A thermophotovoltaic micro-generator for portable power applications

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 714-717

  Nielsen, O M ^a,b   Arana, L R ^c   Baertsch, C D ^c   Jensen, K F ^c   Schmidt, M A ^a,b  

^a Microsystems Technology Laboratories   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Batteries; Chemical technology; Combustion; Energy conversion; Inductors; Photovoltaic cells; Power generation; Solar power generation; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROSYSTEMS; MOBILE POWER PLANTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSDUCERS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE INCINERATION;

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; EMITTED RADIATION; GALLIUM ANTIMONIDE; PORTABLE POWER APPLICATIONS; PORTABLE POWER SYSTEMS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 42949177274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1215573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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