Deliverables Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3) Introductory project leaflet, e-leaflet and webvideo Introductory project leaflet, e-leaflet and webvideo Project website and logo Project website and logo Project results presented within a leaflet, e-leaflet and a webvideo Project results presented within a leaflet, e-leaflet and a webvideo Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3) Upgrade of VTEC Upgrade of VTEC (Vacuum & Temperature Electronic Characterization for thermionic and high-temperature electronic characterization of materials) Full experiment assembly Full experiment assembly Final TIPV devices for the proof of concept experiment in WP4 Final TIPV devices for the proof of concept experiment in WP4 Documents, reports (2) Annual technical progress report Annual project reports and official reports to EC Report summarizing the communication and dissemination activities Report summarizing the communication and dissemination activities Open Research Data Pilot (1) Data management plan Data management plan, Publications Conference proceedings (35) Thermal Insulation of an Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Store for Concentrated Solar Power Author(s): Lang, Stephan; Bestenlehner, Dominik; Marx, Roman; Drück, Harald Published in: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES), 2017 Publisher: SolarPaces DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1123404 Analysis of Mathematical Heat Transfer Models for free-flowing Vacuum Insulation Materials Author(s): Lang, Stephan; Bestenlehner, Dominik; Marx, Roman; Drück, Harald Published in: IVIS Paris 2017 13th International Vacuum Insulation Symposium Abstract, 2017 Publisher: IVIS DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1123387 AMADEUS: Next Generation Materials and Solid State Devices for Ultra High Temperature Energy Storage and Conversion Author(s): Datas, A.; Cristobal, A.B.; del Canizo, C.; Antolin, E.; Beaughon, M.; Nikolopoulos, N.; Nikolopoulos, A.; Zeneli, M.; Sobczak, N.; Polkowski, W.; Tangstad, M.; Safarian, J,; Trucchi, D.M.; Bellucci, A.; Girolami, M.; Marx , R.; Bestenlehner, D.; Lang, S.; Vitulano, A.; Sabbatella, G.; Martí, A. Published in: SolarPaces 2017, 2017 Publisher: SolarPaces DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1154720 Molten Silicon Storage of Concentrated Solar Power with Integrated Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion Author(s): A. Datas, M. Zeneli, C. del Cañizo, I. Malgarinos, A. Nikolopoulos, N. Nikolopoulos, S. Karellas, A. Martí Published in: SolarPaces 2017, 2017 Publisher: SolarPaces DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1154732 Pulsed Laser Deposition of LaB6 thin films as thermionic emitters Author(s): Bellucci Alessandro; Girolami Marco; Mastellone Matteo; Orlando Stefano; Mezzi Alessio; Kaciulis Saulius; Polini Riccardo; Trucchi Daniele Maria Published in: E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1118302 Engineered thin films by Pulsed Laser Deposition for thermionic applications Author(s): Bellucci Alessandro; Girolami Marco; Mastellone Matteo; Orlando Stefano; Mezzi Alessio; Kaciulis Saulius; Trucchi Daniele Maria Published in: International Conference on Laser Ablation, COLA, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1118287 Investigation of work function and chemical composition of thin films of borides and nitrides Author(s): Mezzi Alessio; Soltani Peiman; Kaciulius Saulius; Bellucci Alessandro; Girolami Marco; Mastellone Matteo; Trucchi Daniele Maria Published in: European Conference on Applications of surface and interface analysis, Montpellier, France, 2017., 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1118272 A comparison of various imaging modes in scanning electron microscopy during evaluation of selected Si/refractory sessile drop couples after wettability tests at ultra-high temperature Author(s): Polkowska, Adelajda; Warmuzek, Małgorzata; Kalarus, Julia; Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia Published in: 