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May 31st (Day 1)
May 31st (Day 1)
Opening Session
Opening Session
8 - 9:15 EDT (12 - 13:15 GMT)
8 - 9:15 EDT (12 - 13:15 GMT)
Chair: Andrej Lenert
Zoom Room 1
8:00 - 8:05
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
Andrej Lenert, University of Michigan
8:05 - 8:30
Invited
Early-Career
Empirical TPV Design Rules and Performance Predictions
Empirical TPV Design Rules and Performance Predictions
Eric Tervo1, Titilope Dada1, Myles Steiner2, Daniel Friedman2
1University of Wisconsin - Madison (USA), 2National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
8:30 - 8:45
Early-Career
Performance Bounds Of Thermophotovoltaic Systems
Performance Bounds Of Thermophotovoltaic Systems
Maxime Giteau, Michela F. Picardi, and Georgia T. Papadakis
The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Spain)
8:45 - 9:00
Student
Nonreciprocal Solar Thermophotovoltaics
Nonreciprocal Solar Thermophotovoltaics
Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh and Bo Zhao
University of Houston (USA)
9:00 - 9:15
Early-Career
Study Of Thermophotovoltaic Devices Without A Vacuum Or Air Gap
Study Of Thermophotovoltaic Devices Without A Vacuum Or Air Gap
Longji Cui1, Mohammad Habibi1, Sai Yelishala1, Eric Tervo2,3, and Myles Steiner3
1University of Colorado Boulder (USA), 2University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 3NREL (USA)
Break 15 mins
Integrated Systems
Integrated Systems
9:30 - 10:30 EDT (13:30 - 14:30 GMT)
9:30 - 10:30 EDT (13:30 - 14:30 GMT)
Chairs: Peter Bermel, Makoto Shimizu
Zoom Room 2
9:30 - 9:45
Mesodyne Lightcell: A Practical Portable TPV Generator
Mesodyne Lightcell: A Practical Portable TPV Generator
Walker Chan and Veronika Stelmakh
Mesodyne Inc (USA)
9:45 - 10:00
Hybrid Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Emission/Thermophotovoltaic Converters Of Concentrated Sunlight
Hybrid Photon-Enhanced Thermionic Emission/Thermophotovoltaic Converters Of Concentrated Sunlight
Alessandro Bellucci1, Gema Lopez2, Pablo Ortega2, Cristobal Voz2, Isidro Martin2, Alejandro Datas3, and Daniele M. Trucchi1
1Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), 2UPC of Barcelona (Spain), 3Univ. Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
10:00 - 10:15
Student
Design Of An All-Ceramic Hydrogen Combustor Paired With Thermophotovoltaic Electricity Generation
Design Of An All-Ceramic Hydrogen Combustor Paired With Thermophotovoltaic Electricity Generation
Shomik Verma, Kyle Buznitsky, Alina LaPotin, Mehdi Pishahang, Santosh Shanbogue, and Asegun Henry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
10:15 - 10:30
Infrared Converter Modules For Light Weight Fuel Fired Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) Generators
Infrared Converter Modules For Light Weight Fuel Fired Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) Generators
Lewis Fraas and Seth Hettinger
JX Crystals Inc (USA)
Break 15 mins
Emitter Discovery
Emitter Discovery
10:45 - 12:30 EDT (14:45 - 16:30 GMT)
10:45 - 12:30 EDT (14:45 - 16:30 GMT)
Chairs: Makoto Shimizu, Georgia T. Papadakis
Zoom Room 1
10:45 - 11:00
Triphase Thermally-Stable Selective Emitter Design
Triphase Thermally-Stable Selective Emitter Design
Peter Bermel, Vidisha Singhal, and Jie Zhu
Purdue University (USA)
11:00 - 11:15
Early-Career
Module-Scale Bandwidth-Controlled Thermophotovoltaic Emitter By Machine Learning
Module-Scale Bandwidth-Controlled Thermophotovoltaic Emitter By Machine Learning
