Artificial Photonic Structures for Energy Harvesting and Management
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 3174
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metamaterials; plasmonics; organic optoelectronic devices and materials
Interests: metamaterials; plasmonics; nanotechnology; nanophotonics
Interests: photonic crystals; metamaterials; nano-materials
Interests: metamaterials; metasurfaces; nanophotonics; topological photonics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
“Affordable and clean energy” has been set up as one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in the Envision 2030 agenda by the United Nations, urgently calling for efficient utilisation of energy in different forms. Articial photonic structures, including plasmonic structures, photonic crystals and metamaterials, offer an unparalleled platform for both energy harvesting and management. By virtue of the recent advancement in physics and nanotechnology, photonic structures with feature sizes comparable to or small than wavelengths have been achieved, endowing systems with unprecedented optical properties for a repertoire of energy-related applications, ranging from photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, photocatalysis, solar steam generation to light extraction from LEDs, radiative cooling, wireless powering and beyond.
This Special Issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers from both Photonics and Energy Harvesting and Management, offering a platform to showcase your works, providing an overview of the recent developments and strategies covering topics including (but not limited to) those stated above. Both original research articles and reviews are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Kok Wai Cheah
Dr. Changxu Liu
Prof. Dr. Che Ting Chan
Prof. Dr. Shuang Zhang
Dr. Laura Pilozzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plasmonic structures
- photonic crystals
- metamaterials
- photovoltaics
- thermophotovoltaics
- photocatalysis
- solar steam generation
- light extraction from LEDs
- radiative cooling
- wireless powering
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