Abstract
Efficiency of thermoradiative cells can be increased by spectrally selecting high-entropy long-wavelength infrared photons for radiative energy exchange. Furthermore, near-field coupling to phonon polaritons in the heat sink increases both conversion efficiency and power density.
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