A review on thermophotovoltaic cell and its applications in energy conversion: Issues and recommendations
Cells; Conversion efficiency; Cytology; Gallium arsenide; Global warming; III-V semiconductors; Narrow band gap semiconductors; Semiconducting gallium arsenide; Semiconducting indium; Semiconducting indium gallium arsenide; Semiconductor alloys; Structural design; Waste heat; Anthropogenic activity;...
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my.uniten.dspace-260222023-05-29T17:06:08Z A review on thermophotovoltaic cell and its applications in energy conversion: Issues and recommendations Gamel M.M.A. Lee H.J. Rashid W.E.S.W.A. Ker P.J. Yau L.K. Hannan M.A. Jamaludin M.D.Z. 57215306835 57190622221 57204586520 37461740800 57215325693 7103014445 57216839721 Cells; Conversion efficiency; Cytology; Gallium arsenide; Global warming; III-V semiconductors; Narrow band gap semiconductors; Semiconducting gallium arsenide; Semiconducting indium; Semiconducting indium gallium arsenide; Semiconductor alloys; Structural design; Waste heat; Anthropogenic activity; Cell conversion efficiency; Gallium antimonide; Generation of electrical energy; Indium gallium arsenide; Issues and challenges; Thermophoto voltaic cells; Thermophotovoltaic systems; Semiconducting antimony compounds Generally, waste heat is redundantly released into the surrounding by anthropogenic activities without strategized planning. Consequently, urban heat islands and global warming chronically increases over time. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems can be potentially deployed to harvest waste heat and recuperate energy to tackle this global issue with supplementary generation of electrical energy. This paper presents a critical review on two dominant types of semiconductor materials, namely gallium antimonide (GaSb) and indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs), as the potential candidates for TPV cells. The advantages and drawbacks of non-epitaxy and epitaxy growth methods are well-discussed based on different semiconductor materials. In addition, this paper critically examines and summarizes the electrical cell performance of TPV cells made of GaSb, InGaAs and other narrow bandgap semiconductor materials. The cell conversion efficiency improvement in terms of structural design and architectural optimization are also comprehensively analyzed and discussed. Lastly, the practical applications, current issues and challenges of TPV cells are critically reviewed and concluded with recommendations for future research. The highlighted insights of this review will contribute to the increase in effort towards development of future TPV systems with improved cell conversion efficiency. � 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Final 2023-05-29T09:06:08Z 2023-05-29T09:06:08Z 2021 Review 10.3390/ma14174944 2-s2.0-85114104849 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114104849&doi=10.3390%2fma14174944&partnerID=40&md5=bced2dcf8f45a8c52659bbb1d2ce4d2c https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26022 14 17 4944 All Open Access, Gold, Green MDPI Scopus |
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