• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 42, Issue 1, 78 (2023)
Xin WANG, Xue CHEN*, Hong-Yu PAN, Xiu-Li LIU, and Xin-Lin XIA
Author Affiliations
  • School of Energy Science and Engineering,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.01.011 Cite this Article
    Xin WANG, Xue CHEN, Hong-Yu PAN, Xiu-Li LIU, Xin-Lin XIA. Effects of incident spectrum and radiative power intensity on the performance of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2023, 42(1): 78 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell model
    Fig. 1. Schematic of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell model
    Comparison of the (a) J-V curves and (b) P-V curves in this work with that in Ref. [14]
    Fig. 2. Comparison of the (a) J-V curves and (b) P-V curves in this work with that in Ref. [14]
    Diagrams of (a) the blackbody radiation intensity at 2000 K and (b) the complex refractive index of GaSb[37]
    Fig. 3. Diagrams of (a) the blackbody radiation intensity at 2000 K and (b) the complex refractive index of GaSb[37]
    Diagram of J-V and P-V curves for the GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell under 2000 K blackbody radiation
    Fig. 4. Diagram of J-V and P-V curves for the GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell under 2000 K blackbody radiation
    Diagrams of (a) the Quasi Fermi level difference and (b) the electrostatic potential in the cell
    Fig. 5. Diagrams of (a) the Quasi Fermi level difference and (b) the electrostatic potential in the cell
    Diagrams of (a) the carrier concentration and (b) the carrier generation/recombination rate in the cell
    Fig. 6. Diagrams of (a) the carrier concentration and (b) the carrier generation/recombination rate in the cell
    Diagrams of performance characteristics of the cell under different wavelength: (a) J-V characteristic curves, (b) short-circuit current density, (c) P-V characteristic curves, (d) maximum output electric power intensity
    Fig. 7. Diagrams of performance characteristics of the cell under different wavelength: (a) J-V characteristic curves, (b) short-circuit current density, (c) P-V characteristic curves, (d) maximum output electric power intensity
    Diagrams of (a) open circuit voltage and corresponding voltage of maximum output electric power intensity, (b) filling factor and efficiency of the cell under different wavelengths
    Fig. 8. Diagrams of (a) open circuit voltage and corresponding voltage of maximum output electric power intensity, (b) filling factor and efficiency of the cell under different wavelengths
    Diagrams of (a) J-V and (b) P-V characteristic curves of the cell under different incident power intensities
    Fig. 9. Diagrams of (a) J-V and (b) P-V characteristic curves of the cell under different incident power intensities
    Diagrams of (a) open circuit voltage and corresponding voltage of maximum output electric power intensity, (b) filling factor and efficiency of the cell under different incident power intensities
    Fig. 10. Diagrams of (a) open circuit voltage and corresponding voltage of maximum output electric power intensity, (b) filling factor and efficiency of the cell under different incident power intensities
    Diagram of the spectral curves for the cell efficiency under different incident power intensities
    Fig. 11. Diagram of the spectral curves for the cell efficiency under different incident power intensities
    Result

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    JSC /

    (A·cm-2

    VOC /(V)FF
    Ref.[140.5271.4840.4570.777
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    Table 1. Comparison of electrical performance parameters results in this work with that in Ref. [14]
    ParameterValueReference
    μn /(cm2·V-1·s-14 484.8322
    μp /(cm2·V-1·s-1378.5122
    rrad /(cm3·s-18.5×10-1122
    τn,SRH / ns1114
    τp,SRH / ns60036
    rn(p),Aug /(cm6·s-13×10-3038
    Sn(p)/(cm·s-11×10534
    Table 2. Simulation parameters of the GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell in this work
    Xin WANG, Xue CHEN, Hong-Yu PAN, Xiu-Li LIU, Xin-Lin XIA. Effects of incident spectrum and radiative power intensity on the performance of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2023, 42(1): 78
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