Journal article
Thermodynamics of photon-enhanced thermionic emission solar cells
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 |
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Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
Year: | 2014 |
Pages: | 023902 |
ISSN: | 10773118 and 00036951 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.4862535 |
ORCIDs: | Hansen, Ole |