Renewable energy harvesting and absorbing via multi-scale metamaterial systems for Internet of things

T Tan, Z Yan, H Zou, K Ma, F Liu, L Zhao, Z Peng… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural and human environments are abundant of unused renewable energy such as
mechanical energy, acoustic energy, electromagnetic energy, thermal energy, etc. The idea …

A review: The development of crucial solar systems and corresponding cooling technologies

Y Wang, H Yang, H Chen, B Yu, H Zhang, R Zou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is considered the most promising form of renewable energy due to its
abundant reserves, widespread availability, and minimal environmental impact. However …

Additive manufacturing of nanocellulose/polyborosilazane derived CNFs-SiBCN ceramic metamaterials for ultra-broadband electromagnetic absorption

H Liu, Y Zhang, X Liu, W Duan, M Li, Q Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic absorption materials that possess efficient absorption performance and
broad absorption bandwidth are needed to combat the electromagnetic interference (EMI) …

Silicon microwire arrays with nanoscale spacing for radial junction c-Si solar cells with an efficiency of 20.5%

N Kim, D Choi, H Kim, HD Um, K Seo - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Structural optimization of microwire arrays is important for the successful demonstration of
the practical feasibility of radial junction crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells. In this study, we …

Broadband and omnidirectional antireflection surfaces based on deep subwavelength features for harvesting of the solar energy

A Prajapati, J Llobet, PC Sousa, H Fonseca… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband and omnidirectional antireflective surfaces are important to various solar energy
technologies. The utilization of deep subwavelength features is reported for decrement in …

Near‐Field Optical Excitations in Silicon Subwavelength Light Funnel Arrays for Broadband Absorption of the Solar Radiation

A Chauhan, A Prajapati, C Calaza, H Fonseca… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband absorption is pivotal for the realization of green energy based on solar energy.
Decoration of photovoltaic cells with arrays of subwavelength formations provides an …

The impact of SnMnO2 TCO and Cu2O as a hole transport layer on CIGSSe solar cell performance improvement

R Kumar, A Kumar, R Pushkar… - Journal of Computational …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, two experimental CIGSSe thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) are simulated and
demonstrate high efficiency of 20 and 22.92%. The photovoltaic results of both devices are …

Overcoming the Challenge of High Surface Recombination in Thin‐Film Photovoltaic Cells Based on Subwavelength Arrays for Elevated Light Trapping

A Prajapati, G Shalev - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Surface arrays of subwavelength photoactive structures have been demonstrated for
photovoltaic (PV) applications with elevated omnidirectional and broadband absorption …

Photon management by scratch‐resistant antireflection coating for the efficiency enhancement of silicon solar cell

R Swathi, J Shanthi, S Aishwarya… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antireflection coating (ARC) plays a crucial role in many solar and optical applications. ARC
with mechanical robustness was developed to achieve more efficiency for the photovoltaic …

Arrays of Fresnel Nanosystems for Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance

A Prajapati, G Shalev - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Omnidirectional broadband absorption of the solar radiation is pivotal to solar energy
harvesting and particularly to low-cost non-tracking photovoltaic (PV) technologies. The …