Progress in full spectrum solar energy utilization by spectral beam splitting hybrid PV/T system

H Liang, F Wang, L Yang, Z Cheng, Y Shuai… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Spectral beam splitting (SBS) hybrid PV/T system was a promising path for utilizing the full
spectrum solar energy to cogenerate electricity and high-grade heat, with high conversion …

Many-body near-field radiative heat transfer: methods, functionalities and applications

J Song, Q Cheng, B Zhang, L Lu, X Zhou… - Reports on Progress …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) governed by evanescent waves, provides a
platform to thoroughly understand the transport behavior of nonradiative photons, and also …

High-rectification near-field radiative thermal diode using Weyl semimetals

Y Hu, H Liu, B Yang, K Shi, M Antezza, X Wu… - Physical Review Materials, 2023 - APS
Thermal diodes, which allow heat transfer in a preferential direction while being blocked in a
reverse direction, have numerous applications in thermal management, information …

Rotation-induced significant modulation of near-field radiative heat transfer between hyperbolic nanoparticles

Y Hu, Y Sun, Z Zheng, J Song, K Shi, X Wu - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modulation of near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) with rotated anisotropic hBN and α-
MoO 3 nanoparticles (NPs) are investigated. The spectral heat power, total heat power and …

Optimization configuration of selective solar absorber using multi-island genetic algorithm

WW Zhang, H Qi, ZQ Yu, MJ He, YT Ren, Y Li - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the demand for ideal selective solar absorbers to harvest a full solar spectrum, we
present an auspicious method, the multi-island genetic algorithm (MIGA), to optimize the …

Enhanced near‐field radiative heat transfer between graphene/hBN systems

L Lu, B Zhang, H Ou, B Li, K Zhou, J Song, Z Luo… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) can exceed the blackbody radiation limit owing to
the coupled evanescent waves, implying a significant potential for energy conversion and …

Near-field radiative modulator based on α-MoO3 films

L Li, X Wu, H Liu, K Shi, Y Liu, K Yu - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) has great potential in thermal management and
energy harvesting due to the giant radiative heat flux. Modulation of NFRHT is another …

Near-field radiative modulator based on dissimilar hyperbolic materials with in-plane anisotropy

X Wu, C Fu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Rotating relatively between the emitter and the receiver has been proposed as an effective
way to modulate the near-field radiative heat transfer between anisotropic media. However …

Dynamic modulation of thermal emission—a tutorial

MF Picardi, KN Nimje, GT Papadakis - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal emission is typically associated with a blackbody at a temperature above absolute
zero, which exchanges energy with its environment in the form of radiation. Blackbody …

Discontinuous finite element method applied to transient pure and coupled radiative heat transfer

YY Feng, CH Wang - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discontinuous finite element method (DFEM) is applied to transient pure and coupled
radiative heat transfer problems in participating media. The DFEM discretization is …