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- Note S1. Template-assisted PVD procedure for self-assembly of Au/NPT.
- Note S2. Systematic demonstrations of optical absorbance on geometry parameters.
- Note S3. Antireflection and impedance matching by the nanoporous templates.
- Note S4. Physical understandings for differences between the simulated and experimental
absorbance (Fig. 3).
- Note S5. Understanding the nonlinear behavior of evaporation rate on light intensity.
- Note S6. Radiation loss of the steam generation system.
- Note S7. Advantages of Au/D-NPT absorber for steam generaton: Comparisons with carbon
paint or traditional plasmonic absorbers.
- Note S8. Optical modeling for random gold particles.
- Note S9. Angular dependence of the Au/D-NPT absorber.
- Note S10. Electric measurements and potential applications.
- Fig. S1. Schematic diagrams of the Au/NPT absorber.
- Fig. S2. Measured absorption spectra of Au/NPT absorbers with different pore diameter
D.
- Fig. S3. Absorbance of the plasmonic absorbers on pore length H and gold film thickness hf.
- Fig. S4. Schematic diagram of Au/NPT and the propagation direction of light.
- Fig. S5. Effective index and impedance of nanoporous template calculated by Bruggeman
effective medium formula.
- Fig. S6. Scheme for the difference between the actual and simulated structures.
- Fig. S7. Simulated absorbance of the Au/NPT absorber with different particle length
hp.
- Fig. S8. Comparison of the experimental and simulated absorption spectra of the Au/NPT
absorber.
- Fig. S9. Measured temperature of steam as a function of illumination intensity.
- Fig. S10. The radiation loss of the plasmonic absorber surface.
- Fig. S11. Advantages of Au/NPT for solar steam generation.
- Fig. S12. Evaporation comparisons between the Au/D-NPT and carbon black–based absorber
(carbon nanotube).
- Fig. S13. Simulated absorbance as a function of particle number N.
- Fig. S14. Angular dependence of the plasmonic absorber.
- References (50–56)
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