1st International Conference on Metals, Ceramics and Composites, Transaction of Foundry Research Institute, Varna, Bulgaria, 2017, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.7356/iod.2017.35 Dobór materiałów ogniotrwałych w wysokotemperaturowych systemach cieplnego magazynowania i konwersji energii (in Polish) Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia Published in: 2nd Scientific Conference on Foundrymen’s Day organized in Foundry Research Institute, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1159131 Factors affecting wetting and reactivity in Si/ceramic systems at ultrahigh temperatures T>1450° Author(s): N. Sobczak Published in: EUROMAT 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2017, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1159098 Wetting behavior of Si-13.5B alloy on polycrystalline h-BN-based substrates Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Nowak, Rafał; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Polkowska, Adelajda; Homa, Marta; Turalska, Patrycja; Shuleshova, Olga; Kaban, Ivan Published in: 1st International Conference on Metals, Ceramics and Composites (ICMCC'2017), 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1098424 Ultra High Temperature Thermophotovoltaic Technology Combined With Thermionic Energy Conversion Author(s): A. Datas et al. Published in: 8th CIMTEC Forum on New Materials, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2557780 Engineered nanostructured thin films for thermionic-photovoltaic energy conversion at ultra-high temperatures Author(s): Trucchi D. M.; Bellucci A.; Generosi A.; Girolami M.; Mastellone M.; Orlando S.; Paci B.; Valentini V.; Polini R.; Mezzi A.; Kaciulis S.; Datas A.; Antolin E.; Linares P. G.; Villa J.; Martì A. Published in: NANOSMAT, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1415429 Simultaneous DSC-TG thermal analysis of pure Si Author(s): Homa, Marta; Sobczak, Natalia; Published in: 13th Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CCTA 13), 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.20976.10245 Thermophotovoltaic Efficiency Measurement: Design and Analysis of a Novel Experimental Method Author(s): A. Cabrera ; A. Ramos ; I. Artacho ; M. Gomez ; K. Gavin ; A. Martí ; A. Datas Published in: 2018 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices (CDE), 2018 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/cde.2018.8596820 Laser-Diffused P Emitters for Ge TPV Cells Author(s): A. Jiménez ; A. Datas ; D. Canteli ; D. Muñoz-Martín ; M. Morales ; C. Molpecere Published in: 2018 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices (CDE), 2018 Publisher: IEEE DOI: 10.1109/cde.2018.8597048 AMADEUS: Almacenamiento y conversión de energía a muy alta temperatura Author(s): A. Datas et al. Published in: XVI Congreso ibérico y XII Congreso iberoamericano de Energía Solar, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2563607 Engineered nanostructured thin films for thermionic-photovoltaic energy conversion at ultra-high temperatures Author(s): Trucchi, Daniele M.; Bellucci, A.; Generosi, A.; Girolami, M; Mastellone, M.; Orlando, S.; Paci, B; Valentini, V.; Polini, R.; Mezzi, A.; Kaciulis, S.; Datas, A.; Antolin, E.; Linares, P.G.; Villa,, J.; Martì, A. Published in: 25th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM 2018), 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1306231 Simoultanoeus TG-DTA thermal analysis of Si-30B alloy Author(s): Homa, Marta; Sobczak, Natalia; Hodor, K; Gezing, S. Published in: 73rd World Foundry Congress (73WFC), 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.18302.23368 Determination of characteristic temperatures and enthalpy of phase transformations during melting and solidification of Si-3.2B alloy Author(s): Homa, Marta; Turalska, Patrycja; Sobczak, Natalia Published in: 13th Conference on Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis (CCTA 13), 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.23912.11520 Oral: Molten Silicon at the hearth of a