Title :
Micro-gap thermophotovoltaic generator enhanced by a wire metamaterial
Author :
M. Mirmoosa;C. Simovski
Author_Institution :
Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, P.O. Box 13000, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland
Abstract :
We introduce new microgap thermophotovoltaic systems enhanced by tungsten nanowires and allowing the optimized super-Planckian spectrum of radiative heat transfer for electricity generation. We perform a system analysis of these systems.
Keywords :
"Nanowires","Metamaterials","Heat transfer","Photonic band gap","Standards","Cooling","Optics"
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2015 9th International Congress on
DOI :
10.1109/MetaMaterials.2015.7342606
