Thermal energy plays an indispensable role in the sustainable development of modern
societies. Being a key component in various domestic and industrial processes as well as in …

Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for developing …

The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has
triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials …

Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

The ever-increasing energy demand, depleting fossil fuel reserves, and rising temperatures
due to greenhouse gas emissions have necessitated the transition towards the generation of …

The recent rise of metamaterials opens new opportunities for absorbers due to their
designed electrodynamic properties and effects, allowing the creation of materials with …

The efficiency of traditional solar cells is constrained due to the Shockley–Queisser limit, to
circumvent this theoretical limit, the concept of solar thermophotovoltaics (STPVs) has been …

Thermophotovoltaic cells are similar to solar cells, but instead of converting solar radiation to
electricity, they are designed to utilize locally radiated heat. Development of high-efficiency …

Despite the relevance of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion to many emerging energy
technologies, identifying which aspects of current TPV designs are favorable and where …

The study of ideal absorbers, which can efficiently absorb light over a broad range of
wavelengths, is of fundamental importance, as well as critical for many applications from …