Thermal radiation control by metamaterial and application to solar thermophotovoltaic power generation

• Project/Area Number: 15K17985
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Thermal engineering
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: SAKURAI Atsushi 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 准教授 (20529614)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 波長選択性ふく射制御 / メタマテリアル / サーマルフォトニクス / 太陽エネルギー / 熱光起電力発電 / サーモプラズモニクス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we conducted fundamental research on solar thermophotovoltaic (Solar-TPV) power generation. Key technologies in this study are solar-selective absorbers and wavelength-selective emitters. Therefore, we focused on metamaterials that can flexibly control radiative properties. We designed the metamaterial structure based on theory and numerical analysis and succeeded in obtaining performance almost as designed as Solar-TPV emitter. We also showed that the photovoltaic power generation is possible in the experiment in the vacuum. We also proposed a metamaterial using a core-shell type nanoparticle array and fishnet type for solar-selective absorbers. In addition, we have also studied large-area wavelength- selective emitter in the infrared region.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Electromagnetic resonances of wavelength-selective solar absorbers with film-coupled fishnet gratings (2017)
  • Author(s): Yuki Matsuno, Atsushi Sakurai
  • Journal Title: Optics Communications Volume: 385 Pages: 118-123
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2016.10.044
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Perfect infrared absorber and emitter based on a large-area metasurface (2017)
  • Author(s): Yuki Matsuno, Atsushi Sakurai
  • Journal Title: Optical Materials Express Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 618-626
  • DOI: 10.1364/ome.7.000618
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Electromagnetic resonances of solar-selective absorbers with nanoparticle arrays embedded in a dielectric layer (2016)
  • Author(s): Atsushi Sakurai, Tomoaki Kawamata
  • Journal Title: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Volume: 184 Pages: 353-359
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Thermophotovoltaic Conversion System with Wavelength-selective Metasurface Emitter (2017)
  • Author(s): Yuki Matsuno, Ryo Koyanagi and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: 1st ACTS - Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences 2017
  • Place of Presentation: 韓国(Jeju)
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Wavelength-selective metasurface emitter for thermophotovoltaic system (2017)
  • Author(s): Yuki Matsuno, Ryo Koyanagi and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The 6th International Symposium on Micro and Nano Technology
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学(福岡県福岡市)
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 薄膜型グラフェンメタサーフェスによる熱ふく射制御 (2017)
  • Author(s): 下條 恭, 矢田 恭平, 吉本 大樹, 櫻井 篤
  • Organizer: 第 54 回日本伝熱シンポジウム
• [Presentation] ナノスリット型グラフェンメタサーフェスによる熱ふく射制御 (2017)
  • Author(s): 矢田 恭平, 吉本 大樹, 櫻井 篤
  • Organizer: 第 54 回日本伝熱シンポジウム
• [Presentation] Wavelength-Selective Emitter and Absorber Based on a Metasurface (2017)
  • Author(s): Atsushi Sakurai，Yuki Matsuno
  • Organizer: 3rd International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] メタマテリアルによる波長選択性熱ふく射制御 (2017)
  • Author(s): 櫻井篤
  • Organizer: 日本学術振興会メタマテリアル第187委員会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] メタサーフェスによる自由自在な熱輻射制御：宇宙機の熱マネジメントに向けて (2017)
  • Author(s): 櫻井篤
  • Organizer: 熱物性研究会「先進材料の熱物性と宇宙システムデザイン」
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Near-infrared wavelength-selective metasurface emitter (2017)
  • Author(s): Ryo Koyanagi, Yiming Huang, and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The 14th International Conference on Flow Dynamics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Computational Design of Solar Selective Absorber with Metallic Nanoparticles Embedded in Multilayer (2017)
  • Author(s): Tatsuya Yokoyama, Kairi Ushiki, and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The 14th International Conference on Flow Dynamics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Broadband Mid-Infrared Metasurface Emitter for Radiative Cooling (2017)
  • Author(s): Kosuke Hamada, Ryota Ogawa, and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The 14th International Conference on Flow Dynamics
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Electromagnetic Resonances of High Temperature Solar-Selective Absorbers with Refractory Nanoparticle Arrays (2016)
  • Author(s): Tomoaki Kawamata and Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The Fourth International Forum on Heat Transfer
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター(宮城県仙台市)
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 赤外波長領域におけるグラフェンメタサーフェスを用いた熱ふく射制御 (2016)
  • Author(s): 吉本 大樹，矢田 恭平，櫻井 篤
  • Organizer: 熱工学コンファレンス2016
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛大学(愛媛県松山市)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-22
• [Presentation] グラフェンメタサーフェスによる熱ふく射制御 (2016)
  • Author(s): 矢田 恭平，吉本 大樹，櫻井 篤
  • Organizer: 第53回 日本伝熱シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: グランキューブ大阪（大阪府大阪市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-24
• [Presentation] High-temperature solar-selective absorbers using core-shell nanoparticle arrays (2016)
  • Author(s): Atsushi Sakurai, Tomoaki Kawamata
  • Organizer: The First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Waikoloa (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-14
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Wavelength-selective absorber with film-coupled grating metamaterial for solar-thermophotovoltaic system (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuki Matsuno, Atsushi Sakurai
  • Organizer: The Twelfth International Conference on Flow Dynamics
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター（宮城県・仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 非対称メタサーフェスによる熱ふく射制御 (2015)
  • Author(s): 櫻井篤，平原大樹
  • Organizer: 第36回日本熱物性シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学（宮城県・仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-19
• [Remarks] 研究室ウェブサイト
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• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.eng.niigata-u.ac.jp/~rad/index.html
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 赤外線ヒーター (2015)
  • Inventor(s): 戸谷 剛、櫻井 篤、近藤良夫
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 戸谷 剛、櫻井 篤、近藤良夫
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Industrial Property Number: 2015-175068
  • Filing Date: 2015
  • Acquisition Date: 2017