Visible and Near-Infrared Broadband Absorber Based on Ti3C2Tx MXene-Wu

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Aug 11;12(16):2753. doi: 10.3390/nano12162753.

Abstract

A high absorption broadband absorber based on MXene and tungsten nanospheres in visible and near-infrared bands is proposed. The absorber has a maximum absorption of 100% and an average absorption of 95% in the wavelength range of 400-2500 nm. The theoretical mechanism and parameter adjustability of the absorber are analyzed by FDTD solutions. The results show that the structural parameters can effectively adjust the absorption performance. The good absorption performance is due to the action of the local surface plasmon resonance coupling with the gap surface plasmon resonance and Fabry-Perot resonance. The simulation results show that the absorber is insensitive to the polarization and oblique incidence angle of incident light, and that high absorption and broadband can be maintained when the oblique incidence angle is up to 60°.

Keywords: Fabry–Perot resonance; MXene (Ti3C2Tx); absorption; broadband; local surface plasmon; nanostructures.