Tailoring photonic metamaterial resonances for thermal radiation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-5

  Bermel, Peter ^a   Ghebrebrhan, Michael ^a   Harradon, Michael ^a   Yeng, Yi Xiang ^a   Celanovic, Ivan ^a   Joannopoulos, John D ^a   Soljacic, Marin ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Photonic crystals; Solar absorbers

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC METAMATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; RADIATION EXCHANGE; SELECTIVE EMITTERS; SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBER; SYSTEM ENERGY; THERMAL TRANSFER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METAMATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 84856059331     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-549     Document Type: Article

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