• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 6, 329 (2015)
Huacun Wang1、2, Qin Chen1、*, Long Wen1, Shichao Song1, Xin Hu1, and Gaiqi Xu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications-CAS and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Suzhou 215123, China
  • 2Department of Electronic Information Materials, Shanghai Leading Academic Disciplines, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
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    Huacun Wang, Qin Chen, Long Wen, Shichao Song, Xin Hu, Gaiqi Xu. Titanium-nitride-based integrated plasmonic absorber/ emitter for solar thermophotovoltaic application[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(6): 329 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Titanium nitride (TiN) as a refractory plasmonic material is proposed to be used as an angle-insensitive integrated broadband solar absorber and narrowband near-infrared (NIR) emitter for solar thermo-photovoltaic (STPV) application. By constructing TiN-nanopatterns/dielectric/TiN stack metamaterial, approximately 93% light absorption in a wavelength range of 0.3–0.9 μm and near unit narrowband (Δλ∕λ ~ 0.3) emission in NIR (~2 μm) were demonstrated by numerical simulation. Keeping the excellent light absorption in the visible band, the emission wavelength can be easily tuned by patterning the top TiN layer into various subwavelength structures. This dual function attributes to the intrinsic absorption and plasmonic property of TiN. In such an integrated structure, broadband absorption and narrowband emission need to be balanced for an optimized power efficiency conversion. Detailed analysis has demonstrated that the STPV system based on this integrated absorber/emitter can exceed the Shockley–Queisser limit at 1000 K.
    E(λ,T)=A(λ,θ,ϕ)×EBB(λ,T),(1)

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    ηab=dEd(NΩ)cos(θ)ϵ(E,Ω)IB(E,TS)dEd(NΩ)cos(θ)IB(E,TS),(2)

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    IB(υ,T)=2hν3c21ehυkT1,(3)

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    ηSC=U(Te,Eg)×ν(Te,Eg)×m(Vop).(4)

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    U(Te,Eg)=0π2dθ×sin(2θ)EgdEϵ(E,θ)IB(E,Te)EgE0π2dθ×sin(26θ)0dEϵ(E,θ)IB(E,Te).(5)

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    υ=VopVg=VcVgln[fQe(Te,Eg)Qc(Tc,Eg)],(6)

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    Qe(Te,Eg)=2πh3c20π2sin(2θ)dθEgϵ(E,θ)E2eEkbTe1dE(7)

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    Qc(Tc,Eg)=2πh3c2Egϵ(E,θ)E2eEkbTc1dE(8)

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    m=Zm2(1+ZmeZm)[Zm+ln(1+Zm)],(9)

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    Zop=Zm+ln(1+Zm).(10)

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    ϵart(λ)={1;0.3μm<λ<0.3μm+bw10.1;0.3μm+bw1<λ<3μmbw3bw41;3μmbw3bw4<λ<3μmbw40.1;3μmbw4<λ<3μm(11)

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    Huacun Wang, Qin Chen, Long Wen, Shichao Song, Xin Hu, Gaiqi Xu. Titanium-nitride-based integrated plasmonic absorber/ emitter for solar thermophotovoltaic application[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(6): 329
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