IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v256y2026ipds0960148125019081.html

Design and optimization of machine learning-based Cr-TiN-AlSb solar absorber based on graphene material for renewable energy applications

Author

Listed:
  • Patel, Shobhit K.
  • Han, Bo Bo
  • Kumar, Om Prakash
  • Al-Zahrani, Fahad Ahmed

Abstract

The main goal of addressing the inefficiency of electricity and reducing air pollution faced today has led to the invention of the recent absorber as a form of green energy. While investigating the absorber with more layers could improve its performance, the three-layer type remains the most widely used. Additionally, the inclusion of a graphene layer enhances the efficiency, making it a wideband structure. The current structure employs a three-layer absorber technique, consisting of Chromium, Titanium Nitride (TiN), and Aluminum Antimonide (AlSb) (from the resonance surface to the base layer). With an overall efficiency of 93 % over a 2800 nm bandwidth, the output efficiencies can be studied across different air regions (UV – NIR). Our investigated absorber is a broadband type, suitable for a variety of heating applications, both industrial and domestic. Furthermore, this broadband absorber can be utilized to collect and emit heat energy at high temperatures.

Suggested Citation

  • Patel, Shobhit K. & Han, Bo Bo & Kumar, Om Prakash & Al-Zahrani, Fahad Ahmed, 2026. "Design and optimization of machine learning-based Cr-TiN-AlSb solar absorber based on graphene material for renewable energy applications," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 256(PD).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:256:y:2026:i:pd:s0960148125019081
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.124244
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148125019081
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2025.124244?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Keng-Te Lin & Han Lin & Tieshan Yang & Baohua Jia, 2020. "Structured graphene metamaterial selective absorbers for high efficiency and omnidirectional solar thermal energy conversion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Mufutau Opeyemi, Bello, 2021. "Path to sustainable energy consumption: The possibility of substituting renewable energy for non-renewable energy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    3. Alexey Mikhaylov & Nikita Moiseev & Kirill Aleshin & Thomas Burkhardt, 2020. "Global climate change and greenhouse effect," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 7(4), pages 2897-2913, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. George S. Chen & Emmanuel Kwaku Manu & Dennis Asante, 2023. "Achieving environmental sustainability in Africa: The role of financial institutions development on carbon emissions," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(5), pages 3272-3290, October.
    2. Mangla, Sachin Kumar & Srivastava, Praveen Ranjan & Eachempati, Prajwal & Tiwari, Aviral Kumar, 2024. "Exploring the impact of key performance factors on energy markets: From energy risk management perspectives," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    3. Wadim Strielkowski & Anna Sherstobitova & Patrik Rovny & Tatiana Evteeva, 2021. "Increasing Energy Efficiency and Modernization of Energy Systems in Russia: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-19, May.
    4. Zhao, Kuan & Wang, Jifen & Xie, Huaqing, 2024. "A multifunctional flexible composite phase-change film with excellent solar driven thermal management," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
    5. Yuan, Haining & Wang, Zhiyou & Sun, Tangyou & Song, Qianju & Yi, Zao & Tang, Chaojun & Zeng, Qingdong & Cheng, Shubo & Wu, Pinghui, 2025. "Ultra-broadband absorber and near-perfect thermal emitter based on multi-layered grating structure design," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 316(C).
    6. Pandey, Mayank & Deshmukh, Kalim & Raman, Akhila & Asok, Aparna & Appukuttan, Saritha & Suman, G.R., 2024. "Prospects of MXene and graphene for energy storage and conversion," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 189(PB).
    7. Wang, Yunhui & Wu, Peng & Huang, Lei & Song, Yongchen & Li, Yanghui, 2025. "Stress-induced permeability evolution mechanism of hydrate-bearing sediments from pore-scale perspective," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 319(C).
    8. Onur Yuksel & Eduardo Blanco-Davis & Andrew Spiteri & David Hitchmough & Viknash Shagar & Maria Carmela Di Piazza & Marcello Pucci & Nikolaos Tsoulakos & Milad Armin & Jin Wang, 2025. "Optimising the Design of a Hybrid Fuel Cell/Battery and Waste Heat Recovery System for Retrofitting Ship Power Generation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-40, January.
    9. Das, Pronob & Das, Barun K. & Rahman, Mushfiqur & Hassan, Rakibul, 2022. "Evaluating the prospect of utilizing excess energy and creating employments from a hybrid energy system meeting electricity and freshwater demands using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 238(PB).
    10. Yi Zhou & Tianpeng Ding & Jun Guo & Guoqiang Xu & Mingqiang Cheng & Chen Zhang & Xiao-Qiao Wang & Wanheng Lu & Wei Li Ong & Jiangyu Li & Jiaqing He & Cheng-Wei Qiu & Ghim Wei Ho, 2023. "Giant polarization ripple in transverse pyroelectricity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    11. Morgan Alamandi, 2025. "Sustainable Innovation Management: Balancing Economic Growth and Environmental Responsibility," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-31, May.
    12. Lingling Zhou & Tao Shi & Qian Zhou, 2023. "Is ICT Development Conducive to Reducing the Vulnerability of Low-Carbon Energy? Evidence from OECD Countries," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-22, January.
    13. Lifang Guo & Hewu Kuang & Zehua Ni, 2023. "A step towards green economic policy framework: role of renewable energy and climate risk for green economic recovery," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(5), pages 3095-3115, October.
    14. Davide De Maio & Carmine D’Alessandro & Antonio Caldarelli & Daniela De Luca & Emiliano Di Gennaro & Roberto Russo & Marilena Musto, 2021. "A Selective Solar Absorber for Unconcentrated Solar Thermal Panels," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-13, February.
    15. Liu, Yang & Dong, Kangyin & Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, 2023. "How does energy aid mitigate the recipient countries’ carbon emissions?," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 359-375.
    16. Yang, Xiaoxi & Zhang, Dansha & Masron, Tajul Ariffin, 2024. "The impact of smart city construction on achieving peak carbon neutrality: Evidence from 31 provinces in China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    17. Qianwen Li & Yongkang He & Kaixuan Zhao & Jiangtao Ji & Hongzhen Li & Jeffrey M. Bewley, 2024. "Development and Testing of NDIR-Based Rapid Greenhouse Gas Detection Device for Dairy Farms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-22, March.
    18. Tinta, Abdoulganiour Almame, 2023. "Education puzzle, financial inclusion, and energy substitution: Growth Scales," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    19. Wadim Strielkowski & Lubomír Civín & Elena Tarkhanova & Manuela Tvaronavičienė & Yelena Petrenko, 2021. "Renewable Energy in the Sustainable Development of Electrical Power Sector: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-24, December.
    20. Rodica Siminiuc & Dinu Țurcanu & Anna Vîrlan, 2024. "Urban–Rural Disparities in Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Fuel Consumption in Moldovan Households and Implications for Energy Policies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-14, December.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:256:y:2026:i:pd:s0960148125019081. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.