High-efficiency solar thermophotovoltaic system using a nanostructure-based selective emitter

•A high-efficiency STPV system was designed and fabricated.•Used a multilayer metal-dielectric coated selective emitter for spectral control.•Quantified optical and thermal losses at various stages of energy conversion.•Overall power conversion efficiency of 8.4% was recorded at 1676 K. In this work...

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Published in:	Solar energy Vol. 197; no. C; pp. 538 - 545
Main Authors:	Bhatt, Rajendra, Kravchenko, Ivan, Gupta, Mool
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2020 Pergamon Press Inc Elsevier
Subjects:	Absorbers Absorptance Absorptivity Blackbody Continuous wave lasers Design optimization Efficiency Emissivity Emitters Energy conversion efficiency Fabrication Gallium Gallium antimonide Gallium antimonides Incident radiation Multilayers Nanostructure Near infrared radiation Normalizing Operating temperature Optical coatings Quantum efficiency Radiation measurement Semiconductor lasers Silicon nitride SOLAR ENERGY Spectral control STPV Substrates Thin films TPV cells Tungsten Wavelengths STPV Blackbody Nanostructure Spectral control TPV cells
ISSN:	0038-092X, 1471-1257
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