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2025-01-26
Design of Metamaterial Absorber Independent in Incident Angle for Solar Cell Applications
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Asmaa El-Sayed Mohammed,

    Dr. Asmaa El-Sayed Mohammed

    Faculty of Technology and Education

    Sohag University

    Egypt

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Ayad Shohdy,

    Dr. Ayad Shohdy

    Faculty of Engineering

    Sohag University

    Egypt

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Shazly Abdo Mohammed,

    Dr. Shazly Abdo Mohammed

    Faculty of Engineering

    South Valley University

    Egypt

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Ahmed Mohamed Montaser

    Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Montaser

    Electrical Engineering Department

    Sohag University

    Egypt

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 131, 71-79, 2025
doi:10.2528/PIERM24111603 | Google Scholar

Abstract
This study proposes designing and developing a metamaterial absorber that improves the efficiency of solar cells. The design includes circular forms with rectangle gaps etched on the upper surface of an FR-4 substrate, with a copper sheet serving as an isolating substrate for the ground beneath. The structure operates in the tera frequency ranges to accommodate all infrared wavelengths of the sun's spectrum. Furthermore, the constructed metamaterial unit cell is used to build a metamaterial array absorber, which increases the rate of energy harvest from the sun spectrum. The two designs showed absorption rates of approximately 96.75% and 99.85% at 94.85 THz and 109.08 THz resonant frequencies respectively. In addition, a top surface of microwave cross-polarization conversion (CPC) is also generated and simulated. The structure of the proposed microwave unit cell consists of the same metamaterial absorber design. Efficient cross-conversion is achieved across a wide frequency band (9 GHz to 15 GHz), with polarization conversion effectiveness exceeding 99%. The suggested CPC design has three resonance bands with 50% fractional bandwidth (FBW) and achieves a stable polarization response at oblique incidence angles up to 35˚.
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Asmaa El-Sayed Mohammed, Ayad Shohdy, Shazly Abdo Mohammed, and Ahmed Mohamed Montaser, "Design of Metamaterial Absorber Independent in Incident Angle for Solar Cell Applications," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 131, 71-79, 2025.
doi:10.2528/PIERM24111603
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