Near-field thermal diode based on 2d gratings

H Huang, S Shan, Z Zhou - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a near-field thermal diode (NFTD) based on VO 2 and cBN 2D gratings
to improve the rectification ratio. Different from previous studies, this paper is the first to verify …

Micron-sized liquid nitrogen-cooled indium antimonide photovoltaic cell for near-field thermophotovoltaics

R Vaillon, JP Perez, C Lucchesi, D Cakiroglu… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Simulations of near-field thermophotovoltaic devices predict promising performance, but
experimental observations remain challenging. Having the lowest bandgap among III-V …

Enhancing the efficiency of GaSb photovoltaic cell using thin-film multiscale haze and radiative cooling

P Gupta, Y Kim, J Im, G Kang, AM Urbas… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this work, a multiscale thin-film membrane of self-aggregated anodized aluminum oxide
(AAO) nanowire structure was developed to enhance the efficiency of GaSb photovoltaic …

Design of an indium arsenide cell for near-field thermophotovoltaic devices

D Milovich, J Villa, E Antolin, A Datas… - … of Photonics for …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An indium arsenide photovoltaic cell with gold front contacts is designed for use in a near-
field thermophotovoltaic (NF-TPV) device consisting of millimeter-size surfaces separated by …

Performance analysis of three-body near-field thermophotovoltaic systems with an intermediate modulator

FR Chen, G An, ZG Xu - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Near-field thermophotovoltaic devices are attractive energy conversion systems. In the
present study, three-body near-field thermophotovoltaic systems are designed by …

Near-field radiative heat transfer enhancement by multilayers and gratings in the thermophotovoltaic system

ZG Xu, ZF Hu - Science China Technological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
The near-field effect can be used to improve the output power of the near-field
thermophotovoltaic device (NTPV). The near-field radiative heat transfer in the near-field …

Probing near-field thermal emission of localized surface phonons from silicon carbide nanopillars

S Zare, R Pouria, PK Chow, T Tiwald, CP Tripp… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermal emission of localized surface phonons (LSPhs) from nanostructures of polaritonic
materials is a promising mechanism for tuning the spectrum of near-field thermal radiation …

Selectively enhanced near-field radiative transfer between plasmonic emitter and GaSb with nanohole and nanowire periodic arrays for thermophotovoltaics

H Yu, Y Duan, Z Yang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
To design a nano-gap thermophotovoltaic device with selectively enhanced radiative
transfer above the cell's bandgap, this work theoretically investigated the near-field radiative …

Broadband omnidirectional infrared nanophotonic spectral controller for GaInAsSb thermophotovoltaic cell

X Peng, B Tang, R Wang, J Zou, W Deng, J Xiao… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spectral controllers (SC) based on the square array of AlAs 0.06 Sb 0.94 nanopillars (NP)
and the aluminum back surface reflectors (BSR) are designed for the Ga 0.84 In 0.16 As …

Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion by excitation of magnetic polariton inside nanometric vacuum gaps with nanostructured Drude emitter and backside …

P Sabbaghi, Y Yang, JY Chang, L Wang - Journal of Quantitative …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we study the effect of magnetic polariton (MP) on the conversion performance of
a near-field thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system made of a nanostructured Drude grating …