Cost-effective 23.2% efficient germanium thermophotovoltaic converters for thermal batteries
Bibliographic record
Abstract
No abstract is available for this record. The assistant can identify its topic from the title, but cannot infer the study’s results.
Source: Not provided · Quality: missing
Research context
OpenAlex topics: solar cell performance optimization · Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (51)
Show source-provided references
1. Bauer · 2011
2. Fraas · 2003 · 61
3. Development of a high-temperature and high-uniformity micro planar combustor for thermophotovoltaics application10.1016/j.enconman.2015.06.083 ↗
4. A review of combustion-driven thermoelectric (TE) and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power systems10.1016/j.rser.2016.12.085 ↗
5. Thermophotovoltaic energy in space applications: Review and future potential10.1016/j.solmat.2016.12.007 ↗
6. Solar thermophotovoltaic system using nanostructures10.1364/OE.23.0A1149 ↗
7. Enhanced photovoltaic energy conversion using thermally based spectral shaping10.1038/nenergy.2016.68 ↗
8. Feasibility study of a Thermo-Photo-Voltaic system for CHP application in residential buildings10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.01.049 ↗
9. A Review of Advances in Thermophotovoltaics for Power Generation and Waste Heat Harvesting10.1557/adv.2019.342 ↗
10. Photonics roadmap for ultra-high-temperature thermophotovoltaics10.1016/j.joule.2023.08.015 ↗
11. Present Efficiencies and Future Opportunities in Thermophotovoltaics10.1016/j.joule.2020.06.021 ↗
12. Ultra high temperature latent heat energy storage and thermophotovoltaic energy conversion10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.048 ↗
13. Thermal energy grid storage using multi-junction photovoltaics10.1039/C8EE02341G ↗
14. Inverted metamorphic AlGaInAs/GaInAs tandem thermophotovoltaic cell designed for thermal energy grid storage application10.1063/5.0024029 ↗
15. Storage Requirements and Costs of Shaping Renewable Energy Toward Grid Decarbonization10.1016/j.joule.2019.06.012 ↗
16. Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%10.1038/s41586-022-04473-y ↗
17. Efficient and scalable GaInAs thermophotovoltaic devices10.1016/j.joule.2022.10.002 ↗
18. Sub-0.6 eV Inverted Metamorphic GaInAs Cells Grown on InP and GaAs Substrates for Thermophotovoltaics and Laser Power Conversion10.1002/aenm.202303367 ↗
19. Sustaining efficiency at elevated power densities in InGaAs airbridge thermophotovoltaic cells10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111523 ↗
20. Thermo-Photo-Voltaic Energy Conversion10.1109/PROC.1963.2261 ↗
21. Concentrator Multijunction Solar Cells
22. 40% efficient metamorphic GaInPGaInAsGe multijunction solar cells10.1063/1.2734507 ↗
23. Germanium subcells for multijunction GaInP/GaInAs/Ge solar cells10.1134/S106378261011028X ↗
24. Emitter formation and contact realization by diffusion for germanium photovoltaic devices10.1109/TED.2007.894610 ↗
25. Horowitz
26. Development of Stand-Alone Germanium Solar Cells for Application in Space Using Spin-on Diffusants
27. Thermophotovoltaic Cells Based on Low-Bandgap Compounds
28. A Germanium Back Contact Type Thermophotovoltaic Cell10.1063/1.2711734 ↗
29. Back-surface optimization of Germanium TPV cells10.1063/1.2711736 ↗
30. Cost-efficient thermophotovoltaic cells based on germanium substrates10.1016/j.solmat.2009.06.017 ↗
31. Performance of Ge and In0.53Ga0.47as thermophotovoltaic cells under different spectral irradiances10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3062075 ↗
32. Luque Lopez · 2024
33. Molinero Sanz · 2022
34. Absorption of Infrared Light by Free Carriers in Germanium10.1103/PhysRev.91.1342 ↗
35. Arsenic Diffusion in MOVPE-Grown GaAs/Ge Epitaxial Structures10.1002/aelm.202400021 ↗
36. Maximizing infrared reflectance in germanium TPV cells
37. Comparison of Ti/Pd/Ag, Pd/Ti/Pd/Ag and Pd/Ge/Ti/Pd/Ag contacts to n-type GaAs for electronic devices handling high current densities10.1088/1361-6641/32/4/045006 ↗
38. Fernández · 2010
39. An Optimized Grid Design for a Sun Concentrator Solar Cell
40. Analysis of perimeter recombination in the subcells of GaInP/GaAs/Ge triple-junction solar cells10.1002/pip.2501 ↗
41. Semiconductors and semimetals
42. A 3-D model for concentrator solar cells based on distributed circuit units10.1109/TED.2005.859620 ↗
43. Surface passivation for germanium and silicon back contact type photovoltaic cells
44. Surface passivation for germanium photovoltaic cells10.1016/j.solmat.2004.10.005 ↗
45. Passivated, Highly Reflecting, Laser Contacted Ge Rear Side for III-V Multi-Junction Solar Cells10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3087727 ↗
46. GeO2 passivation for low surface recombination velocity on Ge surface10.1109/LED.2013.2242039 ↗
47. Excellent surface passivation of germanium by a-Si:H/Al2O3 stacks10.1063/5.0064808 ↗
48. Effect of the thickness of amorphous silicon carbide interlayer on the passivation of c-Ge surface by aluminium oxide films
49. Fast chemical thinning of germanium wafers for optoelectronic applications10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.152199 ↗
50. Merits and Limitations of Circular TLM structures for contact resistance determination for novel III-V HBTs
51. Chapter 4 - Test Structures for Ohmic Contact Characterization