Molten storage and thermophotovoltaics offer new solar power pathway

Molten storage and thermophotovoltaics offer new solar power pathway Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 28, 2016 - A new wrinkle on an old technology - solid-state thermophotovoltaics (TPV) - could provide a high-efficiency alternative for directly converting high-temperature heat from concentrated solar thermal to utility-scale electricity. New computer modeling suggests that high temperature TPV conversion - which captures infrared radiation from very hot surfaces - could one day rival combined-cycle ... more

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