Very large radiative transfer over small distances from a black body for thermophotovoltaic applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 241249-

  Pan, Janet L ^a   Choy, Henry K H ^a   Fonstad Jr , Clifton G ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Layered media; Multilayers; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic power systems; Stratified media

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747147130     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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