Harvesting nanoscale thermal radiation using pyroelectric materials

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Fang, Jin ^a   Frederich, Hugo ^a   Pilon, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct energy conversion; Ferroelectric; Nanoscale thermal radiation; Pyroelectric effect; Waste heat harvesting

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING LAYERS; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; BOLTZMANN; COLD PLATES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; ENERGY CONVERTERS; LOW FREQUENCY; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE THERMAL RADIATION; NEW DEVICES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE); POWER OUT PUT; PYROELECTRIC EFFECT; PYROELECTRIC MATERIALS; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SEMI-INFINITE SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; THERMAL RADIATIONS; WORKING FLUID;

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERROELECTRICITY; HARVESTING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; LEAD; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SILICA; WASTE HEAT;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 77955295856     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001634     Document Type: Article

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