Near-field thermophotovoltaic conversion by excitation of magnetic polariton with nanostructured drude emitters

Payam Sabbaghi, Yue Yang, Jui Yung Chang, Liping Wang

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Abstract

In this work, we study the effect of magnetic polariton (MP) on the conversion performance of a near-field thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system made of a nanostructured Drude grating emitter and a nanometer-thick photovoltaic (PV) cell with a lossless metal as the back reflector. It is theoretically shown that MP can be excited inside the nanometric vacuum gap and the 100-nm PV cell to spectrally enhance the heat flux above the cell bandgap. It is found that the conversion efficiency reaches from 0.7% to 12.2% when the semi-infinite InGaSb cell is replaced by an ultra-thin PV cell supported by a back reflector with the emitter temperature at 1000 K and In0.18Ga0.82Sb cell at 300 K separated by 200 nm. The conversion efficiency can be also further improved to 17.6% using a nanostructured Drude grating emitter over a planar emitter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD 2019
PublisherBegell House Inc.
Pages353-360
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781567004793
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD 2019 - Athens, Greece
Duration: Jun 3 2019Jun 7 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Radiative Transfer
Volume2019-June
ISSN (Electronic)2642-5629

Conference

Conference9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD 2019
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period6/3/196/7/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Radiation

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