Photothermal Conversion of Solar Infrared Radiation by Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Hybrid Devices

Autor: Sébastien Hanauer, Inès Massiot, Adnen Mlayah, Franck Carcenac, Jean-Baptiste Doucet, Sélyan Beldjoudi, Ihar Faniayeu, Alexandre Dmitriev
Přispěvatelé: Équipe Photonique (LAAS-PHOTO), Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes (LAAS), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT), Service Techniques et Équipements Appliqués à la Microélectronique (LAAS-TEAM), University of Gothenburg (GU), Swedish Research Council (VR) (Project No. 2017-04828)Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas) (Project No. 2021-01390), ANR-21-CE50-0003,HYDRES,Systèmes hybrides photovoltaïques-thermoélectriques pour la récupération d'énergie solaire(2021)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Energy Materials
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6 (4), pp.2128-2133. ⟨10.1021/acsaem.2c03724⟩
ISSN: 2574-0962
Popis: International audience; Photovoltaics have become one of the low-cost options for electricity generation. However, the lack of absorption of the near-infrared and infrared solar spectrum intrinsically limits its efficiency. Here, we present an approach for photothermal conversion of solar infrared radiation in photovoltaic-thermoelectric systems using plasmonic nanoantennas. Through numerical calculations-driven shape engineering we identified Ni diabolo nanoantennas as efficient solar infrared spectrum harvesters. Nanofabrication with electron-beam lithography further revealed its impact on nanoantennas optical properties at single-nanoantenna level. In the large-scale low-cost approach, however, photothermal surfaces of nanocone plasmonic antennas, made with a simple and robust fabrication process, still deliver a significant 6.1°C temperature increase under solar 1 infrared illumination. The reported results pave the way towards the development of hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric systems with an optimal utilization of the solar spectrum.
Databáze: OpenAIRE