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ArticleScientific reports2026

Machine learning-optimized graphene-integrated refractory metasurface for broadband solar energy harvesting.

Hussein A Elsayed, Emad Solouma, Jacob Wekalao, Ahmed Mehaney, Mohammed Messaoudi, Amuthakkannan Rajakannu, Abdelrahman M Rabie, Wail Al Zoubi

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Hussein A ElsayedDepartment of Physics, College of Science, University of Ha'il, P. O. Box 2440, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.
Emad SoloumaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, 11623, Saudi Arabia. emmahmoudm@imamu.edu.sa.
Jacob WekalaoSchool of Engineering and Technology, National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382007, India. jacob.phdfs2303@nfsu.ac.in.
Ahmed MehaneyPhotonic and Phononic Crystals Lab., Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62512, Egypt.
Mohammed MessaoudiDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, 11623, Saudi Arabia.
Amuthakkannan RajakannuDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science And Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Abdelrahman M RabiePetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City , Cairo, 11727, Egypt.
Wail Al ZoubiMaterials Electrochemistry Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea.

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Abstract

A graphene-integrated refractory metasurface absorber is proposed for broadband solar thermal energy conversion. Near-unity broadband absorptance across 300-2500 nm is achieved through three concurrent mechanisms: free-space impedance matching, ground-plane-mediated transmission suppression, and multimodal electromagnetic energy dissipation distributed across spectrally coupled plasmonic and dielectric resonant channels. Spectral tunability without structural reconfiguration is demonstrated through electrostatic modulation of the graphene Fermi level, which enables reversible control of the optical sheet conductivity. Alternative material configurations incorporating caesium, gallium arsenide, copper, and strontium are evaluated through full-wave COMSOL Multiphysics simulations under periodic boundary conditions, with assessment of spectral bandwidth, resonance behaviour, and thermal robustness at elevated temperatures. A dielectric substrate thickness of approximately 4.1 μm satisfies the quarter-wavelength Fabry-Perot cavity resonance condition, suppressing mid-infrared radiative emission and reducing parasitic thermal losses. A random forest regression surrogate model trained on 1,200 finite-element simulation samples, with five geometric and material input parameters and 500 estimators, maps the design space with R

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Broadband metamaterial absorberGraphene-integrated metasurfaceLocalized surface plasmon resonanceMachine learning surrogate optimizationPhotothermal energy conversionRefractory metasurfaceSolar thermal harvesting

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