Kehang Cui, Qixiang Wang, Zhequn Huang, and Heng Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
11:15 - 11:30
Early-Career
Design Of Selective Emitter Using Machine Learning-Quantum Computing For High Thermophotovoltaic System Efficiency
Design Of Selective Emitter Using Machine Learning-Quantum Computing For High Thermophotovoltaic System Efficiency
Seongmin Kim1, Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh2, Bo Zhao2, and Tengfei Luo1
1University of Notre Dame (USA), 2University of Houston (USA)
11:30 - 12:00
Invited
Scalable And Thermally Stable Emitters For TPV Systems Operating At >1,800 ºc
Scalable And Thermally Stable Emitters For TPV Systems Operating At >1,800 ºc
Jeremy Munday, Mariama Dias, Tao Gong, Margaret Duncan, Stuart Ness, Scott McCormack, and Marina Leite
UC Davis (USA)
12:00 - 12:30
Invited
The Spectral Extremes of Thermophotovoltaics and Figures of Merit
The Spectral Extremes of Thermophotovoltaics and Figures of Merit
Thomas Vandervelde
Tufts University (USA)
June 1st (Day 2)
June 1st (Day 2)
Bifacial TPV
Bifacial TPV
8 - 8:50 EDT (12 - 12:50 GMT)
8 - 8:50 EDT (12 - 12:50 GMT)
Chairs: Rodolphe Vaillon, P-Olivier Chapuis
Zoom Room 1
8:00 - 8:15
Bifacial Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion
Bifacial Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion
Alejandro Datas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
8:15 - 8:30
Student
Highly Efficient Thermophotovoltaic Power Generation Owing To Out-Of-Band Device Transparency
Highly Efficient Thermophotovoltaic Power Generation Owing To Out-Of-Band Device Transparency
Bosun Roy Layinde, Tobias Burger, Rebecca Lentz, Zachary Berquist, Stephen Forrest, and Andrej Lenert
University of Michigan (USA)
8:30 - 8:45
Student
Design Of Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion With Dual Emitter
Design Of Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion With Dual Emitter
Minwoo Choi1, Jaeman Song2, and Bong Jae Lee1
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea), 2Kyung Hee University (Korea)
Break 5 mins
High Efficiency Cells
High Efficiency Cells
9:45 - 12:45 EDT (13:45 - 16:45 GMT)
9:45 - 12:45 EDT (13:45 - 16:45 GMT)
Chairs: Georgia T. Papadakis, Andrej Lenert
Zoom Room 2
9:45 - 10:15
Invited
Design of Efficiency-Optimized Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics
Design of Efficiency-Optimized Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics
Karin Hinzer
University of Ottawa (Canada)
10:15 - 10:45
Invited
Can We Make III-V TPV Cells More Cost-effective?
Can We Make III-V TPV Cells More Cost-effective?
Myles Steiner
NREL (USA)
10:45 - 11:00
Early-Career
Flat InGaAs Thin-Film Membrane For Power Conversion Efficiency Over 40%
Flat InGaAs Thin-Film Membrane For Power Conversion Efficiency Over 40%
Jihun Lim, Bosun Roy-Layinde, Bin Liu, Andrej Lenert, and Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan (USA)
11:00 - 11:15
Student
Characterization Of TPVs For Thermal Energy Grid Storage Application
Characterization Of TPVs For Thermal Energy Grid Storage Application
Alina LaPotin1, Kevin L. Schulte2, Myles A. Steiner2, Kyle Buznitsky1, Colin C. Kelsall1, Daniel J. Friedman2, Eric J. Tervo3, Ryan M. France2, Michelle R. Young2, Shomik Verma1, and Asegun Henry1
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (USA), 2NREL (USA), 3University of Wisconsin (USA)
11:15 - 11:30
Student
Can We Expect TPV Efficiencies Over 30% Using Germanium Converters?
Can We Expect TPV Efficiencies Over 30% Using Germanium Converters?
