title: Sunlight absorption engineering for thermophotovoltaics: contributions from the optical design.
abstract: Nowadays, solar thermophotovoltaic systems constitute a platform in which sophisticated optical material designs are put into practice with the aim of achieving the long sought after dream of developing an efficient energy conversion device based on this concept. Recent advances demonstrate that higher efficiencies are at reach using photonic nanostructures amenable to mass production and scale-up.
authors: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla), Avenida Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla (Spain). h.miguez@csic.es.
authors: Hernán
authors: H
authors: Míguez
mesh_terms: D065638:Absorption, Radiation; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004738:Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D013472:Sunlight; D013696:Temperature
keywords: energy conversion efficiency; light absorption; optical design; photonic materials; thermophotovoltaics