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Alejandro Datas

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar

Madrid

Spain

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

11

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615

TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (11)

1.

Ferrosilicon alloys at the core of new thermal energy storage devices

Proceedings of the Silicon for the Chemical and Solar Industry XVII - ISBN 978-82-692919-3-3
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Sep 2024
Alejandro Datas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 148 (502,974)

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thermal energy storage, phase change material, thermophotovoltaics, solar energy

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Embracing Thermophotovoltaic Electricity: Pathways to Market Adoption

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Oct 2024
Alejandro Datas, Paolo Bondavalli and antonio pantaleo
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” (UNIBA)
Downloads 105 (679,608)
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thermophotovoltaics, thermal batteries, markets, technoeconomics, Applications

A dispatchable latent heat solar thermophotovoltaic battery

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Sep 2025
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 42 (1,196,631)

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Latent heat thermophotovoltaic battery, concentrated solar power, silicon alloys, ultra-high temperature energy storage and conversion, optical-thermal-electrical modeling, high temperature thermal emitters

A dispatchable latent heat solar thermophotovoltaic battery

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Sep 2025
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
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Latent heat thermophotovoltaic battery, concentrated solar power, silicon alloys, ultra-high temperature energy storage and conversion, optical-thermal-electrical modeling, high temperature thermal emitters

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Integrating Lithium-Ion and Thermal Batteries with Heat Pumps for Enhanced Photovoltaic Self-Consumption

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Feb 2024
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 68 (891,180)

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photovoltaics, self-consumption, power-to-heat-to-power, thermal batteries, cogeneration, heat electrification

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Thermophotovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Measurement at High View Factors

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Sep 2022
Esther López, Irene Artacho and Alejandro Datas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 53 (1,041,696)

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thermophotovoltaic, optical cavity, conversion efficiency, power density

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Transparent Phase Change Materials for Scalable Latent-Heat Thermophotovoltaic Batteries

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Sep 2025
Alejandro Datas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 49 (1,074,648)

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thermophotovoltaics, thermal energy storage, latent heat, phase change materials

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Latent Heat Thermophotovoltaic Batteries

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Aug 2021
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
Downloads 38 (1,209,354)
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energy storage, thermophotovoltaics, power-to-heat-to-power, PHPS, electric thermal energy storage, ETES, thermal energy, high temperature, silicon, phase change materials, cogeneration, combined heat and power, CHP

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Optimization of Bypass Diodes and Cell Interconnections in 1 kW-Class Thermophotovoltaic Modules Under Highly Non-Uniform Irradiance Conditions

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 May 2026
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
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Thermophotovoltaics, Bypass diodes, Electrical mismatch, Cell interconnection, Non-uniform irradiance, Thermophotovoltaic Module

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Highly Reflective and Passivated Ohmic Contacts in P-Ge by Laser Processing of Asicx:H(I)/Al2o3/Asic Films for Thermophotovoltaic Applications

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 May 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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c-GeThermophotovoltaiclaser processing Selective contact Passivationreflectance

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Germanium Thermophotovoltaic Devices Achieving 7.3% Efficiency Under High-Temperature Emission by Empirical Calorimetry

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Apr 2026
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar
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thermophotovoltaics, Germanium, PERC, calorimetry, efficiency

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Evaluating Power-to-Heat-to-Power Storage Potential in Wind- and Solar-Dominated Energy Markets

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Feb 2026
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Instituto de Energía Solar and Aarhus University - Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering
Downloads 12 (1,541,665)

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long-duration energy storage, heat electrification, energy system modelling, power-to-heat-to-power storage, lithium-ion battery