Journal
ECOMAT
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eom2.12161
Keywords
black metals; broadband absorbers; selective solar absorbers; solar-thermal technologies
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- US Army Research Office [W911NF-15-1-0319]
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [INV-009181]
- National Science Foundation: Partnership for Innovation [1701163]
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1701163] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This review focuses on femtosecond-laser induced broadband and selective solar absorbers and their applications in solar thermoelectric generators and solar-thermal water purification. The article discusses the control methods of surface structures during laser processing and the effects of different structures on optical absorption and emission.
Optical absorbers are a key component in all solar-thermal energy technologies. Cermet-based solar absorbers are commonly used in solar-thermal applications. However, due to their multilayered structures, these absorbers have limited thermal conductivity and mechanical stability at the interfaces. Femtosecond laser processing is a single-step, environmentally friendly, and monolithic approach that can directly transform a metal surface to a solar absorber through surface patterning without adding additional weight, hazard, or complexity. In this review, we will focus on femtosecond-laser induced broadband and selective solar absorbers and their utilizations in solar thermoelectric generators and solar-thermal water purification. We will discuss the laser surface patterning and the procedure to control the size, distribution, and composition of the surface structures that are responsible for optical absorbance/emittance. Several multifunctional solar absorber surfaces produced by femtosecond-laser processing and their possible energy applications are also discussed.
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