Roadmap on optical energy conversion
Svetlana Boriskina
(1, 2, 3)
,
Martin A Green
(2)
,
Kylie Catchpole
(4)
,
Eli Yablonovitch
(5)
,
Matthew C Beard
(6)
,
Yoshitaka Okada
(7)
,
Stephan Lany
(6)
,
Talia Gershon
(8)
,
Andriy Zakutayev
(6)
,
Mohammad H Tahersima
(9)
,
Volker J Sorger
(9)
,
Michael J Naughton
(10)
,
Krzysztof Kempa
(10)
,
Mario Dagenais
(11)
,
Yuan Yao
(12)
,
Lu Xu
(12)
,
Xing Sheng
(12)
,
Noah D Bronstein
(13)
,
John A Rogers
(12)
,
a Paul Alivisatos
(14)
,
Ralph G Nuzzo
(12)
,
Jeffrey M Gordon
(15)
,
Di M Wu
(16)
,
Michael D Wisser
(17)
,
Alberto Salleo
(17)
,
Jennifer Dionne
(17)
,
Peter Bermel
(18)
,
Jean-Jacques Greffet
(19)
,
Ivan Celanovic
(20)
,
Marin Soljacic
(20)
,
Assaf Manor
(21)
,
Carmel Rotschild
(22)
,
Aaswath Raman
(23)
,
Linxiao Zhu
(23)
,
Shanhui Fan
(23)
,
Gang Chen
(1)
1
MIT-MECHE -
Department of Mechanical Engineering [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]
2 UNSW - University of New South Wales [Sydney]
3 EECS - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [Berkeley]
4 RSPE - Research School of Physics and Engineering [Canberra}
5 Materials Science Division [LBNL Berkeley]
6 National Renewable Energy Laboratory
7 RCAST - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology [Tokyo]
8 IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre
9 ECE - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [George Washington University]
10 Department of Physics [UMass, Boston]
11 ECE - University of Maryland - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Univ. of Maryland]
12 UIUC - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana]
13 LBNL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley]
14 Department of Chemistry [Berkeley]
15 Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics
16 Department of Materials Science and Engineering [Stanford]
17 Stanford University
18 Purdue University [West Lafayette]
19 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Naphel
20 MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
21 Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion
22 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology [Haifa]
23 Department of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
2 UNSW - University of New South Wales [Sydney]
3 EECS - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [Berkeley]
4 RSPE - Research School of Physics and Engineering [Canberra}
5 Materials Science Division [LBNL Berkeley]
6 National Renewable Energy Laboratory
7 RCAST - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology [Tokyo]
8 IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre
9 ECE - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [George Washington University]
10 Department of Physics [UMass, Boston]
11 ECE - University of Maryland - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Univ. of Maryland]
12 UIUC - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana]
13 LBNL - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley]
14 Department of Chemistry [Berkeley]
15 Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics
16 Department of Materials Science and Engineering [Stanford]
17 Stanford University
18 Purdue University [West Lafayette]
19 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Naphel
20 MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
21 Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion
22 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology [Haifa]
23 Department of Electrical Engineering [Stanford]
Yuan Yao
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Jean-Jacques Greffet
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Gang Chen
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Résumé
For decades, progress in the field of optical (including solar) energy conversion was dominated by advances in the conventional concentrating optics and materials design. In recent years, however, conceptual and technological breakthroughs in the fields of nanophotonics and plasmonics combined with a better understanding of the thermodynamics of the photon energy-conversion processes reshaped the landscape of energy-conversion schemes and devices. Nanostructured devices and materials that make use of size quantization effects to manipulate photon density of states offer a way to overcome the conventional light absorption limits. Novel optical spectrum splitting and photon-recycling schemes reduce the entropy production in the optical energy-conversion platforms and boost their efficiencies. Optical design concepts are rapidly expanding into the infrared energy band, offering new approaches to harvest waste heat, to reduce the thermal emission losses, and to achieve noncontact radiative cooling of solar cells as well as of optical and electronic circuitries. Light-matter interaction enabled by nanophotonics and plasmonics underlie the performance of the third- and fourth-generation energy-conversion devices, including up- and down-conversion of photon energy, near-field radiative energy transfer, and hot electron generation and harvesting. Finally, the increased market penetration of alternative solar energy-conversion technologies amplifies the role of cost-driven and environmental considerations. This roadmap on optical energy conversion provides a snapshot of the state of the art in optical energy conversion, remaining challenges, and most promising approaches to address these challenges. Leading experts authored 19 focused short sections of the roadmap where they share their vision on a specific aspect of this burgeoning research field. The roadmap opens up with a tutorial section, which introduces major concepts and terminology. It is our hope that the roadmap will serve as an important resource for the scientific community, new generations of researchers, funding agencies, industry experts, and investors.