Dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayers: growth and stability of ultra-thin metal layers for transparent heat regulation (THR)

Nur-E-Alam, Mohammad; Vasiliev, Mikhail; Alameh, Kamal

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-822103-7.00004-2

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“…The low-E coatings are typically structured as dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayer thin films deposited by various methods, promotes the strong and very wide-band reflection of thermal infrared wavelengths. Recently energy harvesting PV glass windows (contain thin-film coating) capable of on-site energy generation simultaneous with the functionality of tailoring the incident sunlight spectrum required for different crops that improve production yields, can be useful for the design and building of innovative and cost-effective greenhouses for horticultural industries [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44].…”

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Combinational Approach of Energy Management for Sustainable Food and Crop Storage Facilities: A Research Concept

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Ahmed²,

Hoque³

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This research project focuses on the optimization of the hybrid energy system together with the assistance of thin-film coatings aiming to achieve self-sustainable food and crop storage facilities which will run effectively with its own generated energy. An infrastructure will be designed and constructed that will comprise a hybrid power generation system accompanied by thin-film coated semitransparent and non-transparent construction materials for energy saving. Thin-film low emissivity (Low-E) type coatings will assist the transparent or semitransparent construction materials to reflect most of the infrared (IR-mostly heat) and UV spectra of sunlight without interrupting the visible spectrum and will lead to saving energy consumption by reducing the heat and lighting during day time

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Combinational Approach of Energy Management for Sustainable Food and Crop Storage Facilities: A Research Concept

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Ahmed²,

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“…Despite the challenges of deposition of ultra-thin Ag films with minimal surface roughness, homogeneous layer morphology, and perfect thickness control, silver is a wellknown noble metal with the lowest optical losses throughout a very broad spectral range extending from the blue to the near-infrared wavelengths [32]. Another field of today's fast-paced research and development is plasmonics nano-sensor development, which has lately seen a number of important breakthroughs [33][34][35][36][37][38].…”

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“…Figure 1 (which is partially reproduced from Ref. [32]) presents the important parameters and optical characteristics of sputtered Ag thin-layers. [32], and the color (d) characterization results for thin sputtered Ag layers.…”

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Physical Vapor Deposited Silver (AG) Based Metal-Dielectric Nanocomposites for Advanced Thin-Film and Coating Applications

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Metallic thin-film materials and nanoparticles (mainly Silver (Ag)-based) are recently being used in many nano-technological applications including sensors, reflective heat-mirror coatings, and antibacterial coatings as well. The physical vapor deposition technique attracts significant attention for Ag-based nanocomposites with tailoring the structural and optical properties of metallic thin films thus allowing further improvements and application possibilities in various existing fields namely electronics, catalysis, magnetics, optics in alongside the environment and health and new emergent fields in, particularly thin-film coatings. This study highlights the preparation, characterization, properties, and possible future application directions of several types of Silver (Ag)-based nanocomposite thin films prepared by using physical vapor deposition techniques.

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“…thin-film multilayers have been studied extensively due to their promising application potentials in various fields including transparent heat regulation (THR). There are some examples of various DMD structure designs and their fabrication technologies are reviewed and listed in Ref [50]. Figure 5 demonstrates the example of clear and semi-transparent polycarbonate roof materials (Fig.…”

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“…Nur-E-Alam et. al., reported that only 29% of solar IR heat (in between 780 nm to 1700 nm spectral region) can pass through a single metallic nano-composite layer contained DMD type coated glass [50]. Figure 6a shows the standardized spectral power density distribution of solar irradiation (AM 1.5 G) while Overall features of thin-film coatings clearly indicate that thin-film coated transparent or semitransparent construction materials (roof or side-wall) can be an additive to save energy for any type of infrastructures for sustainable green earth.…”

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Energy Engineering Approach for Rural Areas Cattle Farmers in Bangladesh to Reduce COVID-19 Impact on Food-Safety

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Hoque²,

Ahmed³

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This paper reports on the optimization of thin-film coating assisted self-sustainable off-grid hybrid power generation systems for cattle farming in rural areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a lower middle-income country with declining rates of poverty among its 160 million people due to persistent economic growth in conjunction with balanced agricultural improvements. Most of the rural households adopt a mixed farming system by cultivating crops and simultaneously rearing livestock. Among the animals raised, cattle are considered as the most valuable asset for the small/medium-scale farmers in terms of their meat and milk production. Currently, along with the major health issue, the COVID-19 pandemic is hindering the world’s economic growth and has thrust millions into unemployment; Bangladesh is also in this loop. However, natural disasters such as COVID-19 pandemic and floods, largely constrain rural smallholder cattle farmers from climbing out of their poverty. In particular, small and medium-scale cattle farmers face many issues that obstruct them from taking advantage of market opportunities and imposing a greater burden on their families and incomes. An appropriate measure can give a way to make those cattle farmers’ businesses both profitable and sustainable. Optimization of thin-film coating assisted self-sustainable off-grid hybrid power generation system for cattle farming is a new and forward-looking approach for sustainable development of the livestock sector. In this study, we design and optimize a thin-film coating assisted hybrid (photovoltaic-battery-generator) power system by using the Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER, Version 3.14.0) simulation tool. An analysis of the results has suggested that the off-grid hybrid system is more feasible for small and medium-scale cattle farming systems with long-term sustainability to overcome the significant challenges faced by smallholder cattle farmers in Bangladesh.

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Dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayers: growth and stability of ultra-thin metal layers for transparent heat regulation (THR)

Cited by 8 publications

References 61 publications

Combinational Approach of Energy Management for Sustainable Food and Crop Storage Facilities: A Research Concept

Combinational Approach of Energy Management for Sustainable Food and Crop Storage Facilities: A Research Concept

Physical Vapor Deposited Silver (AG) Based Metal-Dielectric Nanocomposites for Advanced Thin-Film and Coating Applications

Energy Engineering Approach for Rural Areas Cattle Farmers in Bangladesh to Reduce COVID-19 Impact on Food-Safety

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