Waste Heat Recovery Through Near-Field Thermophotonics

Project Information

TPX-Power

Grant agreement ID: 951976

DOI

10.3030/951976

Project closed

EC signature date 29 June 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 3 423 001,25

EU contribution

€ 3 423 000,75

Coordinated by

AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR
Finland

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (5)

Technology and exploitation roadmap

Roadmap for the technology.

Thin film LEDs structures with contact grids and mirrors

Properties for component ready TF structures with contact mirrors and bonded to suitable carriers reported

Specifications and requirements for first applications

Report on the specifications required by first applications

Thin-film high efficiency LED and PV epistructures produced by ELO

Report on the properties of TF structures that are suitable for further processing for TPX

Demonstration of thin-film devices connected with vacuum gap

Report on the properties of the LED and PV components bonded using a vacuum gap.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Full simulation suite for photon-phonon-electron transport

A simulation suite that accounts for the key optical, electrical and thermal phenomena demonstrated

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Web site, logo and flyer

Project identifiers for use in puclic communications

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Thermal radiation at the nanoscale and applications

Author(s): Pierre-Olivier Chapuis, Bong Jae Lee, Alejandro Rodriguez
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 123, 2023, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0186406

GaAs-based near-field thermophotonic devices: Approaching the idealized case with one-dimensional PN junctions

Author(s): Julien Legendre, Pierre-Olivier Chapuis
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 238, 2025, Page(s) 111594, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111594

Resonance effects in the radiation transfer of thin-film intracavity devices

Author(s): Pyry Kivisaari, Jani Oksanen
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 121, 2023, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0109763

ELO-compatible back reflectors for light management in thin-film GaAs-based LEDs

Author(s): Luc M. van der Krabben, Rosalinda H. van Leest, Seyed Ahmad Shahahmadi, Günther M.M.W. Bissels, Jani Oksanen, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 292, 2025, Page(s) 113779, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113779

Theoretical screening of dielectric/metal mirrors for enhanced photon recycling in GaAs solar cells

Author(s): Maarten van Eerden, Jasper van Gastel, Gerard J. Bauhuis, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 273, 2024, Page(s) 112931, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112931

Prospects and requirements for thermophotonic waste heat energy harvesting

Author(s): Toufik Sadi, Ivan Radevici, Benoît Behaghel, Jani Oksanen
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 239, 2025, Page(s) 111635, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111635

Operating conditions and thermodynamic bounds of dual radiative heat engines

Author(s): Julien Legendre, Pierre-Olivier Chapuis
Published in: Physical Review Applied, Issue 23, 2025, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.23.034023

Reduced Surface Recombination in Extended-Perimeter LEDs toward Electroluminescent Cooling

Author(s): Luc M. van der Krabben, Natasha Gruginskie, Maarten van Eerden, Jasper van Gastel, Peter Mulder, Gerard J. Bauhuis, Dinar Khusyainov, Dima Afanasiev, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Published in: ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 1483-1492, ISSN 2637-6113
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c01816

Overcoming non-radiative losses with AlGaAs PIN junctions for near-field thermophotonic energy harvesting

Author(s): J. Legendre, P.-O. Chapuis
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 121, 2023, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0116662

Comprehensive analysis of photon dynamics in thin-film GaAs solar cells with planar and textured rear mirrors

Author(s): Maarten van Eerden, Jasper van Gastel, Gerard J. Bauhuis, Elias Vlieg, John J. Schermer
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 244, 2025, Page(s) 111708, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111708

Pushing the limits of non-radiative recombination suppression in GaAs/GaInP light-emitting diodes by doping profile engineering

Author(s): Seyed Ahmad Shahahmadi, Pyry Kivisaari, Benoît Behaghel, Ivan Radevici, Sami Suihkonen, Jani Oksanen
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue 124, 2024, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0206166