Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion

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Thin perfect absorbers for electromagnetic waves: Theory, design, and realizations (2015, neutral): “photovoltaic [9] and thermophotovoltaic [10] systems.”
Plasmonic materials for energy: From physics to applications (2013, methodology): “me temperature. However, even a non-optimized broadband near-field SPP mode supported by a tungsten-vacuum surface is estimated to provide high TPV conversion efficiency of 27% at the same conditions [22]. High tunability of the SP resonance spectral position by the electron concentration in the mat”
Solution of near-field thermal radiation in one-dimensional layered media using dyadic Green's functions and the scattering matrix method (2009, background): “Near-field thermal radiation has only recently attracted attention due to applications in nanoscale-gap thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power generation [3–5], in near-field thermal microscopy [6–8], and far-field control of thermal”
Solar thermophotovoltaics: reshaping the solar spectrum (2016, background): “Thus, near-field power conversion is a potential strategy to enhance the output of TPV systems [81, 96].”
Review of near‐field thermal radiation and its application to energy conversion (2009, positive): “[7] provided an analysis on the performance and efficiency of near-field TPV systems based on the assumption of 100% quantum efficiency in calculating the photocurrent generation; this may result in an overestimation of the TPV system performance.”