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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrej Lenert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Bierman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Walker Chan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ivan Celanovic, Cambridge, MA (US);
Marin Soljacic, Belmont, MA (US);
Evelyn N. Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Young Suk Nam, Yongin, KR;
Kenneth McEnaney, Cornish, NH (US);
Daniel Kraemer, Providence, RI (US);
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A solar thermal photovoltaic device, and method of forming same, includes a solar absorber and a spectrally selective emitter formed on either side of a thermally conductive substrate. The solar absorber is configured to absorb incident solar radiation. The solar absorber and the spectrally selective emitter are configured with an optimized emitter-to-absorber area ratio. The solar thermal photovoltaic device also includes a photovoltaic cell in thermal communication with the spectrally selective emitter. The spectrally selective emitter is configured to permit high emittance for energies above a bandgap of the photovoltaic cell and configured to permit low emittance for energies below the bandgap.