Photonic Crystal Enabled Thermophotovoltaics for a Portable Microgenerator
| Autor: | Veronika Stelmakh, John D. Joannopoulos, Ivan Celanovic, Walker R. Chan, C.M. Waits, Marin Soljacic |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Chan, Walker R, Stelmakh, Veronika, Soljacic, Marin, Joannopoulos, John, Celanovic, Ivan L. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | IOP Publishing |
| Popis: | This work presents the design and characterization of a first-of-a-kind millimeter- scale thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system using a metallic microburner, photonic crystal emitter, and low-bandgap photovoltaic (PV) cells. In our TPV system, combustion heats the emitter to incandescence and the resulting thermal radiation is converted to electricity by the low bandgap PV cells. Our motivation is to harness the high specific energy of hydrocarbon fuels at the micro- and millimeter-scale in order to meet the increasing power demands of micro robotics and portable electronics. Our experimental demonstration lays the groundwork for developing a TPV microgenerator as a viable battery replacement. United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0001299) United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FG02-09ER4657) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (contract W911NF-13-D-0001) |
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