Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion

被引：326

作者：

Laroche, M. ^{[1
]}

Carminati, R. ^{[1
]}

Greffet, J. -J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ecole Cent Paris, Lab Energet Mol & Macroscop Combust, CNRS, F-92295 Chatenay Malabry, France

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2006年 / 100卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2234560

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We report a quantitative model of a near-field thermophotovoltaic (TPV) device consisting in a thermal source located in the near field of a TPV cell. The enhanced radiative transfer at short distance leads to an increase of the photogeneration current. We analyze quantitatively other potential near-field effects, in particular, on the dark current. We also study the influence of the modification of the spectrum of the sources in the near field, comparing the case of a tungsten source with the case of a quasimonochromatic source. Our model leads to a quantitative evaluation of the near-field TPV device output electric power and efficiency. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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