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WPTherml: A Python Package for the Design of Materials for Harnessing Heat
Authors:
- James F. Varner
- Noor Eldabagh
- Derek Volta
- Reem Eldabagh
- Jonathan J. Foley IVEmail Jonathan J. Foley IV
Abstract
WPTherml is a Python package for the design of materials with tailored optical and thermal properties for the vast number of energy applications where control of absorption and emission of radiation, or conversion of heat to radiation or vice versa, is paramount. The optical properties are treated within classical electrodynamics via the Transfer Matrix Method which rigorously solves Maxwell’s equations for layered isotropic media. A flexible multilayer class connects rigorous electrodynamics properties to figures of merit for a variety of thermal applications, and facilitates extensions to other applications for greater reuse potential. WPTherml can be accessed at https://github.com/FoleyLab/wptherml.
- Year: 2019
- Volume: 7 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 28
- DOI: 10.5334/jors.271
- Submitted on 22 Mar 2019
- Accepted on 9 Aug 2019
- Published on 19 Aug 2019
- Peer Reviewed