ECE Fall Seminar Series- Prof. Eric Tervo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abstract
Solid-state heat engines offer several advantages over their traditional mechanical counterparts via compact size, quiet operation, no moving parts, and scalability. However, current commercial devices such as thermoelectrics suffer from low efficiency and challenges to further improvements. In this seminar, a different class of solid-state heat engines that utilize thermal radiation will be described. These include thermophotovoltaics, where photons from a thermal emitter are converted to electricity by a photovoltaic cell, and thermoradiative devices, where thermally driven radiative recombination in a hot photovoltaic cell provides useful electric power. Recent results for these devices will be presented, including novel modeling techniques, epitaxial semiconductor growth, and the fabrication and testing of record-performance devices.
Biography
Eric Tervo is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on developing semiconductor materials and devices for energy conversion and thermal management. Prior to joining UW-Madison, he was the Nozik Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where he designed, fabricated, and characterized thermal energy conversion devices including thermophotovoltaic cells and thermoradiative cells. Dr. Tervo completed his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he developed theoretical and computational methods to study thermal radiation in nanoscale materials. He also worked as an engineer at Southwest Research Institute, where he conducted fluid dynamics research for oil and gas industry applications.
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Friday, September 30, 2022 at 11:15am to 12:05pm
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