Overcoming the black body limit in plasmonic and graphene near-field thermophotovoltaic systems

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 103, 2012, Pages A366-A384

  Ilic, Ognjen ^a   Jablan, Marinko ^b   Soljačić, Marin ^a   Celanovic, Ivan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

BLACK BODY; DISPERSION RELATIONS; FAR-FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LOW BANDGAP; NEAR-FIELD; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PLASMONIC; POWER DENSITIES; SOLID STATE ENERGY CONVERSIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL EMITTER; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84860247250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A366     Document Type: Article

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