DOI: 10.1615/RAD-16
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-458-8
ISSN Online: 2642-5629
ISSN Flash Drive: 2642-5661
INTRODUCTION OF MULTILAYERED GRAPHENE FOR THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NEAR-FIELD THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
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The present work aims to develop the near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion device with high performance by introducing multilayered graphene. Multilayered graphene shifts the surface plasmon polariton condition to the condition where surface plasmon polariton can have significant impact even for larger gap distance. It is found that three layers of graphene can increase the power output by 4.9 times at vacuum gap width of 50 nm whereas a monolayer of graphene has negligible effect at that vacuum gap. The results obtained in this study can lend a helping hand to the future development of practical thermophotovoltaic system with high performance.