• 文献标题:   Near-Field Electroluminescent Refrigeration System Consisting of Two Graphene Schottky Diodes
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   SONG J, JANG J, LIM M, LEE J, LEE SS, LEE BJ
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF HEAT TRANSFERTRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
  • ISSN:   0022-1481 EI 1528-8943
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Adv Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1115/1.4046790
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

It has been shown that the performance of a thermal radiative device, such as a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) and an electroluminescent (EL) refrigerator, can be significantly enhanced when the vacuum gap between a reservoir and a semiconductor diode becomes nanoscale. Recently, several studies have reported the integration of a TPV and a light emitting diode (LED) in one near-field thermal radiative device to improve the operation efficiency. However, surface polaritons were hardly exploited in previous research because bare semiconductor diodes were used. In this paper, we propose a TPV-LED integrated near-field EL refrigeration system consisting of two graphene-semiconductor Schottky diodes. A substantial refrigeration rate (101.9kW/m(2)) is achieved owing to the coupling of surface plasmon-phonon polaritons excited by a symmetric configuration of graphene-polar materials. Moreover, the cooling coefficient of performance (COP) of the system can be enhanced up to 2.65 times by recycling the electrical power generated in the TPV cell. The cooling performance is further investigated in relation to design parameters, namely the doping concentration of Si and insulator thickness.