The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell

Conversion efficiency; Cost effectiveness; Cytology; Efficiency; Electronic design automation; Germanium; Infrared radiation; Nanoelectronics; Atmospheric perturbations; Cell conversion efficiency; Electrical performance; Illumination conditions; Light intensity; Silvaco; Thermophoto voltaic cells;...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gamel M.M.A., Jern K.P., Rashid W.E., Yau L.K., Jamaludin M.Z.
Other Authors: 57215306835
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uniten.dspace-24508
record_format dspace
spelling my.uniten.dspace-245082023-05-29T15:24:04Z The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell Gamel M.M.A. Jern K.P. Rashid W.E. Yau L.K. Jamaludin M.Z. 57215306835 37461740800 57204586520 57215325693 57216839721 Conversion efficiency; Cost effectiveness; Cytology; Efficiency; Electronic design automation; Germanium; Infrared radiation; Nanoelectronics; Atmospheric perturbations; Cell conversion efficiency; Electrical performance; Illumination conditions; Light intensity; Silvaco; Thermophoto voltaic cells; Thermophotovoltaic systems; Cells The significance of optimizing power intensity in a thermophotovoltaic system had spurred the efforts on exploiting thermophotovoltaic cells which are typically installed near to the heat source. Germanium with 0.66 eV bandgap is recommended and extensively employed to harvest infrared radiation up to 1.8\ \boldsymbol{\mu} \mathbf{m}. The integration of this material contributes to a cost-effective thermophotovoltaic system by capturing long wavelength under low blackbody temperature. Contrarily, the atmospheric perturbation between the heat source and the germanium thermophotovoltaic cells affects the intensity of incoming illumination, which alters the electrical performance of the cells. Nonetheless, the investigation of this issue is remained at the infancy stage and more characterization works are required to understand the influence of illumination intensity on the cell conversion efficiency. In this work, Silvaco TCAD software was used to characterize single Ge thermophotovoltaic cell under 2000 K blackbody radiation temperature by manipulating the illumination intensity. A conversion efficiency of 11.8% was achieved under higher illumination intensity of 2000 K due to the increase in the maximum voltage from 0.19 V to 0.42 V when compared to AM 1.5 illumination condition. The success of this work will contribute to the incorporation of understanding the effect of incident illumination intensity on the performance of Ge cell. � 2019 IEEE. Final 2023-05-29T07:24:04Z 2023-05-29T07:24:04Z 2019 Conference Paper 10.1109/RSM46715.2019.8943521 2-s2.0-85078248979 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078248979&doi=10.1109%2fRSM46715.2019.8943521&partnerID=40&md5=e482065e0ac407ad399ade3450ad9337 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/24508 8943521 129 132 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Scopus
institution Universiti Tenaga Nasional
building UNITEN Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Tenaga Nasional
content_source UNITEN Institutional Repository
url_provider http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/
description Conversion efficiency; Cost effectiveness; Cytology; Efficiency; Electronic design automation; Germanium; Infrared radiation; Nanoelectronics; Atmospheric perturbations; Cell conversion efficiency; Electrical performance; Illumination conditions; Light intensity; Silvaco; Thermophoto voltaic cells; Thermophotovoltaic systems; Cells
author2 57215306835
author_facet 57215306835
Gamel M.M.A.
Jern K.P.
Rashid W.E.
Yau L.K.
Jamaludin M.Z.
format Conference Paper
author Gamel M.M.A.
Jern K.P.
Rashid W.E.
Yau L.K.
Jamaludin M.Z.
spellingShingle Gamel M.M.A.
Jern K.P.
Rashid W.E.
Yau L.K.
Jamaludin M.Z.
The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
author_sort Gamel M.M.A.
title The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
title_short The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
title_full The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
title_fullStr The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Illumination Intensity on the Performance of Germanium Based-Thermophotovoltaic Cell
title_sort effect of illumination intensity on the performance of germanium based-thermophotovoltaic cell
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2023
_version_ 1806426138772242432
score 13.188404