Toward high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and moderate-temperature chip-scale thermophotovoltaics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5309-5314

  Chan, Walker R ^a   Bermel, Peter ^a,b   Pilawa Podgurski, Robert C N ^c   Marton, Christopher H ^b   Jensen, Klavs F ^b   Senkevich, Jay J ^a   Joannopoulos, John D ^a,b   Soljačić, Marin ^a,b   Celanovic, Ivan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Micro generator; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

PROPANE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRYSTAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW RATE; GENERATOR; HEAT; MICROTHERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROPANE; SILICON;

EID: 84875859358     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301004110     Document Type: Article

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