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Thermodynamics of photon-enhanced thermionic emission solar cells

By Reck, Kasper1,2,3; Hansen, Ole2,3,4

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Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark1

Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2

Silicon Microtechnology, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3

Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark4

Photon-enhanced thermionic emission (PETE) cells in which direct photon energy as well as thermal energy can be harvested have recently been suggested as a new candidate for high efficiency solar cells. Here, we present an analytic thermodynamical model for evaluation of the efficiency of PETE solar cells including an analysis of the entropy production due to thermionic emission of general validity.

The model is applied to find the maximum efficiency of a PETE cell for given cathode and anode work functions and temperatures. ©

Language: English
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Year: 2014
Pages: 023902
ISSN: 10773118 and 00036951
Types: Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/1.4862535
ORCIDs: Hansen, Ole

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