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http://hdl.handle.net/1942/10395| Title: | Reaching optimal efficiencies using nanosized photoelectric devices | Authors: | RUTTEN, Bob ESPOSITO, Massimiliano CLEUREN, Bart |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA | Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 80(23). p. 235122-1-235122-5 | Abstract: | We study the thermodynamic efficiency of a nanosized photoelectric device and show that at maximum power output, the efficiency is bounded from above by a result closely related to the Curzon-Ahlborn efficiency. We find that this upper bound can be attained in nanosized devices displaying strong coupling between the generated electron flux and the incoming photon flux from the sun. | Notes: | Reprint Address: Rutten, B (reprint author), Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium - Addresses: 1. Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium 2. Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Chem & Biochem, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA 3. Univ Calif San Diego, Inst Nonlinear Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA 4. Univ Libre Bruxelles, Ctr Nonlinear Phenomena & Complex Syst, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium - E-mail Addresses: bart.cleuren@uhasselt.be | Keywords: | nanoelectronics; photoelectric devices; thermodynamics | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/10395 | ISSN: | 1098-0121 | DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235122 | ISI #: | 000273228800043 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2011 |
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