HIGH TEMPERATURE SELECTIVE EMITTERS VIA CRITICAL COUPLING OF WEAK ABSORBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190288636A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US15923909

    申请日:2018-03-16

    摘要: Tailoring the emission spectra of a solar thermophotovoltaic emitter away from that of a blackbody, thereby minimizing transmission and thermalization loss in the energy receiver, is a viable approach to circumventing the Shockley-Queisser limit to single junction solar energy conversion. Embodiments allow for radically tuned selective thermal emission that leverages the interplay between two resonant phenomena in a simple planar structure—absorption in weakly-absorbing thin films and reflection in multi-layer dielectric stacks. A virtual screening approach is employed based on Pareto optimality to identify a small number of promising structures for a selective thermal emitter from a search space of millions, several of which approach the ideal values of a step-function selective thermal emitter

    Porous electrodes for spectroelectrochemistry and x-ray structure analyses

    公开(公告)号:US10273593B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-30

    申请号:US15221167

    申请日:2016-07-27

    摘要: An electrochemical cell that allows for in-situ structural characterization of amorphous thin film materials during the course of electrolysis using high-energy X-ray scattering (>50 keV). The compact and versatile cell employs a three-electrode configuration and minimizes X-ray scattering contributions from the cell, reference and counter electrodes, as well as the working electrode support. A large surface area working electrode has a physically robust support and is largely transparent to X-rays. This design, which utilizes a three-dimensional working electrode, also greatly improves the intensity and quality of the scattered signal compared to a two-dimensional working electrode. The in-situ cell can be used not only to investigate structural evolution during electrolysis using X-ray scattering (e.g. pair distribution function), but also to perform electrochemical potential-dependent structural analysis by extended X-ray absorption fine structure.

    POROUS ELECTRODES FOR SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY AND X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSES

    公开(公告)号:US20180031496A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-01

    申请号:US15221167

    申请日:2016-07-27

    摘要: An electrochemical cell that allows for in-situ structural characterization of amorphous thin film materials during the course of electrolysis using high-energy X-ray scattering (>50 keV). The compact and versatile cell, fabricated using a 3D printer, employs a three-electrode configuration and minimizes X-ray scattering contributions from the cell, reference and counter electrodes, as well as the working electrode support. A large surface area working electrode has a physically robust support and is largely transparent to X-rays. This design, which utilizes a three-dimensional working electrode, also greatly improves the intensity and quality of the scattered signal compared to a two-dimensional working electrode. The in-situ cell can be used not only to investigate structural evolution during electrolysis using X-ray scattering (e.g. pair distribution function), but also to perform electrochemical potential-dependent structural analysis by extended X-ray absorption fine structure. The in-situ electrochemical cell opens new opportunity to characterize amorphous thin films thinner than 70 nm.

    NON-HYDROLYTIC METAL OXIDE FILMS FOR PEROVSKITE HALIDE OVERCOATING AND STABILIZATION
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    发明申请
    NON-HYDROLYTIC METAL OXIDE FILMS FOR PEROVSKITE HALIDE OVERCOATING AND STABILIZATION 有权
    非水溶性金属氧化物薄膜,用于过氧化氢钝化和稳定

    公开(公告)号:US20170040560A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-09

    申请号:US14819248

    申请日:2015-08-05

    摘要: A method of protecting a perovskite halide film from moisture and temperature includes positioning the perovskite halide film in a chamber. The chamber is maintained at a temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius. An organo-metal compound is inserted into the chamber. A non-hydrolytic oxygen source is subsequently inserted into the chamber. The inserting of the organo-metal compound and subsequent inserting of the non-hydrolytic oxygen source into the chamber is repeated for a predetermined number of cycles. The non-hydrolytic oxygen source and the organo-metal compound interact in the chamber to deposit a non-hydrolytic metal oxide film on perovskite halide film. The non-hydrolytic metal oxide film protects the perovskite halide film from relative humidity of greater than 35% and a temperature of greater than 150 degrees Celsius, respectively.

    摘要翻译: 一种保护钙钛矿卤化物膜免受湿气和温度的方法包括将钙钛矿卤化物膜定位在室中。 该室保持在小于200摄氏度的温度。 将有机金属化合物插入室中。 随后将非水解氧源插入室中。 将有机金属化合物的插入和随后将非水解氧源插入室中重复预定数量的循环。 非水解氧源和有机金属化合物在室中相互作用以在钙钛矿卤化物膜上沉积非水解金属氧化物膜。 非水解金属氧化物膜保护钙钛矿卤化物膜的相对湿度分别大于35%和大于150摄氏度。