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Title: Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion

Abstract

After decades of intense studies focused on cryogenic and room temperature nanophotonics, scientific interest is furthermore growing in high-temperature nanophotonics aimed at solid-state energy conversion. These latest extensive research efforts are spurred by a renewed interest in high temperature thermal-to-electrical energy conversion schemes including thermophotovoltaics (TPV), solar–thermophotovoltaics, solar–thermal, and solar–thermochemical energy conversion systems. This field is profiting tremendously from the outstanding degree of control over the thermal emission properties that can be achieved with nanoscale photonic materials. The key to obtaining high efficiency in this class of high temperature energy conversion is the spectral and angular matching of the radiation properties of an emitter to those of an absorber. Together with the achievements in the field of high-performance narrow bandgap photovoltaic cells, the ability to tailor the radiation properties of thermal emitters and absorbers using nanophotonics facilitates a route to achieving the impressive efficiencies predicted by theoretical studies. In this review, we will discuss the possibilities of emission tailoring by nanophotonics in the light of high temperature thermal-to-electrical energy conversion applications, and give a brief introduction to the field of TPV. We will demonstrate how a class of large area 2D metallic photonic crystals can be designed and employed tomore » efficiently control and tailor the spectral and angular emission properties, paving the way towards new and highly efficient thermophotovoltaic systems and enabling other energy conversion schemes based on high-performance high-temperature nanoscale photonic materials.« less

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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1386823
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SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577; ECS-0335765
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Journal Name:
Energy & Environmental Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 10; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION

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Rinnerbauer, Veronika, Ndao, Sidy, Yeng, Yi Xiang, Chan, Walker R., Senkevich, Jay J., Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, and Celanovic, Ivan. Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1039/c2ee22731b.
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Rinnerbauer, Veronika, Ndao, Sidy, Yeng, Yi Xiang, Chan, Walker R., Senkevich, Jay J., Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, & Celanovic, Ivan. Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ee22731b
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Rinnerbauer, Veronika, Ndao, Sidy, Yeng, Yi Xiang, Chan, Walker R., Senkevich, Jay J., Joannopoulos, John D., Soljačić, Marin, and Celanovic, Ivan. Fri . "Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ee22731b. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1386823.
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@article{osti_1386823,
title = {Recent developments in high-temperature photonic crystals for energy conversion},
author = {Rinnerbauer, Veronika and Ndao, Sidy and Yeng, Yi Xiang and Chan, Walker R. and Senkevich, Jay J. and Joannopoulos, John D. and Soljačić, Marin and Celanovic, Ivan},
abstractNote = {After decades of intense studies focused on cryogenic and room temperature nanophotonics, scientific interest is furthermore growing in high-temperature nanophotonics aimed at solid-state energy conversion. These latest extensive research efforts are spurred by a renewed interest in high temperature thermal-to-electrical energy conversion schemes including thermophotovoltaics (TPV), solar–thermophotovoltaics, solar–thermal, and solar–thermochemical energy conversion systems. This field is profiting tremendously from the outstanding degree of control over the thermal emission properties that can be achieved with nanoscale photonic materials. The key to obtaining high efficiency in this class of high temperature energy conversion is the spectral and angular matching of the radiation properties of an emitter to those of an absorber. Together with the achievements in the field of high-performance narrow bandgap photovoltaic cells, the ability to tailor the radiation properties of thermal emitters and absorbers using nanophotonics facilitates a route to achieving the impressive efficiencies predicted by theoretical studies. In this review, we will discuss the possibilities of emission tailoring by nanophotonics in the light of high temperature thermal-to-electrical energy conversion applications, and give a brief introduction to the field of TPV. We will demonstrate how a class of large area 2D metallic photonic crystals can be designed and employed to efficiently control and tailor the spectral and angular emission properties, paving the way towards new and highly efficient thermophotovoltaic systems and enabling other energy conversion schemes based on high-performance high-temperature nanoscale photonic materials.},
doi = {10.1039/c2ee22731b},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
number = 10,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Fri Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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