Tunable Color-Variable Solar Absorber Based on Phase Change Material Sb2Se3

With the development of camouflage technology, single camouflage technology can no longer adapt to existing environments, and multispectral camouflage has attracted much research focus. However, achieving camouflage compatibility across different bands remains challenging. This study proposes a multispectral camouflage metamaterial structure using a particle swarm optimization algorithm, which exhibits multifunctional compatibility in the visible and infrared bands. In the visible band, the light absorption rate of the metamaterial structure exceeds 90%. In addition, color camouflage can be achieved by modifying the top cylindrical nanostructure to display different colors. In the infrared band, the metamaterial structure can achieve three functions: dual-band infrared camouflage (3–5 µm and 8–14 µm), laser stealth (1.06, 1.55, and 10.6 µm), and heat dissipation (5–8 µm). This structure exhibits lower emissivity in both the 3–5-µm (ɛ=0.18) and 8–14-µm (ɛ=0.27) bands, effectively reducing the emissivity in the atmospheric window band. The structure has an absorption rate of 99.7%, 95.5%, and 95% for 1.06, 1.55, and 10.6 µm laser wavelengths, respectively. Owing to its high absorptivity, laser stealth is achieved. Simultaneously, considering the heat dissipation requirements of metamaterial structures, the structural emissivity is 0.7 in the non-atmospheric window (5–8 µm), and the heat can be dissipated through air convection. Therefore, the designed metamaterial structure can be used in military camouflage and industrial applications.

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Sb2S3-Based Dynamically Tuned Color Filter Array via Genetic Algorithm

Wei

Nong

Zhang

et al. 2023

Nanomaterials

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Color displays have become increasingly attractive, with dielectric optical nanoantennas demonstrating especially promising applications due to the high refractive index of the material, enabling devices to support geometry-dependent Mie resonance in the visible band. Although many structural color designs based on dielectric nanoantennas employ the method of artificial positive adjustment, the design cycle is too lengthy and the approach is non-intelligent. The commonly used phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) is characterized by high absorption and a small contrast to the real part of the refractive index in the visible light band, thereby restricting its application in this range. The Sb2S3 phase change material is endowed with a wide band gap of 1.7 to 2 eV, demonstrating two orders of magnitude lower propagation loss compared to GST, when integrated onto a silicon waveguide, and exhibiting a maximum refractive index contrast close to 1 at 614 nm. Thus, Sb2S3 is a more suitable phase change material than GST for tuning visible light. In this paper, genetic algorithms and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solutions are combined and introduced as Sb2S3 phase change material to design nanoantennas. Structural color is generated in the reflection mode through the Mie resonance inside the structure, and the properties of Sb2S3 in different phase states are utilized to achieve tunability. Compared to traditional methods, genetic algorithms are superior-optimization algorithms that require low computational effort and a high population performance. Furthermore, Sb2S3 material can be laser-induced to switch the transitions of the crystallized and amorphous states, achieving reversible color. The large chromatic aberration ∆E modulation of 64.8, 28.1, and 44.1 was, respectively, achieved by the Sb2S3 phase transition in this paper. Moreover, based on the sensitivity of the structure to the incident angle, it can also be used in fields such as angle-sensitive detectors.

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Tunable Color-Variable Solar Absorber Based on Phase Change Material Sb2Se3

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Multispectral camouflage nanostructure design based on a particle swarm optimization algorithm for color camouflage, infrared camouflage, laser stealth, and heat dissipation

Sb2S3-Based Dynamically Tuned Color Filter Array via Genetic Algorithm

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