Title :
Recent developments in thermophotovoltaic conversion
Author :
Swanson, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, California
Abstract :
Recent developments in silicon photovoltaic cells for use in a thermophotovoltaic energy converter have yielded conversion efficiencies of 29 percent with a 2300 K blackbody source. The structure and fabrication of these cells will be presented.
Keywords :
Absorption; Charge carrier processes; Charge carriers; Energy conversion; Heat engines; Mirrors; Potential energy; Production; Silicon; Silver;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 1980 International
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.1980.189789
