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Title: Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications

Abstract

The nascent field of high-temperature nanophotonics could potentially enable many important solid-state energy conversion applications, such as thermophotovoltaic energy generation, selective solar absorption, and selective emission of light. However, special challenges arise when trying to design nanophotonic materials with precisely tailored optical properties that can operate at high-temperatures (> 1,100 K). These include proper material selection and purity to prevent melting, evaporation, or chemical reactions; severe minimization of any material interfaces to prevent thermomechanical problems such as delamination; robust performance in the presence of surface diffusion; and long-range geometric precision over large areas with severe minimization of very small feature sizes to maintain structural stability. We report an approach for high-temperature nanophotonics that surmounts all of these difficulties. It consists of an analytical and computationally guided design involving high-purity tungsten in a precisely fabricated photonic crystal slab geometry (specifically chosen to eliminate interfaces arising from layer-by-layer fabrication) optimized for high performance and robustness in the presence of roughness, fabrication errors, and surface diffusion. It offers near-ultimate short-wavelength emittance and low, ultra-broadband long-wavelength emittance, along with a sharp cutoff offering 4:1 emittance contrast over 10% wavelength separation. This is achieved via Q-matching, whereby the absorptive and radiative rates of the photonicmore » crystal’s cavity resonances are matched. Strong angular emission selectivity is also observed, with short-wavelength emission suppressed by 50% at 75° compared to normal incidence. Finally, a precise high-temperature measurement technique is developed to confirm that emission at 1,225 K can be primarily confined to wavelengths shorter than the cutoff wavelength.« 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)
OSTI Identifier:
1386836
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001299
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; selective emitter/absorber; infrared source

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Yeng, Y. X., Ghebrebrhan, M., Bermel, P., Chan, W. R., Joannopoulos, J. D., Soljacic, M., and Celanovic, I. Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1120149109.
Yeng, Y. X., Ghebrebrhan, M., Bermel, P., Chan, W. R., Joannopoulos, J. D., Soljacic, M., & Celanovic, I. Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120149109
Yeng, Y. X., Ghebrebrhan, M., Bermel, P., Chan, W. R., Joannopoulos, J. D., Soljacic, M., and Celanovic, I. Tue . "Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120149109. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1386836.
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title = {Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications},
author = {Yeng, Y. X. and Ghebrebrhan, M. and Bermel, P. and Chan, W. R. and Joannopoulos, J. D. and Soljacic, M. and Celanovic, I.},
abstractNote = {The nascent field of high-temperature nanophotonics could potentially enable many important solid-state energy conversion applications, such as thermophotovoltaic energy generation, selective solar absorption, and selective emission of light. However, special challenges arise when trying to design nanophotonic materials with precisely tailored optical properties that can operate at high-temperatures (> 1,100 K). These include proper material selection and purity to prevent melting, evaporation, or chemical reactions; severe minimization of any material interfaces to prevent thermomechanical problems such as delamination; robust performance in the presence of surface diffusion; and long-range geometric precision over large areas with severe minimization of very small feature sizes to maintain structural stability. We report an approach for high-temperature nanophotonics that surmounts all of these difficulties. It consists of an analytical and computationally guided design involving high-purity tungsten in a precisely fabricated photonic crystal slab geometry (specifically chosen to eliminate interfaces arising from layer-by-layer fabrication) optimized for high performance and robustness in the presence of roughness, fabrication errors, and surface diffusion. It offers near-ultimate short-wavelength emittance and low, ultra-broadband long-wavelength emittance, along with a sharp cutoff offering 4:1 emittance contrast over 10% wavelength separation. This is achieved via Q-matching, whereby the absorptive and radiative rates of the photonic crystal’s cavity resonances are matched. Strong angular emission selectivity is also observed, with short-wavelength emission suppressed by 50% at 75° compared to normal incidence. Finally, a precise high-temperature measurement technique is developed to confirm that emission at 1,225 K can be primarily confined to wavelengths shorter than the cutoff wavelength.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1120149109},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 7,
volume = 109,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}

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