HAO Jiacheng, WU Xiaohu, ZHANG Dan, et al. Numerical Simulation of the Spectral Modulation Process by Chromium-Based Metamaterial Solar Absorber-Emitter Pairs[J]. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2025, 59(2): 84-94.
DOI:
HAO Jiacheng, WU Xiaohu, ZHANG Dan, et al. Numerical Simulation of the Spectral Modulation Process by Chromium-Based Metamaterial Solar Absorber-Emitter Pairs[J]. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2025, 59(2): 84-94.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb202502009.
Numerical Simulation of the Spectral Modulation Process by Chromium-Based Metamaterial Solar Absorber-Emitter Pairs
Based on the multilayer structure of metal substrate-dielectric layer-metal array with triangular column-cylindrical metal array as the core
a chromium-based metamaterial absorber-emitter pair was proposed to synchronously realize solar energy full-spectrum absorption and spectral modulation. An optical-thermal coupling computational model was established around its absorption and emission performance of light waves and the evolution of its temperature field
and a systematic study was carried out. Firstly
the absorption performance was simulated under the conditions with an incident solar energy wavelength of 300—2 500 nm
a side length of absorber triangular column of 50—300 nm and a height of the column of 10—100 nm. Next
the emission performance was simulated under the conditions with a side length of t
he transmitter base of 1 000—2 000 nm
a height of the triangular column of 10—500 nm and a height of the column of 30—500 nm. Finally
the evolution of the temperature field was calculated at an incident power of 3—15 MW·m
-2
. The results show that the spectral absorptivity of absorber matched with the solar AM1.5
and the overall absorptivity was between 0.88 and 0.90
and there was no obvious change with the array column geometry and material
which was conducive to the reduction of the manufacturing cost and process difficulty; the spectral emissivity of emitter matched basically with the blackbody radiative forcing curves at 1 500—2 000 K
and the emissivity efficiency in 1 450—2 000 nm was 0.50—0.99
and the spectral modulation was realized
in which the height of the triangular column and the temperature of the emitter itself were the key factors affecting its emission efficiency; the absorber-emitter pair had an overall spectral modulation efficiency of 0.18—0.67; the fundamental way to improve the spectral modulation efficiency was to increase the temperature of the emitter by strengthening the absorption on the basis of the rational design of the emitter surface geometrical structure. This study can provide a reference for the design and operation of spectral modulation elements.
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