Rare earth emitter

Details Rare earth emitter Rare earth emitter

1997-01-30

1999-03-09

Chapman, Mark

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Cells

H01L 3100

Patent

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058794735

ABSTRACT:
The apparatus is a selective radiation emitter to be used in conjunction with a photocell for thermophotovoltaic generation of electricity from heat. One embodiment of the emitter is a layer of selectively radiating rare earth oxide bonded onto a heated base metal layer by the use of an intermediate thin layer of porous metal powder. Another embodiment is an emitter of a thick metal powder layer combined with a rare earth oxide which is formed into the voids in the metal powder structure and bonded to a metal substrate which is to be heated. In this embodiment the metal powder grains are gold plated to limit their emissivity, so that emission outside the desired band of the rare earth oxide is greatly reduced.

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