Maximizing electric power through spectral-splitting photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid system integrated with radiative cooling
Author(s)
Guo, Jiangfeng
Huai, Xiulan
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
As zero-emission technologies, a daytime radiative cooling (RC) strategy developed recently, and photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric (TE) technologies have aroused great interest to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions. How to integrate these state-of-the-art technologies to maximise clean electricity from the sun and space remains a huge challenge, and the limit efficiency is still unclear. In this study, a spectral-splitting PV-TE hybrid system integrated with RC is proposed to maximise clean electricity from the sun and space without any emissions. For the sun acting as a typical constant heat-flux heat source, the current thermoelectric theory overestimates the thermoelectric efficiency highly since the theory is based on constant temperature-difference conditions. A new theory based on heat-flux conditions is employed to achieve maximum thermoelectric efficiency. The PV-TE hybrid system with RC is superior to the conventional hybrid system, not only in terms of higher efficiency but also in its 24-h operation capacity. In a system with a single-junction cell, the total efficiency with 30 suns (39.4%) is higher than the theoretical PV efficiency at 500 suns (38.2%). In a hybrid system with four-junction cells, total efficiency is over 65% which is superior to most current photoelectric and thermal power systems.
Date Issued
2023-02-07
Date Acceptance
2023-02-01
Citation
Advanced Science, 2023, 10 (10), pp.1-13
ISSN
2198-3844
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1
End Page
13
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Science
Volume
10
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
concentrated spectral splitting
CONVERSION
COOLER
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
Materials Science
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
multi-junction cells
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
photovoltaic
Physical Sciences
radiative cooling
Science & Technology
Science & Technology - Other Topics
SINGLE-JUNCTION
SOLAR
solar energy
Technology
TEMPERATURES
thermoelectric generator
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-02-07