Machine learning aided design and optimization of thermal metamaterials

C Zhu, EA Bamidele, X Shen, G Zhu, B Li - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced material research that were previously intractable,
for example, the machine learning (ML) has been able to predict some unprecedented …

Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis

Q Wang, C Pornrungroj, S Linley, E Reisner - Nature Energy, 2022‏ - nature.com
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight offers a promising sustainable solution for chemical
energy storage, but inefficient utilization of the solar spectrum limits its commercial viability …

Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%

A LaPotin, KL Schulte, MA Steiner, K Buznitsky… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Thermophotovoltaics (TPVs) convert predominantly infrared wavelength light to electricity
via the photovoltaic effect, and can enable approaches to energy storage, and conversion …

Six-junction III–V solar cells with 47.1% conversion efficiency under 143 Suns concentration

JF Geisz, RM France, KL Schulte, MA Steiner… - Nature energy, 2020‏ - nature.com
Single-junction flat-plate terrestrial solar cells are fundamentally limited to about 30% solar-
to-electricity conversion efficiency, but multiple junctions and concentrated light make much …

Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices

Y Li, W Li, T Han, X Zheng, J Li, B Li, S Fan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has
triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials …

Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics

G Baffou, F Cichos, R Quidant - Nature Materials, 2020‏ - nature.com
Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of plasmonic
nanoparticles as sources of heat remotely controlled by light, giving rise to the field of …

Thermoplasmonics in solar energy conversion: materials, nanostructured designs, and applications

B Yang, C Li, Z Wang, Q Dai - Advanced Materials, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The indispensable requirement for sustainable development of human society has forced
almost all countries to seek highly efficient and cost‐effective ways to harvest and convert …

Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency

M Yamaguchi, F Dimroth, JF Geisz… - Journal of Applied …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
In order to realize a clean energy society by using renewable energies, high-performance
solar cells are a very attractive proposition. The development of high-performance solar cells …

Hybrid renewable energy systems involving thermochemical conversion process for waste-to-energy strategy

J Lee, KYA Lin, S Jung, EE Kwon - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Waste-to-energy (WtE) conversion processes integrated with other renewable
energy processes (thermochemical hybrid WtE systems) have emerged rapidly as a strategy …

Broadband nonreciprocal thermal emission

Z Zhang, L Zhu - Physical Review Applied, 2023‏ - APS
The reciprocity between thermal emission and absorption in materials that satisfy the
Lorentz reciprocity places a fundamental constraint on photonic energy conversion and …