Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 91, Issue 17, Pages 1599-1610Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2007.05.001
Keywords
photonic band-gap materials; thermophotovoltaics; solar cells
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The potential of using photonic crystal structures for realizing highly efficient and reliable solar-cell devices is presented. We show that due their ability to modify the spectral and angular characteristics of thermal radiation, photonic crystals emerge as one of the leading candidates for frequency- and angular-selective radiating elements in thermophotovoltaic devices. We show that employing photonic crystal-based angle- and frequency-selective absorbers facilitates a strong enhancement of the conversion efficiency of solar cell devices without using concentrators. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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