Carbon nanowalls: the next step for physical manifestation of the black body coating
- Author(s)
- V. A. Krivchenko, S. A. Evlashin, K. V. Mironovich, N. I. Verbitskiy, A. Nefedov, C. Wöll, A. Ya. Kozmenkova, N. V. Suetin, S. E. Svyakhovskiy, D. V. Vyalikh, A. T. Rakhimov, A. V. Egorov, L. V. Yashina
- Abstract
The optical properties of carbon nanowall (CNW) films in the visible range have been studied and reported for the first time. Depending on the film structure, ultra-low total reflectance up to 0.13% can be reached, which makes the CNW films a promising candidate for the black body-like coating, and thus for a wide range of applications as a light absorber. We have estimated important trends in the optical property variation from sample to sample, and identified the presence of edge states and domain boundaries in carbon nanowalls as well as the film mass density variation as the key factors. Also we demonstrated that at much lower film thickness and density than for a carbon nanotube forest the CNWs yield one order higher specific light absorption.
- Organisation(s)
- Electronic Properties of Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Technische Universität Dresden
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Volume
- 3
- No. of pages
- 6
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03328
- Publication date
- 11-2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103020 Surface physics, 103009 Solid state physics, 103018 Materials physics
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/52ac8900-239d-4ba5-9b0b-8cbcd408ddda