VO2 thermochromic metamaterial-based smart optical solar reflector
VO2 thermochromic metamaterial-based smart optical solar reflector
Optical solar reflector smart radiators are able to control the temperature of spacecraft. This work demonstrates a novel smart optical solar reflector using a patterned thermo-chromic VO2 plasmonic meta-surface design. The VO2 meta-surface combines the temperature induced phase transition of VO2 with plasmonic resonances resulting in a significant enhancement of the infrared absorption. The enhanced absorption obtained at a reduced VO2 coverage results in superior emittance tunability Δε and lower solar absorptance α compared to a corresponding thin-film reflector. An emittance tunability of 0.48 is obtained for the meta-reflector design, representing a 30% improvement compared to the unstructured film. Meta-surface based smart optical solar reflectors offer a new route toward energy-efficient and cost-effective passive thermal control systems of spacecraft and other surfaces.
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Sun, Kai
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Simeoni, Mirko
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Zalkovskij, Maksim
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Bilenberg, Brian
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De Groot, C.H.
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Muskens, Otto L.
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20 June 2018
Sun, Kai
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Urbani, Alessandro
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Simeoni, Mirko
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Mengali, Sandro
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Zalkovskij, Maksim
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Bilenberg, Brian
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De Groot, C.H.
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Muskens, Otto L.
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Sun, Kai, Riedel, Christoph A., Urbani, Alessandro, Simeoni, Mirko, Mengali, Sandro, Zalkovskij, Maksim, Bilenberg, Brian, De Groot, C.H. and Muskens, Otto L.
(2018)
VO2 thermochromic metamaterial-based smart optical solar reflector.
ACS Photonics, 5 (6), .
(doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00119).
Abstract
Optical solar reflector smart radiators are able to control the temperature of spacecraft. This work demonstrates a novel smart optical solar reflector using a patterned thermo-chromic VO2 plasmonic meta-surface design. The VO2 meta-surface combines the temperature induced phase transition of VO2 with plasmonic resonances resulting in a significant enhancement of the infrared absorption. The enhanced absorption obtained at a reduced VO2 coverage results in superior emittance tunability Δε and lower solar absorptance α compared to a corresponding thin-film reflector. An emittance tunability of 0.48 is obtained for the meta-reflector design, representing a 30% improvement compared to the unstructured film. Meta-surface based smart optical solar reflectors offer a new route toward energy-efficient and cost-effective passive thermal control systems of spacecraft and other surfaces.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 April 2018
Published date: 20 June 2018
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Christoph A. Riedel
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Alessandro Urbani
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Mirko Simeoni
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Sandro Mengali
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