Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser

Designed micro-nano structures on the surface of aluminum alloy provide excellent light trapping properties that can be used extensively in thermal photovoltaics, sensors, etc. However, the fabrication of high-performance antireflective micro-nano structures on aluminum alloy is challenging because...

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Autores principales: Mengdan Du, Quanquan Sun, Wei Jiao, Lifeng Shen, Xiao Chen, Junfeng Xiao, Jianfeng Xu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d3277ecc6ae04706b49ea5fb52b81c8d2021-11-25T18:23:47ZFabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser10.3390/mi121114062072-666Xhttps://doaj.org/article/d3277ecc6ae04706b49ea5fb52b81c8d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/11/1406https://doaj.org/toc/2072-666XDesigned micro-nano structures on the surface of aluminum alloy provide excellent light trapping properties that can be used extensively in thermal photovoltaics, sensors, etc. However, the fabrication of high-performance antireflective micro-nano structures on aluminum alloy is challenging because aluminum has shallow intrinsic losses and weak absorption. A two-step strategy is proposed for fabricating broadband antireflection structures by superimposing nanostructures onto microscale structures. By optimizing the processing parameters of femtosecond laser, the average reflectances of 2.6% within the visible spectral region (400–800 nm) and 5.14% within the Vis-NIR spectral region (400–2500 nm) are obtained.Mengdan DuQuanquan SunWei JiaoLifeng ShenXiao ChenJunfeng XiaoJianfeng XuMDPI AGarticlefemtosecond laseraluminum alloyantireflectionsurface micro/nanostructureMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENMicromachines, Vol 12, Iss 1406, p 1406 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic femtosecond laser
aluminum alloy
antireflection
surface micro/nanostructure
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
spellingShingle femtosecond laser
aluminum alloy
antireflection
surface micro/nanostructure
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
Mengdan Du
Quanquan Sun
Wei Jiao
Lifeng Shen
Xiao Chen
Junfeng Xiao
Jianfeng Xu
Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
description Designed micro-nano structures on the surface of aluminum alloy provide excellent light trapping properties that can be used extensively in thermal photovoltaics, sensors, etc. However, the fabrication of high-performance antireflective micro-nano structures on aluminum alloy is challenging because aluminum has shallow intrinsic losses and weak absorption. A two-step strategy is proposed for fabricating broadband antireflection structures by superimposing nanostructures onto microscale structures. By optimizing the processing parameters of femtosecond laser, the average reflectances of 2.6% within the visible spectral region (400–800 nm) and 5.14% within the Vis-NIR spectral region (400–2500 nm) are obtained.
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author Mengdan Du
Quanquan Sun
Wei Jiao
Lifeng Shen
Xiao Chen
Junfeng Xiao
Jianfeng Xu
author_facet Mengdan Du
Quanquan Sun
Wei Jiao
Lifeng Shen
Xiao Chen
Junfeng Xiao
Jianfeng Xu
author_sort Mengdan Du
title Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
title_short Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
title_full Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
title_fullStr Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication of Antireflection Micro/Nanostructures on the Surface of Aluminum Alloy by Femtosecond Laser
title_sort fabrication of antireflection micro/nanostructures on the surface of aluminum alloy by femtosecond laser
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d3277ecc6ae04706b49ea5fb52b81c8d
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