Abstract
The objective of this study is to design a broadband and wide-angle emitter based on metamaterials with a cut-off wavelength of 2.1 μm to improve the spectral efficiency of thermophotovoltaic emitters. To obtain broadband emission, we conducted the geometric parameter optimization of the number of stacked layers, the inner and outer radii of the nano-rings, and the thickness of the nano-rings. The numerical simulation results showed that the proposed emitter had an average emissivity of 0.97 within the targeted wavelength, which ranged from 0.2 μm to 2.1 μm. In addition, the presented multilayer nano-ring emitter obtained 79.6% spectral efficiency with an InGaAs band gap of 0.6 eV at 1400 K.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2299 |
| Journal | Energies |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Sept |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Center for Advanced MetaMaterials (CAMM) funded by the Minis-try of Science, ICT and Future Planning as Global Frontier Project (CAMM-No. NRF2014M3A6B3063716) and the Human Resources Development program (No. 20174030201720) of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Building and Construction
- Fuel Technology
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Energy (miscellaneous)
- Control and Optimization
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
