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A Paper entitled Modeling of the synergistic anti-reflection effect in gradient refractive index films integrated with subwavelength structures for photothermal conversion was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
发布时间:2024-03-01

Photothermal materials generally suffer from challenges such as low photothermal conversion efficiency and inefficient full-spectrum utilization of solar energy. This paper proposes gradient refractive index transparent ceramics (GRITCs) integrated with subwavelength nanostructure arrays and simulates the synergistic anti-reflection effect by an admittance recursive model. An innovative subwavelength

structure, possessing a superior light-trapping capability, is initially crafted based on this model. Subsequently, various intelligent optimization algorithms including genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and simulated annealing are employed to optimize the structure of gradient refractive index films respectively. Finally, the photothermal conversion efficiencies of devices based on different

photothermal materials are calculated. The simulations and finite-difference time-domain calculations demonstrate that the three-layer GRITCs integrated with an optimal SNA exhibit outstanding fullspectrum and omnidirectional anti-reflection performance. The solar transmittance of the devices can exceed 97% for light wavelengths ranging from 300 to 2500 nm over the full angle of incidence. Our

results reveal that the synergistic anti-reflection effect in the SNAs and GRITCs can enhance the photothermal conversion efficiency by more than 20%.