Thermodynamic performance of near-field electroluminescence and negative electroluminescent refrigeration systems

Bowen Li; Qiang Cheng; Jinlin Song; Kun Zhou; Lu Lu; Zixue Luo; Bowen Li; Qiang Cheng; Jinlin Song; Kun Zhou; Lu Lu; Zixue Luo

doi:10.3934/energy.2021023

AIMS Energy

2021, Volume 9, Issue 3: 465-482. doi: 10.3934/energy.2021023

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Thermodynamic performance of near-field electroluminescence and negative electroluminescent refrigeration systems

State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

Received: 28 December 2020 Accepted: 05 April 2021 Published: 09 April 2021

Electroluminescent (EL) and negative electroluminescent (NEL) devices are radiative thermoelectric energy converters that use electric power for refrigeration. For the EL system, we apply a forward bias to the emitter that we want to cool, whereas a reverse bias voltage is applied to the hot absorber for the NEL system. In this work, we derive the thermodynamic limits of the cooling power density and coefficient of performance (COP) of near-field EL and NEL refrigeration systems based on entropy analysis that considers near-field effects. We show numerically that operating the EL and NEL systems in the near-field regime could increase the cooling power density and the COP bounds to a certain extent. As the vacuum gap decrease from 1000 to 10 nm, the near-field effects improve the performance of the NEL system all the time, but the performance of the EL system increases to the optimal value and then decreases. In addition, the increase in temperature difference weakens the performance of both refrigeration systems greatly. Moreover, we also investigate the effects of the absence of sub-bandgap thermal radiation on the performance of the EL and NEL systems. Our work indicates significant opportunities for evaluating the performance of near-field radiative thermoelectric energy converters from the perspective of thermodynamic limits. Meanwhile, these results establish the targets for cooling power density and COP of the near-field EL and NEL systems.
- near-field radiative transfer,
- electroluminescent,
- negative electroluminescent,
- entropy,
- thermodynamic bounds
Citation: Bowen Li, Qiang Cheng, Jinlin Song, Kun Zhou, Lu Lu, Zixue Luo. Thermodynamic performance of near-field electroluminescence and negative electroluminescent refrigeration systems[J]. AIMS Energy, 2021, 9(3): 465-482. doi: 10.3934/energy.2021023

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Abstract

Electroluminescent (EL) and negative electroluminescent (NEL) devices are radiative thermoelectric energy converters that use electric power for refrigeration. For the EL system, we apply a forward bias to the emitter that we want to cool, whereas a reverse bias voltage is applied to the hot absorber for the NEL system. In this work, we derive the thermodynamic limits of the cooling power density and coefficient of performance (COP) of near-field EL and NEL refrigeration systems based on entropy analysis that considers near-field effects. We show numerically that operating the EL and NEL systems in the near-field regime could increase the cooling power density and the COP bounds to a certain extent. As the vacuum gap decrease from 1000 to 10 nm, the near-field effects improve the performance of the NEL system all the time, but the performance of the EL system increases to the optimal value and then decreases. In addition, the increase in temperature difference weakens the performance of both refrigeration systems greatly. Moreover, we also investigate the effects of the absence of sub-bandgap thermal radiation on the performance of the EL and NEL systems. Our work indicates significant opportunities for evaluating the performance of near-field radiative thermoelectric energy converters from the perspective of thermodynamic limits. Meanwhile, these results establish the targets for cooling power density and COP of the near-field EL and NEL systems.

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