• DocumentCode
    2871869
  • Title

    Photonic crystal assisted high-efficiency thermal photovoltaic generation

  • Author

    El-Kady, I. ; Murray, C. ; Luk, T.S. ; Koudelka, R. ; Fleming, J.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a detailed theoretical and experimental analysis of a novel thermal photovoltaic generation scheme based on the use of radioisotope heating of a metallic photonic crystal emitter. A two-fold TPV-device enhancement efficiency is observed.
  • Keywords
    photonic crystals; photovoltaic effects; radioisotope thermoelectric generators; metallic photonic crystal emitter; photonic crystal assisted high-efficiency thermal photovoltaic generation; radioisotope heating; Heat engines; Heating; Lattices; Network topology; Photonic crystals; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Radioactive materials; Solar power generation; Tungsten; 160.0160; 230.0230; 250.050;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628278
  • Filename
    4628278