Modeling and performance of microscale thermophotovoltaic energy conversion devices

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-142

  Whale, MacMurray D ^a,b   Cravalho, Ernest G ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscale transport; Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion

Indexed keywords

MICROSCALE RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIATION TUNNELING; SPACING EFFECT; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY GAP; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 0036494389     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/60.986450     Document Type: Article

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