Pablo Martín, Víctor Orejuela, Clara Sanchez-Perez, Iván García, and Ignacio Rey-Stolle
Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain)
Break 15 mins
11:45 - 12:15
Invited
From III-Vs to Si: Thin film electronics for imaging and thermophotovoltaic energy conversion
From III-Vs to Si: Thin film electronics for imaging and thermophotovoltaic energy conversion
Stephen R. Forrest
University of Michigan (USA)
12:15 - 12:45
Invited
A Machine-Learning-Driven Analysis of Hybrid Perovskites for Stable Photovoltaics
A Machine-Learning-Driven Analysis of Hybrid Perovskites for Stable Photovoltaics
Marina S. Leite
UC Davis (USA)
June 2nd (Day 3)
June 2nd (Day 3)
TPX Plus
TPX Plus
8:15 - 9 EDT (12:15 - 13 GMT)
8:15 - 9 EDT (12:15 - 13 GMT)
Chairs: Bong Jae Lee, Peter Bermel
Zoom Room 1
8:15 - 8:30
Student
Thermoradiative Operation For Power Extraction From Low-Temperature Waste Heat Source
Thermoradiative Operation For Power Extraction From Low-Temperature Waste Heat Source
Muhammad Hasnan Sazzad, Michael P. Nielsen, Andreas Pusch, Phoebe M. Pearce, Peter J. Reece, and Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes
UNSW Sydney (Australia)
8:30 - 8:45
Student
Thermophotovoltaics Vs Thermophotonics: Physics And Performance Of III-V Heterostructures In The Near Field
Thermophotovoltaics Vs Thermophotonics: Physics And Performance Of III-V Heterostructures In The Near Field
Julien Legendre and Pierre-Olivier Chapuis
CNRS - CETHIL (France)
8:45 - 9:00
Early-Career
High-Performance Thermoradiative Devices Enabled By Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons At Nanoscales
High-Performance Thermoradiative Devices Enabled By Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons At Nanoscales
Dudong Feng1, Xiulin Ruan1, Shannon Yee2, and Zhuomin Zhang2
1Purdue University, 2Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Near-Field Devices
Near-Field Devices
10 - 12:20 EDT (14 - 16:20 GMT)
10 - 12:20 EDT (14 - 16:20 GMT)
Chairs: Eric Tervo, Longji Cui
Zoom Room 2
10:00 - 10:30
Invited
Early-Career
Near-Field TPVs: The Route to High Voc
Near-Field TPVs: The Route to High Voc
Georgia T. Papadakis
The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Spain)
10:30 - 10:45
Spectral Controlled Near-Field Radiation Energy Conversion Using A Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Thin Multilayer And A Pillar-Array Structured Emitter
Spectral Controlled Near-Field Radiation Energy Conversion Using A Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Thin Multilayer And A Pillar-Array Structured Emitter
Katsunori Hanamura1, Zhou Xueyi1, and Merika Chanthanumataporn2
1Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), 2Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
10:45 - 11:00
Student
Effect Of Top Metallic Contacts On Radiation Transfer And Conversion Efficiency For Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics
Effect Of Top Metallic Contacts On Radiation Transfer And Conversion Efficiency For Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics
Kevin Austry1 ,Y. Jeyar1, M. Luo1,B. Guizal1, R. Messina2, R. Vaillon1, and M. Antezza1
1Université de Montpellier (France), 2Université Paris-Saclay (France)
Break 15 mins
11:15 - 11:45
Invited
Low Bandgap (Near-Field) TPVs: Materials And Structures
Low Bandgap (Near-Field) TPVs: Materials And Structures
Rodolphe Vaillon
CNRS, Université de Montpellier (France)
11:45 - 12:00
Early-Career
Nanomechanical Resonators And High Flatness Silicon Mems Radiators For Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Measurements
Nanomechanical Resonators And High Flatness Silicon Mems Radiators For Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Measurements
Mathieu Giroux1, Chang Zhang1, Michel Stephan1, Maxime Brazeau1, Gavin Forcade1, Sean Molesky2, Alejandro W. Rodriguez3, Jacob J. Krich1, Karin Hinzer1, and Raphael St-Gelais1
1University of Ottawa (Canada), 2Polytechnique Montreal (Canada), 3Princeton University (USA)
12:00 - 12:15
Early-Career
Large Area Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Design
Large Area Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Design
Jennifer Selvidge1, Ryan M. France1, Myles A. Steiner1, Jacob Boyer1, and Eric Tervo2
1NREL (USA), 2University of Wisconsin (USA)
Break 10 mins
Closing Session
Closing Session
12:25 EDT (16:25 GMT)
12:25 EDT (16:25 GMT)
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