DocumentCode
304295
Title
TPV energy conversion: a review of material and cell related issues
Author
Bhat, I.B. ; Borrego, J.M. ; Gutmann, R.J. ; Ostrogorsky, A.G.
Author_Institution
Center for Integrated Electron., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
11-16 Aug 1996
Firstpage
968
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion using low band gap semiconductor photovoltaic cells. Physics of PN junctions related to TPV cells is described and the factors that affect overall cell efficiencies are outlined. Current status of bulk and epitaxial growth of TPV materials and cell fabrication issues are also described
Keywords
epitaxial growth; p-n junctions; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor growth; semiconductor materials; PN junctions; bulk growth; cell efficiencies; cell fabrication; epitaxial growth; low band gap semiconductor photovoltaic cells; thermophotovoltaic energy conversion; Charge carrier processes; Circuits; Energy conversion; Equations; Filters; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor materials; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
1089-3547
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3547-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECEC.1996.553830
Filename
553830
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