Solar thermoelectric generators: Pushing the efficiency up

Eric Toberer ()
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Eric Toberer: Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado 80501, USA.

Nature Energy, 2016, vol. 1, issue 11, 1-2

Abstract: Concentrated thermoelectric generators convert solar energy to electricity, but historically their conversion efficiency has lagged behind their potential. Now, full system efficiencies of 7.4% are achieved by segmentation of two thermoelectric materials and a spectrally selective surface.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.172

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