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Generalization of Kirchhoff's Law of Thermal Radiation: The Inherent Relations Between Quantum Efficiency and Emissivity
M. Kurtulik, M. Shimanovic, T. Bar Lev +4
Planck's law of thermal radiation depends on the temperature, , and the emissivity, , of a body, where emissivity is the coupling of heat to radiation that depends on both ph…
Generalization of Kirchhoff's Law: The inherent relations between quantum efficiency and emissivity
Matej Kurtulik, Michal Shimanovich, Rafi Weill +3
Planck's law of thermal radiation depends only on the temperature T and emissivity . It is one of the most fundamental discoveries about light-matter interaction that…
High-temperature photoluminescence reveals the inherent relations between quantum efficiency and emissivity
Matej Kurtulik, Rafi Weill, Assaf Manor +1
Photoluminescence (PL) is a light-matter quantum interaction associated with the chemical potential of light formulated by the Generalized Planck's law. Without knowing the inheren…
Thermally enhanced photoluminescence for energy harvesting: from fundamentals to engineering optimization
N Kruger, M Kurtulik, N Revivo +3
The radiance of thermal emission, as described by Planck law, depends only on the emissivity and temperature of a body, and increases monotonically with the temperature rise at any…
Luminescent solar power: PV/thermal hybrid electricity generation for cost effective dispatchable solar energy
Shimry Haviv, Natali Revivo, Nimrod Kruger +4
The challenge in solar energy today is not the cost of photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation, already competing with fossil fuel prices, but rather utility-scale energy storage…
Temperature-dependent photoluminescence: A theoretical study
Matej Kurtulik, Assaf Manor, Rafi Weill +1
Photoluminescence (PL) is a light matter quantum interaction associated with the chemical potential of light formulated by the Generalized Planck's law. Without knowing the inheren…
Efficient tenfold up-conversion through steady-state non-thermal-equilibrium excitation
Dafna Granot, Nimrod Kruger, Assaf Manor +1
Frequency up-conversion of a few low-energy photons into a single high-energy photon contributes to imaging, light sources, and detection. However, the up-converting of many photon…
Thermodynamic of photoluminescence far from the radiative limit
Assaf Manor, Matej Kurtulik, Carmel Rotschild
The radiance of thermal emission, as described by Plancks law, depends only on the emissivity and temperature of a body, and increases monotonically with temperature rise at any em…
A Thermal-Photovoltaic Device Based on Thermally Enhanced Photoluminescence
Assaf Manor, Carmel Rotschild
Single-junction photovoltaic cells are considered to be efficient solar energy converters, but even ideal cells cannot exceed the their fundamental thermodynamic efficiency limit,…
On the transition from photoluminescence to thermal emission and its implication on solar energy conversion
Assaf Manor, Leopoldo L. Martin, Carmel Rotschild
Photoluminescence (PL) is a fundamental light-matter interaction, which conventionally involves the absorption of energetic photon, thermalization and the emission of a red-shifted…
Optical Refrigeration for Ultra-Efficient Photovoltaics
Assaf Manor, Leopoldo L. Martin, Carmel Rotschild
Improving the conversion efficiency of solar energy to electricity is most important to mankind. For single-junction photovoltaic solar-cells, the Shockley-Queisser thermodynamic e…
Entropy driven multi-photon frequency up-conversion
Assaf Manor, Nimrod Kruger, Carmel Rotschild
Frequency up-conversion of few low-energy photons into a single high-energy photon, greatly contributes to imaging, light sources, detection and other fields of research. However,…