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The structure was developed with an infinity-shaped resonator made of titanium (Ti) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) at the base substrate layer to achieve absorption in a wideband spectrum under solar energy radiation, and absorption efficiencies were calculated employing the finite element method. The average solar energy absorption spectrum ranges from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared regions, and 93.93% average absorption in this band is achieved. Moreover, bandwidths of 2800 and 1110 nm were observed, and, in these bands, we attained continuous absorption above 90% and 95%, respectively, with average absorption rates of 93.93% and 96.25%, respectively. Furthermore, based on this solar energy absorber, which was optimized after varying many design parameters, it is also observed that the developed design is angle-insensitive from 0\u00b0 to 50\u00b0 and polarization-insensitive from the results of the transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes. The developed infinity-shaped broadband solar absorber design is highly efficient and provides broadband absorptance that can be used as an absorber layer in solar cells.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym15020352","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,30]],"date-time":"2023-01-30T06:06:13Z","timestamp":1675058773000},"page":"352","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["A Highly Efficient Infinity-Shaped Large Angular- and Polarization-Independent Metamaterial Absorber"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7989-3360","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meshari","family":"Alsharari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo Bo","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information and Communication Technology, Marwadi University, Rajkot 360003, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0117-2440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shobhit K.","family":"Patel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Engineering, Marwadi University, Rajkot 360003, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4309-6121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaymit","family":"Surve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Marwadi University, Rajkot 360003, Gujarat, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6507-206X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Khaled","family":"Aliqab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9062-7493","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ammar","family":"Armghan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1407","DOI":"10.1213\/ANE.0000000000000466","article-title":"The effectiveness of suggestive techniques in reducing postoperative side effects: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","volume":"119","author":"Kekecs","year":"2014","journal-title":"Anesth. 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