A review of solar photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid system for electricity generation
By Guiqiang Li, Samson Shittu, T. Diallo, M. Yu, Xudong Zhao, Jie Ji. Energy, 2018
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Abstract Solar energy application in a wider spectrum has the potential for high efficiency energy conversion. However, solar cells can only absorb photon energy of the solar spectrum near the solar cell band-gap energy, and the remaining energy will be converted into thermal energy. The thermoelectric generator is a good choice to utilize this thermal energy. This paper analyses the feasibility of photovoltaic-thermoelectric (PV-TE), and reviews the current types and performance of PV-TE. Furthermore, it presents the optimization and development of PV-TE. In addition, this paper presents the challenge and efficient improvement of PV-TE in actual application. Therefore, this paper would provide a valuable reference for further research into the field of PV-TE and its applications.
Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering
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Citations in the corpus
- Comparative study of a concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with and without flat plate heat pipe (2019, background): “Photovoltaic (PV) can be used to directly convert solar radiations to electrical energy while thermoelectric generator can be used to convert thermal energy into electrical energy [2].”
- Review of thermoelectric geometry and structure optimization for performance enhancement (2020, background): “[11] Li G, Shittu S, Diallo TMO, Yu M, Zhao X, Ji J.”