Roadmap on optical energy conversion

SV Boriskina, MA Green, K Catchpole… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
For decades, progress in the field of optical (including solar) energy conversion was
dominated by advances in the conventional concentrating optics and materials design. In …

Near-unity unselective absorption in sparse InP nanowire arrays

KT Fountaine, WH Cheng, CR Bukowsky… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We experimentally demonstrate near-unity, unselective absorption, broadband, angle-
insensitive, and polarization-independent absorption, in sparse InP nanowire arrays …

Low‐Loss Hybrid High‐Index Dielectric Particles on a Mirror for Extreme Light Confinement

A Maimaiti, PP Patra, S Jones… - Advanced Optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The quest for enhancing light–matter interactions at the nanoscale has led scientists to
nanophotonic systems that support the smallest possible modes, which are currently …

Optimization and feasibility analysis of a microscale pin‐fins heat sink of an ultrahigh concentrating photovoltaic system

G AlFalah, TS Maatallah, M Alzahrani… - … Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the most recent optical configuration based on Cassegrain and Fresnel lens
designs of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) has shown a race to achieve the ultrahigh …

Graphene as a pre-illumination cooling approach for a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system

M Alzahrani, A Roy, K Shanks, S Sundaram… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system has a high potential in increasing the power
output, propelling further the concentration ratio generating excessive heat that significantly …

A comprehensive study of pin fins cooling channel for a single‐cell concentration photovoltaic system under ultra‐high concentration ratios

TS Maatallah - International Journal of Energy Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of the single‐cell concentration photovoltaic (CPV) system is challenging due to the
high thermal stress across the solar cell surface area inducing extreme degradation of the …

Nanophotonic emission control for improved photovoltaic efficiency

JS van der Burgt, EC Garnett - ACS Photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the necessary transition to renewable energy at hand, there is a renewed research
focus on increasing solar cell efficiency in order to reduce the cost of electricity …

Monolithically interconnected lamellar Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro solar cells under full white light concentration

B Reinhold, M Schmid, D Greiner… - Progress in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thin film solar cells already benefit from significant material and energy savings. By using
photon management, the conversion efficiency and the power density can be enhanced …

Design, analysis, and characterization of designer surface plasmon polariton-based dual-band antenna

RK Jaiswal, N Pandit, NP Pathak - Plasmonics, 2018 - Springer
This paper reports development, design, and analysis of designer (or spoof) surface
plasmon polariton-based feeding configuration to excite a dual-band antenna. As an …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing Dielectric Rod Antenna Performance with Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton-Based Feeding Method

R Chaparala, S Imamvali, S Tupakula… - Sensors (Basel …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study investigates the use of spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) as an effective
feeding mechanism for antennas functioning within the extremely high-frequency (EHF) …