A wide angle broadband solar absorber with a horizontal multi-cylinder structure based on an MXene material

Y. Li, F. Chen, W. Yang and S. Ke, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 20619 DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01758G

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