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Graphite-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Structure Using Al2O3-TiO2-ZrO2 Materials for Solar Thermal Absorption

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Energy harvesting is renowned in the past flue decades, and renewable energy is the superlative cause of the energy. Researchers investigated many surface plasmon resonance structures for the same, but the materials they have used prevent more losses. In this work, graphite, Al2O3, ZrO2, and TiO2 are used in order to gather greater amounts of sunlight. The Sharp Triangular Structure — Ring (STSR) Shape has been created using various lithography techniques to increase absorptance and obtain 95.35% of the solar spectrum (0.2–2.5-µm wavelength) to get the greatest results with these materials. The structure’s absorption rates for the UV, VIS, and IR regions are 97.49, 96.28, and 94.99%, respectively. The role of the resonator is also explained in this study with magnetic and electric field norms. The graphite substrate has an absorptance of 67.63%, a reflectance of 32.20%, and a transmittance of 1.39%. Applying the resonator causes a reduction in reflectance of up to 27.82% and results in 95.35% absorptance. It could function as a radiation barrier, solar induction heater for water and air, and many other things. It is applicable in space missions and satellite since it can capture the majority of the radiation from space.

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This work was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Najran University under the Research Groups Funding program grant code (NU/RG/SERC/12/1).

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  1. Department of Physics, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, 360003, India

    Dhruvik Agravat

  2. Department of Computer Engineering, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, 360003, India

    Shobhit K. Patel

  3. Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani & Muhammad Irfan

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka, 72388, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Ammar Armghan

  5. Physics Department, Islamic University of Gaza, P.O. Box 108, Gaza, Palestine

    Sofyan A. Taya

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Conceptualization, Shobhit K. Patel; methodology, Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani; software, Dhruvik Agravat and Shobhit K. Patel.; validation, Abdulkarem H. M. Almawgani, Muhammad Irfan, Ammar Armghan, and Sofyan A. Taya; writing—original draft preparation, Dhruvik Agravat; writing—review and editing, all the authors. All the authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Agravat, D., Patel, S.K., Almawgani, A.H.M. et al. Graphite-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Structure Using Al2O3-TiO2-ZrO2 Materials for Solar Thermal Absorption. Plasmonics 19, 227–238 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-01986-8

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