Thermophotovoltaic energy in space applications: Review and future potential
Alejandro Datas,Antonio Martí +1 more
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Next generation TPV concepts are revisited and multiband TPV cells are found to be the most promising in the short term because of their higher conversion efficiencies at lower emitter temperatures; thus significantly reducing the amount of rejected heat and the required radiator mass.About:
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Nanophotonic control of thermal radiation for energy applications [Invited].
Wei Li,Shanhui Fan +1 more
TL;DR: Recent developments of nanophotonic control of thermal radiation are reviewed, and some exciting energy application opportunities, such as daytime radiative cooling, thermal textile, and thermophotovoltaic systems that are enabled by nanophOTonic structures are highlighted.
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Present Efficiencies and Future Opportunities in Thermophotovoltaics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine several decades of experimental thermophotovoltaic (TPV) literature and make meaningful comparisons across TPV reports by comparing each energy-conversion step to its respective, experiment-specific thermodynamic limit.
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Practical emitters for thermophotovoltaics: a review
Reyu Sakakibara,Veronika Stelmakh,Walker R. Chan,Michael Ghebrebrhan,John D. Joannopoulos,Marin Soljacic,Ivan Celanovic +6 more
TL;DR: This work presents a systematic approach for assessing emitters, and presents an overview of the state of the art, by classifying emitters into three categories based on whether they have been used in prototype system demonstrations, fabricated and measured, or simulated, and evaluates and discusses the reported results of emitters used in system demonstrations.
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Near-field radiative thermoelectric energy converters: a review
TL;DR: In this article, the fundamentals of near-field thermal radiation, photon entropy, and nonequilibrium effects in semiconductor diodes that underpin device operation are discussed in detail, and remaining challenges and opportunities for progress are identified.
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Pore-scale investigation of gravity effects on phase change heat transfer characteristics using lattice Boltzmann method
TL;DR: In this article, a pore-scale lattice Boltzmann method with the double distribution functions is developed to study the solid-liquid phase change problems with the natural convection heat transfer in metal foam.
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