Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 42, Issue 1, 78(2023)

Effects of incident spectrum and radiative power intensity on the performance of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell

Xin WANG, Xue CHEN*, Hong-Yu PAN, Xiu-Li LIU, and Xin-Lin XIA
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  • School of Energy Science and Engineering,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China
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    Xin WANG, Xue CHEN, Hong-Yu PAN, Xiu-Li LIU, Xin-Lin XIA. Effects of incident spectrum and radiative power intensity on the performance of GaSb thermophotovoltaic cell[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2023, 42(1): 78

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 10, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 23, 2023

    The Author Email: CHEN Xue (hit_chenxue@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.01.011

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