High-Temperature Stealth Across Multi-Infrared and Microwave Bands with Efficient Radiative Thermal Management
High-temperature stealth is vital for enhancing the concealment, survivability, and longevity of critical assets. However, achieving stealth across multiple infrared bands-particularly in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) band-along with microwave stealth and efficient thermal management at high temperatures, remains a significant challenge. Here, we propose a strategy that integrates an IR-selective emitter (Mo/Si multilayer films) and a microwave metasurface (TiB<sub>2</sub>-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-TiB<sub>2</sub>) to enable multi-infrared band stealth, encompassing mid-wave infrared (MWIR), long-wave infrared (LWIR), and SWIR bands, and microwave (X-band) stealth at 700 °C, with simultaneous radiative cooling in non-atmospheric window (5-8 μm). At 700 °C, the device exhibits low emissivity of 0.38/0.44/0.60 in the MWIR/LWIR/SWIR bands, reflection loss below - 3 dB in the X-band (9.6-12 GHz), and high emissivity of 0.82 in 5-8 μm range-corresponding to a cooling power of 9.57 kW m<sup>-2</sup>. Moreover, under an input power of 17.3 kW m<sup>-2</sup>-equivalent to the aerodynamic heating at Mach 2.2-the device demonstrates a temperature reduction of 72.4 °C compared to a conventional low-emissivity molybdenum surface at high temperatures. This work provides comprehensive guidance on high-temperature stealth design, with far-reaching implications for multispectral information processing and thermal management in extreme high-temperature environments.
Authors
- Rongxuan Zhu
- Bing Qin
- Huanzheng Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2137-7752)
- Zuojia Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3673-7034)
- Pintu Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-0151)
- Min Qiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-5125)
- Qiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9344-6682)
- Jihao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8669-6808)
- Meng Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3757-7009)
Institutions
- Westlake University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nano-Micro Letters
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-025-01712-5
- Citations
- 69
- Primary Topic
- Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 65.77