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@inproceedings{Harrison:2024:10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806,
author = {Harrison, J and Pearce, P and Yang, F and Nielsen, M and Brindley, H and Ekins-Daukes, NJ},
doi = {10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806},
pages = {1366--1369},
title = {Evaluating Power Output of Terrestrial Thermoradiative Diodes with Atmospheric Modelling},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806},
year = {2024}
}
TY - CPAPER
AB - A thermoradiative diode is a device capable of generating power through the emission of infrared light; this allows a diode on Earth to generate power at night through the passive radiative cooling of the Earth. Accurate assessment of the potential power output of such terrestrial thermoradiative diodes requires knowledge of the downwelling radiation incident on the device from the atmosphere. Here, atmospheric modelling of this radiation is used alongside a detailed balance model of the diode to evaluate its performance under nine different atmospheric conditions. In the radiative limit, the sampled conditions yield peak power densities between 0.34 and 6.5 W.m-2, with optimal bandgaps at or near 0.094 eV(13.2 μm). Non-radiative processes are also accounted for, which provides more realistic power density estimates and highlights the threshold past which higher bandgap materials with reduced non-radiative processes should be prioritized over the theoretically ideal low bandgap.
AU - Harrison,J
AU - Pearce,P
AU - Yang,F
AU - Nielsen,M
AU - Brindley,H
AU - Ekins-Daukes,NJ
DO - 10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806
EP - 1369
PY - 2024///
SN - 0160-8371
SP - 1366
TI - Evaluating Power Output of Terrestrial Thermoradiative Diodes with Atmospheric Modelling
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806
ER -