• DocumentCode
    1769333
  • Title

    Noble-metal-free sunlight harvesting meta-surface for water evaporation

  • Author

    Hakuta, S. ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present ultrathin multilayer metamaterial absorbers based on abundant, low-cost materials, to effectively harness solar energy for heating and evaporation of water.
  • Keywords
    energy harvesting; evaporation; optical metamaterials; solar absorber-convertors; water; noble-metal-free sunlight harvesting meta-surface; solar energy harnessing; ultrathin multilayer metamaterial absorbers; water evaporation; water heating; Absorption; Chromium; Metamaterials; Solar energy; Solar heating; Water heating;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988275