Photon energy upconversion through thermal radiation with the power efficiency reaching 16%

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Junxin ^a   Ming, Tian ^a,c   Jin, Zhao ^a   Wang, Jianfang ^a   Sun, Ling Dong ^b   Yan, Chun Hua ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; METAL ION; SILICON; TRANSITION ELEMENT; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ABSORBANCE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELTING POINT; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL RADIATION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84922632171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6669     Document Type: Article

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