Quantum-inspired heat-to-electricity conversion boosts efficiency of thermophotovoltaic system

https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/quantum-inspired-design-boosts-efficiency-heat-electricity-conversion

">60% efficient thermal emitter... tungsten metal sheet, thin layer spacer, silicon nanocylinder network... heated base layers accumulate thermal radiation (photon bath), tiny resonators sitting on top pluck photon by photon from bath, controlling light brightness/ bandwidth sent to very efficient low bandgap PV cell... photon storage/ release control... long-term energy storage, space/ extreme environments (Mars rover), nuclear power plants and manufacturing facilities that have lots of waste heat"

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