Solar absorbers using 1D and 2D periodic nanostructured nickel films

N. Ahmad; J. Stokes; M. J. Cryan

doi:10.1088/2040-8978/16/12/125003

Solar absorbers using 1D and 2D periodic nanostructured nickel films

N. Ahmad^*, J. Stokes, M. J. Cryan

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Abstract

This paper presents results obtained from finite difference time domain and transfer matrix method modelling of nickel thin films. It is shown that by adding a periodic 1D grating to the surface of the nickel its optical absorption over the 300 nm-1000 nm spectral range can be dramatically increased. 2D gratings show excellent polarization independence making them ideally suited to high temperature solar thermal applications.

Original language	English
Article number	125003
Journal	Journal of Optics
Volume	16
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/16/12/125003
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014

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Photonics and Quantum

Keywords

Absorption
Broadband
Energy
Nickel
Solar
Thin-film

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