GaSb-Based Thermophotovoltaic Converters of IR Selective Emitter Radiation

• Published in: Semiconductors (Woodbury, N.Y.) Vol. 55; no. 11; pp. 840 - 843
• Main Authors: Khvostikov, V. P., Sorokina, S. V., Khvostikova, O. A., Nakhimovich, M. V., Shvarts, M. Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-11-2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Converters; Electric current converters; Emitters; Erbium oxide; Infrared radiation; Magnetic Materials; Magnetism; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation; Spectral emittance; Spectral sensitivity; Thermophotovoltaic conversion; Yttrium oxide; GaSb; diffusion; selective emitter; thermophotovoltaic converter
• ISSN: 1063-7826; 1090-6479
• DOI: 10.1134/S1063782621100134

GaSb-based thermophotovoltaic converters for a selective mantle-type Y
2
O
3
emitter coated with rare-earth oxides Er
2
O
3
/Yb
2
O
3
are investigated. Matching of the converter spectral response with the peak emitter-radiation wavelength λ = 1540 nm provides a thermophotovoltaic conversion efficiency of more than 26% (0.4 W).