Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion

Abstract Because energy interest demands clean and sustainability in the last ten years. Solar thermal energy conversion, where sunlight can be absorbed to convert it into heat can stand as an alternative for this purpose. Graphene dispersed with different substrates enables us to get torsion contro...

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Main Authors: Khaled Aliqab, Dhruvik Agravat, Shobhit K. Patel, Ammar Armghan, Naim Ben Ali, Meshari Alsharari
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83486-1
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author Khaled Aliqab
Dhruvik Agravat
Shobhit K. Patel
Ammar Armghan
Naim Ben Ali
Meshari Alsharari
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description Abstract Because energy interest demands clean and sustainability in the last ten years. Solar thermal energy conversion, where sunlight can be absorbed to convert it into heat can stand as an alternative for this purpose. Graphene dispersed with different substrates enables us to get torsion control over light absorption and heat transport. This work discusses the optothermal properties of graphene-based coatings on different substrates such as CuO, MAPBI3, Fe, etc. The optothermal properties of such CuO-graphene, MAPBI3-graphene, and Fe-graphene combinations display the highest average absorptance of 96.8% across the solar spectrum between 0.2 and 2.5 μm followed by 86.7% by MAPBI3-graphene. However, Fe-graphene depicts a significantly lower value of 24.3%. A critical inspection of these optothermal properties would enrich one with critical knowledge of design optimisation in graphene-coated solar absorbers. Thus, the data collection time is greatly reduced using ML compared to running simulations which have a step size of about 8 h per change. Where the machine learning efficacy is 98% for the thickness optimization of Fe, CuO, and MAPBI3 with 25% test data. Of much potential interest are the solar absorbers developed using these materials in fields such as solar thermal energy harvesting, air/water heaters, and industrial heating systems.
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spelling doaj-art-86882f9336b4484598670741a02a72702025-02-09T12:35:50ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-02-0115111610.1038/s41598-024-83486-1Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversionKhaled Aliqab0Dhruvik Agravat1Shobhit K. Patel2Ammar Armghan3Naim Ben Ali4Meshari Alsharari5Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf UniversityDepartment of Physics, Marwadi UniversityDepartment of Computer Engineering, Marwadi UniversityDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Ha’ilDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf UniversityAbstract Because energy interest demands clean and sustainability in the last ten years. Solar thermal energy conversion, where sunlight can be absorbed to convert it into heat can stand as an alternative for this purpose. Graphene dispersed with different substrates enables us to get torsion control over light absorption and heat transport. This work discusses the optothermal properties of graphene-based coatings on different substrates such as CuO, MAPBI3, Fe, etc. The optothermal properties of such CuO-graphene, MAPBI3-graphene, and Fe-graphene combinations display the highest average absorptance of 96.8% across the solar spectrum between 0.2 and 2.5 μm followed by 86.7% by MAPBI3-graphene. However, Fe-graphene depicts a significantly lower value of 24.3%. A critical inspection of these optothermal properties would enrich one with critical knowledge of design optimisation in graphene-coated solar absorbers. Thus, the data collection time is greatly reduced using ML compared to running simulations which have a step size of about 8 h per change. Where the machine learning efficacy is 98% for the thickness optimization of Fe, CuO, and MAPBI3 with 25% test data. Of much potential interest are the solar absorbers developed using these materials in fields such as solar thermal energy harvesting, air/water heaters, and industrial heating systems.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83486-1Machine learningRenewable EnergySolar EnergySolar absorberCoatingsGraphene
spellingShingle Khaled Aliqab
Dhruvik Agravat
Shobhit K. Patel
Ammar Armghan
Naim Ben Ali
Meshari Alsharari
Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
Scientific Reports
Machine learning
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Solar absorber
Coatings
Graphene
title Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
title_full Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
title_fullStr Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
title_short Analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic/oxide crystal/composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
title_sort analysis of graphene coatings on various metallic oxide crystal composite material substrates using machine learning for enhanced solar thermal energy conversion
topic Machine learning
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Solar absorber
Coatings
Graphene
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83486-1
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