Shanhui Fan Control of thermal radiation for energy applications

Shanhui Fan  "Control of thermal radiation for energy applications"

Guest talk

Abstract:

Thermal radiation represents a fundamental aspect of nature. Every object around us emits and absorbs thermal radiation. Radiative exchange therefore represents one of the most important pathwaysthrough which energy is transported. In recent years, the developments of nanophotonic structures opens new possibilities for controlling thermal radiation. These developments point to new opportunities in energy technology. As illustrations, in this talk willdiscuss radiative cooling, a passive cooling technology building upon the capability to control the spectral properties of thermal radiation. We will also discuss the development of non-reciprocal thermal radiation as a way towards achieving the harvestingof solar energy at the thermodynamic limit
 
Bio
Shanhui Fan is a Chinese-born American electrical engineer and physicist, with a focus on theoretical, computational and numerical aspects of photonics and electromagnetism. He is a professor of electrical engineering, and a professor of applied physics (by courtesy) at Stanford University. He is the director of the Edward L. Ginzton Lab and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy.

Fan did his undergraduate study in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China from 1988 to 1992. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1997, after which he continued as a postdoctoral researcher in the same group at MIT. His advisor was John D. Joannopoulos

Fan joined Stanford's faculty of electrical engineering in April, 2001. In 2012, he was a Visiting professor of physics at University of Sydney. Since 2014, Fan has been the Director of the Edward L. Ginzton Lab.^[5] He was appointed Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and courtesy professor of Applied Physics through January 31, 2021. Fan's research areas include nanophotonics, photonic crystals, metamaterials, topological photonics, plasmonics, solar cells.

As of 2019, Fan has been granted approximately 57 patents

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