Theoretical efficiency of solar thermoelectric energy generators

This paper investigates the theoretical efficiency of solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs). A model is established including thermal concentration in addition to optical concentration. Based on the model, the maximum efficiency of STEGs is a product of the opto-thermal efficiency and the device e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Gang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78245
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530