JP6880225B2 - 熱光起電力エネルギー変換器及び熱光起電力エネルギー変換器を製造する方法 - Google Patents
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幾つかの実施形態は、層状構成で配置された材料について、材料の間の放射熱伝達を、ダイアディックグリーン関数(dyadic Green)及び揺動散逸定理(fluctuation-dissipation theorem)に従うランダム電流源を使用して計算できるという認識に基づく。平面内モメンタムK(x−y平面を規定する)が良好な量子数である平面構造の場合、関数zとして平面に垂直なポインティングベクトル(Poynting vector)は、形態
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- 熱光起電力(TPV)エネルギー変換器であって、
熱を受信することに応答してエネルギーの光子を発生させる熱エミッタと、
前記熱エミッタから或る距離に配置された熱レシーバであって、前記受信した光子を電気エネルギーに変換する光起電力セルを含む、熱レシーバと、
を備え、
前記熱エミッタは、前記熱レシーバに最も近い、前記熱エミッタの表面上に配置された第1の層を含み、前記熱レシーバは、前記熱エミッタに最も近い、前記熱レシーバの表面上に配置された材料の第2の層を含み、前記第2の層の材料は、前記第1の層の材料と同一であり、
前記第1の層及び前記第2の層は前記光起電力セルのバンドギャップを超える表面共鳴周波数を有する、TPVエネルギー変換器。 - 前記第1の層の前記表面共鳴周波数は前記第2の層の前記表面共鳴周波数と同一である、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記第2の層の深さは、前記第1の層及び前記第2の層の前記表面共鳴周波数の波長より小さい、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記熱レシーバは、前記熱エミッタの最も遠くの、前記熱レシーバの表面上に配置された第3の層を含み、前記第3の層は前記光起電力セルのバンドギャップを超える表面共鳴周波数を有する、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記第3の層の材料は前記第2の層の材料と同一である、請求項4に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記第3の層の材料は前記第2の層の材料と異なる、請求項4に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記熱エミッタは、真空によって前記熱レシーバから分離される、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記熱エミッタは、
基板と、
前記第1の層を形成するために前記基板上に配置された格子と、
を備える、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。 - 前記格子は、台形形状を有する断面を有する複数の等距離構造を含む、請求項8に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記格子と前記基板との間に配置された誘電体層を更に備える、請求項8に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 前記熱エミッタの幾何学的パラメータ及び材料は、λg=hc/Egに従って求められるλgより短い波長を有する放射を放出するように選択され、ここで、hはプランクの定数であり、cは光速であり、Egは前記光起電力セルのバンドギャップエネルギーである、請求項1に記載のTPVエネルギー変換器。
- 熱エミッタ及び光起電力セルを有する熱レシーバを含む熱光起電力(TPV)エネルギー変換器を製造する方法であって、
前記熱エミッタが到来する熱を放射に変換し、前記光起電力セルのバンドギャップを超える表面共鳴周波数を有するように、前記熱エミッタの材料及び幾何学的パラメータを選択することと、
前記熱エミッタが、前記熱レシーバに最も近い、前記熱エミッタの表面上に配置された第1の層を含み、前記熱レシーバが、第2の層を含み、前記第2の層の材料が前記第1の層の材料と同一であるように、前記光起電力セルのバンドギャップを超える表面共鳴周波数を有する前記第2の層を設計することと、
前記設計された前記第2の層が、前記熱エミッタに最も近い、前記熱レシーバの表面を形成するように、前記熱レシーバから或る距離に配置された前記熱エミッタを有する前記TPVエネルギー変換器を製造することと、
を含む、方法。 - 前記設計することは、
前記第2の層の深さの他の値と比べて、受信した光子を電気エネルギーに変換する効率を最大にする前記第2の層の深さの値を選択することを含む、請求項12に記載の方法。
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