Ultra-wideband and wide-angle perfect solar energy absorber based on Ti nanorings surface plasmon resonance

Author(s):  
Fengqi Zhou ◽  
Feng Qin ◽  
Zao Yi ◽  
Wei-Tang Yao ◽  
Zhimin Liu ◽  
...  

Solar energy absorption is a very important field in photonics. The successful development of an efficient, wide-band solar absorber will be an extremely powerful impetus in this field. We proposed...

2012 ◽  
Vol 18-19 ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Torrell ◽  
R.C. Adochite ◽  
L. Cunha ◽  
N.P. Barradas ◽  
E. Alves ◽  
...  

Nanocomposite thin films composed of a TiO2 matrix doped with noble metals nanoparticles (MNPS), Au and Ag, were deposited on Si (100) and glass substrates by dc magnetron sputtering. The samples were annealed in a protective atmosphere at temperatures ranging from 200 to 700 °C. The main goal of this work is to characterize and compare the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) behaviour in both systems. The studies have been focused on the growth of the nanoclusters and on their role on the optical properties of the films. Size, shape and distribution of the nanoclusters embedded on the titanium oxide dielectric matrix are reported as key factors on the SPR behaviour in both systems (Au:TiO2 and Ag:TiO2). The MNPs grew due to diffusion mechanisms, which were led by the annealing treatments, even at the highest annealing temperatures. Evidences of the correlation between the nanocomposite film structural changes and the evolution of the optical properties due to the SPR activity are reported. The SPR phenomenon manifests itself as a wide band on the visible range on the absorption spectra, and it is confirmed by an important change on the surface colour tones of the samples.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Verma ◽  
Kohsuke Mori ◽  
Yasutaka Kuwahara ◽  
Robert Raja ◽  
Hiromi Yamashita

Solar-to-chemical conversion processes, assisted by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a fast-growing field of plasmonics, to efficiently utilize solar energy due to their unique catalytic and optical responses. Plasmonic...


2020 ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
I. N. Pavlov

Two optical methods, namely surface plasmon resonance imaging and frustrated total internal reflection, are described in the paper in terms of comparing their sensitivity to change of refractive index of a thin boundary layer of an investigated medium. It is shown that, despite the fact that the theoretically calculated sensitivity is higher for the frustrated total internal reflection method, and the fact that usually in practice the surface plasmon resonance method, on the contrary, is considered more sensitive, under the same experimental conditions both methods show a similar result.


2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (7) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Onodera ◽  
Takuzo Shimizu ◽  
Norio Miura ◽  
Kiyoshi Matsumoto ◽  
Kiyoshi Toko

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