Tailoring high-temperature radiation and the resurrection of the incandescent source

In solar cells, the mismatch between the Sun's emission spectrum and the cells' absorption profile limits the efficiency of such devices, while in incandescent light bulbs, most of the energy is lost as heat. One way to avoid the waste of a large fraction of the radiation emitted from hot...

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Main Authors: Bermel, Peter (Author), Ilic, Ognjen (Contributor), Chen, Gang (Contributor), Joannopoulos, John (Contributor), Celanovic, Ivan L. (Contributor), Soljacic, Marin (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-05-22T14:28:51Z.
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