Photon Entropy Control and Near-Field Radiative Coupling Improve Efficiency of Thermoradiative Cells
Efficiency of thermoradiative cells can be increased by selecting high-entropy infrared photons for radiative energy exchange. Near-field coupling to phonon polaritons in the heat sink further increases both conversion efficiency and power density.
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Optical Society
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109613 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8121-8017 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3973-8067 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-0803 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530 |