Selective absorber is an important component for enhancing the solar-to-heat efficiency in
high-temperature solar applications. In this paper, a selective metamaterial absorber …

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology harvests electricity from a source of thermal radiation
and at current, TPV cells can achieve conversion efficiency of more than 40%. The construct …

To meet the demand of miniaturized distributed solar energy supply and overcome the
problem of solar discontinuity, this study innovatively combines mid-temperature molten salt …

In this paper, an efficient solar selective absorber based on a tungsten sphere array and a
tungsten grating is proposed and demonstrated numerically. The proposed structure has a …

Photonic topological transitions (PTTs) in metamaterials open up a novel approach to
design a variety of high-performance optical devices and provide a flexible platform for …

Solar selective absorber is a key component that directly influences the photothermal
efficiency in high-temperature solar energy harvesting. In present work, a solar selective …

Selective spectra of absorber and emitter have great effects on the solar thermophotovoltaic
(STPV) performance. In this work, a systematic thermal analysis of the STPV system was …

A near-ideal solar absorber, which is composed of a metal nanowire array and a planar
multilayer system, is proposed and investigated. Both numerical and analytical results show …

In this work, we theoretically analyze the performance characteristics of a near-field
thermophotovoltaic system consisting a Mie-metamaterial emitter and GaSb-based …

In this study, we present a high-performance tunable plasmonic absorber based on metal-
insulator-metal nanostructures. High absorption is supported over a wide range of …