Journal article
Solar thermal energy conversion to electrical power
Abstract
The conversion of solar energy to electricity currently relies primarily on the photovoltaic effect in which photon bombardment of photovoltaic cells drives an electromotive force within the material. Alternatively, recent studies have investigated the potential of converting solar radiation to electricity by way of the Seebeck effect in which charge carrier mobility is generated by an asymmetric thermal differential. The present study builds …
Authors
Trinh A-K; González I; Fournier L; Pelletier R; V. JCS; Lesage FJ
Journal
Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 675–686
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.05.088
ISSN
1359-4311