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dc.contributor.authorStrandberg, Rune
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-16T09:44:37Z
dc.date.available2015-03-16T09:44:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationStrandberg, R. (2015). Theoretical efficiency limits for thermoradiative energy conversion. Journal of Applied Physics, 117(5). doi: 10.1063/1.4907392nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1089-7550
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/279289
dc.descriptionPublished version of an article in the journal: Journal of Applied Physics. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4907392
dc.description.abstractA new method to produce electricity from heat called thermoradiative energy conversion is analyzed. The method is based on sustaining a difference in the chemical potential for electron populations above and below an energy gap and let this difference drive a current through an electric circuit. The difference in chemical potential originates from an imbalance in the excitation and de-excitation of electrons across the energy gap. The method has similarities to thermophotovoltaics and conventional photovoltaics. While photovoltaic cells absorb thermal radiation from a body with higher temperature than the cell itself, thermoradiative cells are hot during operation and emit a net outflow of photons to colder surroundings. A thermoradiative cell with an energy gap of 0.25 eV at a temperature of 500K in surroundings at 300K is found to have a theoretical efficiency limit of 33.2%. For a high-temperature thermoradiative cell with an energy gap of 0.4 eV, a theoretical efficiency close to 50% is found while the cell produces 1000 W/m2 has a temperature of 1000K and is placed in surroundings with a temperature of 300 K. Some aspects related to the practical implementation of the concept are discussed and some challenges are addressed. It is, for example, obvious that there is an upper boundary for the temperature under which solid state devices can work properly over time. No conclusions are drawn with regard to such practical boundaries, because the work is aimed at establishing upper limits for ideal thermoradiative devices.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherAIP Publishing LLCnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-IngenBearbeidelse 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/no/*
dc.subjectthermoradiation photovoltaics energy conversionnb_NO
dc.titleTheoretical efficiency limits for thermoradiative energy conversionnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Technology: 500nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber055105nb_NO
dc.source.volume117nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of applied physicsnb_NO


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