Solar-powered light-modulated microwave programmable metasurface for sustainable wireless communications

IF 15.7 1区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Nature Communications Pub Date : 2025-03-14 DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-57923-2

Han Wei Tian, Ya Lun Sun, Xin Ge Zhang, Xin Li, Qian Zhu, Chao Song, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Tie Jun Cui, Wei Xiang Jiang

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Abstract

Programmable metasurface holds big promise in wireless communications by virtue of its powerful capability in controlling electromagnetic waves. However, challenges exist for the programmable metasurface in achieving self-sufficient renewable energy supply and flexible and reliable multi-domain information transmissions. Here, we report a solar-powered light-modulated microwave programmable metasurface (SLMPM) by integrating a photovoltaic module to acquire information from modulated light and energy from sunlight simultaneously. Such an SLMPM enables direct, real-time, and reliable information transmissions from light to microwave domains under direct sunlight exposure, with the flexibility to implement various modulation schemes. Its low power consumption and on-board energy harvesting capability allows for 24 hours of light-to-microwave information transmission with 8 hours of sole sunlight energy input. A hybrid wireless communication system for real-time image transmission is demonstrated to show the outstanding features of SLMPM. We believe that SLMPM can contribute to the sustainable advancement of future wireless communications, rendering them more cost-effective, energy-efficient, environment-friendly, and ubiquitous.

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用于可持续无线通信的太阳能光调制微波可编程超表面

可编程超表面具有强大的电磁波控制能力，在无线通信领域具有广阔的应用前景。然而，可编程元表面在实现自给自足的可再生能源供应和灵活可靠的多域信息传输方面存在挑战。在这里，我们报道了一种太阳能光调制微波可编程超表面（SLMPM），通过集成光伏模块同时从调制光和太阳光中获取信息。这样的SLMPM可以在阳光直射下实现从光到微波的直接、实时和可靠的信息传输，并具有实现各种调制方案的灵活性。它的低功耗和机载能量收集能力允许24小时光到微波信息传输，8小时的唯一阳光能量输入。通过一个用于实时图像传输的混合无线通信系统，展示了SLMPM的突出特点。我们相信SLMPM可以为未来无线通信的可持续发展做出贡献，使其更具成本效益，节能，环保和无处不在。

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Nature Communications Biological Science Disciplines-

CiteScore

24.90

自引率

2.40%

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6928

审稿时长

3.7 months

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