NDLI: Thermophotonics: a means for overcoming limitations of thermophotovoltaics?

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Harder, N.-P. Wurfel, P. Green, M.A.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Centre of Excellence for Adv. Silicon Photovoltaics & Photonics, New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia (Harder, N.-P.)
Abstract	Thermophotonics (TPX) is a recently proposed concept, which generalizes Thermophotovoltaics (TPV) by allowing radiation from a heat source to be increased by an internal electrochemical potential difference. This paper examines the basic working principle of TPX by means of idealized detailed balance calculations. We show that the high ('superthermal') power densities achievable by TPX allow for a sufficiently high external quantum efficiency a much higher rate of electrical power extraction from a heat source than TPV. Furthermore we show that for realistic geometries of the intermediate absorber the purely thermal power density of TPV limits the solar energy conversion efficiency, particularly for the conversion of concentrated sunlight. As a consequence of the superthermal power densities achievable by TPX solar energy conversion by TPX can achieve, in principle, higher efficiencies than TPV. Due to the increased power density the efficiency of solar TPX can even for realistic geometries of the intermediate absorber approach the thermodynamic solar energy conversion limits. An essential requirement, however, is very high external electro-luminescent quantum efficiency.
Starting Page	255
Ending Page	258
File Size	342779
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	4990181603
ISSN	02681242 13616641
DOI	10.1088/0268-1242/18/5/319
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-05-11
Publisher Place	Japan
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	PVSEC Advisory Committee
Subject Keyword	Photovoltaic cells Solar energy Geometry Sun Solar heating Light emitting diodes Silicon Photonics Australia Glass
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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