novel energy storage system. Author(s): A. Ramos, A. Datas, C. Canizo, and A. Martí, Published in: Silicon for the Chemical and Solar Industry XIV, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2563670 Invited Lecture: New challenges for materials science - innovative materials for energy storage and heat conversion (Nowe wyzwania inżynierii materiałowej - innowacyjne materiały do magazynowania energii i zarządzania ciepłem) (in Polish) Author(s): N. Sobczak Published in: Seminar of Polish Materials Science Society, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2563713 Silicon and silicon-boron alloys as phase change materials in thermal energy storage units Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Tangstadt, Merete; Safarian, Jafar; Jiao, Jian Mang; Grorud, Bettina Published in: Silicon for the Chemical and Solar Industry XIV, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1289791 SUPPRESSING OF ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE WETTING BETWEEN MOLTEN Si AND SiC BY USING h-BN SPRAY COATINGS Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Giuranno, Donatella; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Nowak, Rafał; Polkowska, Adelajda Published in: 73rd World Foundry Congress. (73 WFC), 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1436513 THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES FOR SOLAR AND THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION Author(s): R. Vaillon et al Published in: Journées nationales sur l’Energie Solaire, 2018 Publisher: IEEE Plenary: Liquid metal engineering for Creative Foundry: from Lab to Fab Author(s): N. Sobczak, R. Asthana, A. Passerone, R. Purget, and J. Sobczak, Published in: 73th World Foundry Congress, 2018 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2563716 Insulation concepts and materials for an innovative ultra-high temperature latent heat energy store Author(s): Strephan Lanf Published in: 13th Global Insulation Conference & Exhibition, 2018 Publisher: 13th Global Insulation Conference & Exhibition, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2555004 Wetting behavior of Si-13.5B alloy on polycrystalline h-BN-based substrates Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech, Sobczak, Natalia, Nowak, Rafał, Kudyba, Artur, Bruzda, Grzegorz, Polkowska, Adelajda, … Kaban, Ivan Published in: Prace Instytutu Odlewnictwa (transactions of Foundry Research Institute), Issue 57, 2017, Page(s) 321–326 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.7356/iod.2017.32 Innovative Wärmedämmungen für thermische Energiespeicher Author(s): W. Juschka; S. Lang; M. Gensbaur; D. Bestenlehner; H. Drück Published in: Issue 3, 2019 Publisher: NA DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3569427 WETTABILITY OF MOLTEN Fe-Si-B ALLOY ON GRAPHITE, Al2O3, AND h-BN SUBSTRATES Author(s): Jian Meng Jiao; Bettina Grorud; Jafar Safarian; Merete Tangstad Published in: 9, Issue 5, 2019 Publisher: Alain Jardy DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3552263 THE EFFECT OF BORON CONTENT ON WETTING KINETICS IN Si-B alloy/h-BN SYSTEM Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Nowak, Rafał; Giuranno, Donatella; Kudyba, Artur; Polkowska, Adelajda; Shuleshova, Olga; Kaban, Ivan Published in: Issue 5, 2018 Publisher: WFC DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1436469 Low work function nanocrystalline lanthanum boride thin films by room temperature femtosecond pulsed laser deposition for novel hybrid thermionic conversion devices Author(s): Bellucci Alessandro; Stefano, Orlando; Mastellone Matteo; Girolami Marco; Serpente Valerio; Generosi Amanda; Paci Barbara; Mezzi Alessio; Kaciulis Saulius; Carducci Riccardo; Polini Riccardo; Santagata Antonio; Trucchi Daniele Maria Published in: Conference on Laser Ablation 2019 (COLA 2019), Hawaii (USA), 8-13 September 2019, Issue 4, 2019 Publisher: ZENODO DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3472595 Study of heat losses during charge, discharge and storage period of a