
1.School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
2.Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang 441053 Hubei, China
3.Hubei Longzhong Laboratory, Wuhan University of Technology (Xiangyang Demonstration Zone), Xiangyang 441000 Hubei, China
4.Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
Wangnan Li (liwangnan@hbuas.edu.cn)
Junichiro Shiomi (shiomi@photon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Run Hu (hurun@hust.edu.cn)
Published:31 December 2023,
Published Online:05 December 2023,
Received:04 July 2023,
Revised:17 November 2023,
Accepted:18 November 2023
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Yu, S. L. et al. General deep learning framework for emissivity engineering. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 2755-2767 (2023).
Yu, S. L. et al. General deep learning framework for emissivity engineering. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 2755-2767 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01341-w.
Wavelength-selective thermal emitters (WS-TEs) have been frequently designed to achieve desired target emissivity spectra
as a typical emissivity engineering
for broad applications such as thermal camouflage
radiative cooling
and gas sensing
etc. However
previous designs require prior knowledge of materials or structures for different applications and the designed WS-TEs usually vary from applications to applications in terms of materials and structures
thus lacking of a general design framework for emissivity engineering across different applications. Moreover
previous designs fail to tackle the simultaneous design of both materials and structures
as they either fix materials to design structures or fix structures to select suitable materials. Herein
we employ the deep Q-learning network algorithm
a reinforcement learning method based on deep learning framework
to design multilayer WS-TEs. To demonstrate the general validity
three WS-TEs are designed for various applications
including thermal camouflage
radiative cooling and gas sensing
which are then fabricated and measured. The merits of the deep Q-learning algorithm include that it can (1) offer a general design framework for WS-TEs beyond one-dimensional multilayer structures; (2) autonomously select suitable materials from a self-built material library and (3) autonomously optimize structural parameters for the target emissivity spectra. The present framework is demonstrated to be feasible and efficient in designing WS-TEs across different applications
and the design parameters are highly scalable in materials
structures
dimensions
and the target functions
offering a general framework for emissivity engineering and paving the way for efficient design of nonlinear optimization problems beyond thermal metamaterials.
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