Thermophotovoltaics: Heat and electric power from low bandgap "solar" cells around gas fired radiant tube burners

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1553-1556

  Fraas, Lewis M ^a   Avery, James E ^a   Huang, Han Xiang ^a  

^a JX Crystals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

GALLIUM ANTIMONIDE; GAS FIRED RADIANT TUBE BURNERS; LOW BANDGAP SOLAR CELLS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0036948514     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

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2. See US Patents # 5,217,539, # 5,389,158, # 6,057,507,# 6,232,545 B1, and PCTs assigned to JX Crystals Inc.
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6. See US Patent # 6,177,628 and PCT assigned to JX Crystals Inc.
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