LHTES system operating at ultra-high temperatures Author(s): Myrto Zeneli; Aristeidis Nikolopoulos; Alejandro Datas; Nikos Nikolopoulos; Sotirios Karellas; Emmanouil Kakaras Published in: Issue 1, 2019 Publisher: ECOS DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3700606 Analysis of the Thermodynamic Consistency of the Richardson–Duhmann Model for Thermionic Converters (slides of video abstract) Author(s): Antonio Martí Published in: Issue 2, 2020 Publisher: Antonio Marti DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3694975 Study of vessel shape effect on charge/discharge rates of a silicon-based LHTES system Author(s): Myrto Zeneli; Aristeidis Nikolopoulos; Nikos Nikolopoulos; Sotirios Karellas; Emannouil Kakaras Published in: Issue 1, 2019 Publisher: ECOS 2019, Wroclaw, Poland, 23-28 June, 2019 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3700500 Other (8) AMADEUS project: ultra high temperature energy storage and conversion Author(s): A. Datas Published in: Zenodo, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1154776 Ultra high temperature energy storage and conversion Author(s): A.Datas Published in: Zenodo, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1154782 Analysis of Mathematical Heat Transfer Models for free-flowing Vacuum Insulation Materials Author(s): Lang, Stephan, Bestenlehner, Dominik, Marx, Roman, & Drück, Harald. Published in: Zenodo, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1123345 Analysis of Mathematical Heat Transfer Models for free-flowing Vacuum Insulation Materials. Author(s): Lang, Stephan, Bestenlehner, Dominik, Marx, Roman, & Drück, Harald Published in: Zenodo, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1123363 Effect of h-BN spray coatings on wetting and reactivity in Si/SiC system Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Nowak, Rafał; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Polkowska, Adelajda; Homa, Marta; Turalska, Patrycja Published in: Zenodo, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1098423 Molten Silicon Storage of Concentrated Solar Power with Integrated Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion Author(s): A. Datas, M. Zeneli, C. del Cañizo, I. Malgarinos, A. Nikolopoulos, N. Nikolopoulos, S. Karellas, A. Martí Published in: SolarPaces 2017, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1154768 Scanning electron microscopy evaluation of selected Si/refractory sessile drop couples after wettability tests at ultra-high temperatures Author(s): Polkowska, Adelajda; Warmuzek, Małgorzata; Kalarus, Julia; Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia Published in: 1st International Conference on Metals, Ceramics and Composites, 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1098421 Selection of refractory materials for Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage devices Author(s): Polkowski, Wojciech; Sobczak, Natalia; Nowak, Rafał; Kudyba, Artur; Bruzda, Grzegorz; Polkowska, Adelajda; Homa, Marta; Turalska, Patrycja Published in: 1st International Conference on Metals, Ceramics and Composites (ICMCC'2017)., 2017 Publisher: Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1098426 Peer reviewed articles (12) Wetting Behavior and Reactivity of Molten Silicon with h-BN Substrate at Ultrahigh Temperatures up to 1750 °C Author(s): Wojciech Polkowski, Natalia Sobczak, Rafał Nowak, Artur Kudyba, Grzegorz Bruzda, Adelajda Polkowska, Marta Homa, Patrycja Turalska, Merete Tangstad, Jafar Safarian, Elmira Moosavi-Khoonsari, Alejandro Datas Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2017, ISSN 1059-9495 Publisher: ASM International DOI: 10.1007/s11665-017-3114-8 The Effect of Boron Content on Wetting Kinetics in Si-B Alloy/h-BN System Author(s): Wojciech Polkowski, Natalia Sobczak, Grzegorz Bruzda, Rafał Nowak, Donatella Giuranno, Artur Kudyba, Adelajda Polkowska, Krzysztof Pajor, Tomasz Kozieł, Ivan Kaban Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2019, ISSN 1059-9495 Publisher: ASM International DOI: 