%0 Journal Article
%T ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF In1-xGaxAsySb1-y THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS UNDER LOW RADIATOR TEMPERATURES
%A F. Bouzid
%A N. Maamri
%J Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences
%D 2013
%I El Oued University
%X In this paper, we investigated the heat to electricity conversion efficiency of In1-xGaxAsySb1-y radioisotope thermophotovoltaic (RTPV) converter with x=0.8 and y=0.18, taking account of the photons with energy below the cells bandgap using a comprehensive analytical process. This was done with a computer program designed for this reason, which allowed the computation of the cell performance under a variety of specified incident radiation spectra as well as a variety of material parameters. The results show that for an emissivity value of 0.78, a cell thickness of about 7¦̀m with low front recombination velocity (700cm/s), a conversion efficiency greater than 29 % can be obtained for radiator¡¯s temperature of 1300¡ăk at ambient temperature. This efficiency will decrease as the cell temperature increase.
%K Radioisotope
%K Emissivity
%K Recombination velocity
%K Efficiency
%K Temperature.
%U http://www.jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/97/pdf