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Thermophotovoltaics

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The major PV cell research interests are the development of efficient low bandgap PV cells, the incorporation of spectral control (filters and reflectors), multijunction cells and improvement of the economics (e.g., alternative substrates). Different authors reviewed PV semiconductors and theoretical PV cell aspects for TPV conversion.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The values were calculated within this work. The value η OC was calculated as e 0·V OC/hv g = 0.706/1.12 = 0.630. Using AM1.5 data from [19] the maximum photocurrent of J max = 43.6 mA/cm2 was computed (also given in [27]). This results in η QE = 42.2/43.6=0.968. The ultimate efficiency was computed as η UE = 0.488 for the global AM1.5 spectrum. This value is slightly higher than the blackbody value of 0.44 [10].

  2. 2.

    The value η OC was calculated through e 0 ·V OC/hv g = 0.245/0.66 = 0.371 using AM1.5 data from [19]. A maximum photocurrent of J max = 60.9 mA/cm2 was computed (also given in [27]), which gives η QE = 45.8/60.9=0.752. The ultimate efficiency was computed as η UE = 0.402 for the global AM1.5 spectrum.

  3. 3.

    The value η OC was calculated through e 0·V OC/hv g = 0.472/0.72 = 0.656. Using a 1473 K blackbody spectrum the maximum photocurrent of J max = 5.06 A/cm2 was computed, which gives η QE = 2.36/5.06=0.47. The ultimate efficiency was computed as η UE = 0.136 for the 1473 K blackbody spectrum and the bandgap of 0.72 eV.

  4. 4.

    The value η OC was calculated through e 0·V OC/hv g = 0.3988/0.74 = 0.539. Using AM0 spectrum data from (1353 W/m2) a maximum photocurrent of Jmax = 74.8 mA/cm2 was computed, which gives η QE = 56.35/74.8=0.753. The ultimate efficiency was computed as η UE = 0.409 for the AM0 spectrum.

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