Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

The ability to selectively and controllably interact with light is useful to a wide range of
devices. With the advent of nanotechnology, we now have the ability to create optical …

Recently, there has been increasing interest in utilizing solar thermophotovoltaics (STPV) to
convert sunlight into electricity, given their potential to exceed the Shockley-Queisser limit …

A metallic dielectric photonic crystal with solar broadband, omni-directional, and tunable
selective absorption with high temperature stable (1000° C, 24 hrs) properties is fabricated …

Controlling the thermal emission characteristics of a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) emitter can
effectively reduce the thermal losses in a photovoltaic cell. Moreover, selective TPV emitters …

We experimentally demonstrate near-unity, unselective absorption, broadband, angle-
insensitive, and polarization-independent absorption, in sparse InP nanowire arrays …

A high-efficiency solar thermophotovoltaic (STPV) system has been demonstrated using
spectrally selective planar absorber/emitter systems and a GaSb TPV cell. In this study, a …

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems are a promising technology for distributed conversion of
high-temperature heat to electricity. To achieve high conversion efficiency, the transport of …

While solar power systems have offered a wide variety of electricity generation approaches
including photovoltaics, solar thermal power systems, and solar thermoelectric generators …

Broadband, omnidirectional light absorption in the infrared range is critical for emerging
aerospace and ground applications, such as machine vision, autonomous vehicle …