10.1007/s11665-018-3786-8 Investigation of work function and chemical composition of thin films of borides and nitrides Author(s): A. Mezzi, P. Soltani, S. Kaciulis, A. Bellucci, M. Girolami, M. Mastellone, D. M. Trucchi Published in: Surface and Interface Analysis, Issue 50/11, 2018, Page(s) 1138-1144, ISSN 0142-2421 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc. DOI: 10.1002/sia.6442 Silicon as a Phase Change Material: Performance of h-BN Ceramic During Multi-Cycle Melting/Solidification of Silicon Author(s): Wojciech Polkowski, Natalia Sobczak, Adelajda Polkowska, Grzegorz Bruzda, Artur Kudyba, Donatella Giuranno Published in: JOM, 2019, ISSN 1047-4838 Publisher: J O M Institute DOI: 10.1007/s11837-019-03364-4 Lanthanum (oxy)boride thin films for thermionic emission applications Author(s): A. Bellucci, M. Mastellone, S. Orlando, M. Girolami, A. Generosi, B. Paci, P. Soltani, A. Mezzi, S. Kaciulis, R. Polini, D.M. Trucchi Published in: Applied Surface Science, Issue 479, 2019, Page(s) 296-302, ISSN 0169-4332 Publisher: Elsevier BV DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.01.230 Ultra-High Temperature Interaction Between h-BN-Based Composite and Molten Silicon Author(s): Wojciech Polkowski, Natalia Sobczak, Adelajda Polkowska, Rafał Nowak, Artur Kudyba, Grzegorz Bruzda, Donatella Giuranno, Amanda Generosi, Barbara Paci, Daniele M. Trucchi Published in: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Issue 50/2, 2019, Page(s) 997-1008, ISSN 1073-5623 Publisher: ASM International DOI: 10.1007/s11661-018-5035-z Thermionic-enhanced near-field thermophotovoltaics for medium-grade heat sources Author(s): A. Datas, R. Vaillon Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 114/13, 2019, Page(s) 133501, ISSN 0003-6951 Publisher: American Institute of Physics DOI: 10.1063/1.5078602 High Temperature Interaction of Si-B Alloys with Graphite Crucible in Thermal Energy Storage Systems Author(s): Jianmeng Jiao, Jafar Safarian, Bettina Grorud, Merete Tangstad Published in: Materials, Issue 13/1, 2020, Page(s) 29, ISSN 1996-1944 Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing DOI: 10.3390/ma13010029 Techno-economic analysis of solar PV power-to-heat-to-power storage and trigeneration in the residential sector Author(s): A. Datas, A. Ramos, C. del Cañizo Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 256, 2019, Page(s) 113935, ISSN 0306-2619 Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113935 Silicon-Boron Alloys as New Ultra-High Temperature Phase-Change Materials: Solid/Liquid State Interaction with the h-BN Composite Author(s): Wojciech Polkowski, Natalia Sobczak, Grzegorz Bruzda, Artur Kudyba, Rafal Nowak, Adelajda Polkowska, Izabela Krzak, Adam Tchórz, Donatella Giuranno Published in: Silicon, 2019, ISSN 1876-990X Publisher: Springer Verlag DOI: 10.1007/s12633-019-00256-9 The Use of Eutectic Fe-Si-B Alloy as a Phase Change Material in Thermal Energy Storage Systems Author(s): Jianmeng Jiao, Bettina Grorud, Caroline Sindland, Jafar Safarian, Kai Tang, Kathrine Sellevoll, Merete Tangstad Published in: Materials, Issue 12/14, 2019, Page(s) 2312, ISSN 1996-1944 Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing DOI: 10.3390/ma12142312 Analysis of the Thermodynamic Consistency of the Richardson–Duhmann Model for Thermionic Converters Author(s): Antonio Martí Published in: Energies, Issue 13/5, 2020, Page(s) 1087, ISSN 1996-1073 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) DOI: 10.3390/en13051087 Thesis dissertations (2) Interactions of FeSi Alloys with Graphite Crucibles Author(s): Sellevoll, Kathrine Published in: Issue 2, 2017 Publisher: NTNU DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3570447 Interaction of Eutectic Fe-Si-B Alloy with Graphite Crucibles Author(s): Grorud, Bettina Published in: Interaction of Eutectic Fe-Si-B Alloy with Graphite Crucibles, Issue 1, 2018 Publisher: NTNU DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3570540 Searching for OpenAIRE data... 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