• DocumentCode
    2232227
  • Title

    Cascaded interband/intersubband thermophotovoltaic energy conversion

  • Author

    Yin, J. ; Paiella, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The use of interband/intersubband photodetection for thermophotovoltaic energy conversion is numerically investigated. The simulation results indicate that this approach can double the present state-of-the-art in thermophotovoltaic power generation.
  • Keywords
    photodetectors; photovoltaic power systems; thermoelectric conversion; cascaded interband thermophotovoltaic energy conversion; interband-intersubband photodetection; intersubband thermophotovoltaic energy conversion; thermophotovoltaic power generation; Energy conversion; Materials; P-n junctions; Photonics; Photovoltaic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950317
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2232227