Table 3 Optimization results for the DNN model trained with 1566 data set. \({\tilde{\alpha }}_{sol}\) is the solar absorptance predicted by DNN. \({\alpha }_{sol}\) is the solar absorptance calculated by RCWA for validation. \({\sigma }_{sol}\) is the standard deviation of the distributed \({\tilde{\alpha }}_{sol}\) due to fabrication uncertainty of each dimensional variables.

From: Design of a Broadband Solar Thermal Absorber Using a Deep Neural Network and Experimental Demonstration of Its Performance

Category

Λ (nm)

w (nm)

dg (nm)

duf (nm)

dbf(nm)

\({\tilde{{\boldsymbol{\alpha }}}}_{{\boldsymbol{sol}}}\)

α sol

σ sol

Reference design

600

50

200

100

100

0.819

0.817

0.029

Deterministic optimum

330

161

9

94

91

0.949

0.947

0.057

Robust optimum

426

88

190

92

113

0.919

0.918

0.017

Constrained optimum

600

300

8

91

95

0.916

0.918

0.051