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X-WR-CALNAME:"Harnessing terrestrial thermal photon sources"\, Dr. Svetlana
  Boriskina
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Svetlana Boriskina (MechE Research Scientist) gives a talk 
 hosted by Applied Physics @ MIT:\n\n"Harnessing terrestrial thermal photon
  sources" \n\nFood will be provided.\n\nAbstract:\n\nI will discuss challe
 nges and opportunities in controlling and harvesting the radiative energy 
 of terrestrial thermal sources. Unlike solar radiation\, thermal emission 
 from terrestrial sources can be controlled and tailored via optical design
 . For example\, bringing emitters and absorbers into the regime of near-fi
 eld coupling allows breaking many fundamental limits that stymie developme
 nt of high-efficiency solar energy conversion platforms. On the other hand
 \, long distances travelled by propagating infrared photons through the Ea
 rth’s atmosphere allow using the ultra-cold outer space as the heat sink
  for the terrestrial energy conversion engines. I will outline design stra
 tegies for one such engine\, a ‘reverse solar cell’ system – also kn
 own as a thermoradiative cell – that can generate electric power via non
 -equilibrium thermal emission. The technological area where the importance
  of the terrestrial thermal radiation control really hits home is in perso
 nalized thermal management. I will demonstrate new fabrics that achieve pa
 ssive temperature control of human body via spectrally-selective scatterin
 g of photons across visible and infrared spectral ranges.
LOCATION:34-401A
SUMMARY:"Harnessing terrestrial thermal photon sources"\, Dr. Svetlana Bori
 skina
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.mit.edu/event/harnessing_terrestrial_thermal
 _photon_sources_dr_svetlana_boriskina
CATEGORIES:Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
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