Radiative cooling of solar cells

Optica

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-38

  Zhu, Linxiao ^a   Raman, Aaswath ^b   Wang, Ken Xingze ^a   Anoma, Marc Abou ^c   Fan, Shanhui ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Photonic crystals; Solar energy; Thermal emission

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; COOLING; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; ITS EFFICIENCIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE COOLING; SOLAR ABSORPTION; THERMAL EMISSIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930024430     PISSN: 23342536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000032     Document Type: Article

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