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Andrej Lenert

Researcher at University of Michigan

Publications -  68
Citations -  2889

Andrej Lenert is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermophotovoltaic & Energy transformation. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 57 publications receiving 2164 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrej Lenert include Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device

Andrej Lenert, +6 more
- 01 Feb 2014 - 
TL;DR: A full solar thermophotovoltaic device is reported on, which, thanks to the nanophotonic properties of the absorber-emitter surface, reaches experimental efficiencies of 3.2%.
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Optimization of nanofluid volumetric receivers for solar thermal energy conversion

Andrej Lenert, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a combined modeling and experimental study is presented to optimize the efficiency of liquid-based solar receivers seeded with carbon-coated absorbing nanoparticles, where the effect of solar concentration, nanofluid height, and optical thickness on receiver performance is investigated.
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Metallic Photonic Crystal Absorber-Emitter for Efficient Spectral Control in High-Temperature Solar Thermophotovoltaics

Veronika Rinnerbauer, +10 more
- 01 Aug 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a high-temperature stable solar absorber based on a metallic 2D photonic crystal (PhC) with high and tunable spectral selectivity is demonstrated and optimized for a range of system conditions of operating temperature and irradiance.
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Enhanced photovoltaic energy conversion using thermally based spectral shaping

David M. Bierman, +7 more
- 23 May 2016 - 
TL;DR: Bierman et al. as discussed by the authors showed that a one-dimensional photonic crystal selective emitter with a tandem plasma interference optical filter achieves a solar-to-electrical conversion rate of 68%, exceeding the performance of the photovoltaic cell alone.
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Solar thermophotovoltaic energy conversion systems with two-dimensional tantalum photonic crystal absorbers and emitters

Youngsuk Nam, +7 more
- 01 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a high-fidelity thermal-electrical hybrid model was proposed for solar thermophotovoltaic (STPV) systems with 2D photonic crystals (PhCs).