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Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) device converts thermal radiation to electricity output through photovoltaic effect. High-efficiency TPV devices have broad-range applications in grid-scale thermal storage, full-spectrum solar utilization, distributed thermal-electricity cogeneration and waste heat scavenging. The key to high-efficiency TPV devices lies in spectral regulation to achieve band-matching between thermal radiation of the emitters and electron transition of the photovoltaic cells. Recent advancement in nanophotonics, materials science as well as artificial intelligence for science have enabled milestone progresses in spectral regulation and record power conversion efficiency as high as 40% of TPV devices. Here we systematically review spectral regulation in TPV devices at the emitter end as well as the photovoltaic cell end. At the emitter end, spectral regulation is realized through thermal metamaterials and rare-earth intrinsic emitters to selectively enhance the in-band radiation and suppress the sub-bandgap radiation. At the photovoltaic cell end, spectral regulation mainly focuses on recycling the sub-bandgap thermal radiation through optical filter and back surface reflector applied at the front and back of the photovoltaic cells, respectively. We underline the light-matter interaction mechanisms and materials systems of different spectral regulation strategies. We also discuss the spectral regulation strategies in near-field TPV devices. Finally, we envision potential development pathway and prospects of spectral regulation to achieve scalable deployment of TPV devices in future.
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Keywords:
- Thermophotovoltaic /
- Thermal radiation /
- Spectral regulation /
- Thermal photonics
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