A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-130

  Lenert, Andrej ^a   Bierman, David M ^a   Nam, Youngsuk ^a,c   Chan, Walker R ^b   Celanović, Ivan ^b   Soljačić, Marin ^b   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT ENGINES; MECHANICAL DRIVES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SMALL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; YARN;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE; HYBRID TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION; SOLAR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGIES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLID STATE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84893674370     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.286     Document Type: Article

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