Eric J. Tervo

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Eric J. Tervo is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Tervo has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Tervo's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (24 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (10 papers). Eric J. Tervo is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (24 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers) and Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect (10 papers). Eric J. Tervo collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Spain. Eric J. Tervo's co-authors include Zhuomin M. Zhang, Baratunde A. Cola, Myles A. Steiner, Ryan M. France, Daniel J. Friedman, Freddy DeAngelis, Kevin L. Schulte, Adewale Odukomaiya, Evelyn N. Wang and Alina LaPotin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Tervo

31 papers receiving 684 citations

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Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%

2022 219 citations Alina LaPotin, Kevin L. Schulte et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Tervo United States	12	495	299	266	220	81	32	709
Colin C. Kelsall United States	6	573 1.2×	145 0.5×	175 0.7×	97 0.4×	66 0.8×	9	730
Yubo Sun United States	8	299 0.6×	438 1.5×	136 0.5×	54 0.2×	41 0.5×	22	699
W. Durisch Switzerland	14	319 0.6×	328 1.1×	93 0.3×	157 0.7×	109 1.3×	33	759
Lingling Fan United States	11	454 0.9×	91 0.3×	177 0.7×	55 0.3×	66 0.8×	17	633
V.D. Rumyantsev Russia	12	144 0.3×	451 1.5×	121 0.5×	65 0.3×	111 1.4×	61	592
Huagen Li China	9	277 0.6×	93 0.3×	107 0.4×	33 0.1×	89 1.1×	11	502
A.C.S. Hayden Canada	16	354 0.7×	157 0.5×	42 0.2×	205 0.9×	223 2.8×	29	682
Hong-Liang Yi China	13	145 0.3×	165 0.6×	82 0.3×	21 0.1×	55 0.7×	22	412
Xu Jin China	11	202 0.4×	95 0.3×	124 0.5×	15 0.1×	35 0.4×	28	468
Dongyue Jiang Singapore	14	289 0.6×	143 0.5×	17 0.1×	61 0.3×	67 0.8×	20	996

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Friedman, Daniel J., et al.. (2025). Empirical thermophotovoltaic performance predictions and limits. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 289. 113666–113666.

Selvidge, Jennifer, et al.. (2025). Large area near-field thermophotovoltaics for low temperature applications. 17–17. 3 indexed citations

Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2025). MFIT : Multi-FIdelity Thermal Modeling for 2.5D and 3D Multi-Chiplet Architectures. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems. 31(1). 1–27. 3 indexed citations

Bermel, Peter, et al.. (2024). Special Section Guest Editorial: Introducing the Special Section on Thermophotovoltaic Systems. Journal of Photonics for Energy. 14(4). 1 indexed citations

Habibi, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Enhanced power density in zero-vacuum-gap thermophotovoltaic devices. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(3). 1514–1523. 4 indexed citations

Buencuerpo, Jerónimo, Myles A. Steiner, Leah Y. Kuritzky, et al.. (2024). Patterned dielectric back contact design for GaAs thermophotovoltaic devices. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 281. 113285–113285. 1 indexed citations

Selvidge, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Large Area Near‐Field Thermophotovoltaics for Low Temperature Applications. Advanced Materials. 37(5). e2411524–e2411524. 3 indexed citations

Schulte, Kevin L., Daniel J. Friedman, Harvey Guthrey, et al.. (2024). Sub‐0.6 eV Inverted Metamorphic GaInAs Cells Grown on Inp and GaAs Substrates for Thermophotovoltaics and Laser Power Conversion. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(10). 6 indexed citations

Steiner, Myles A., Eric J. Tervo, Leah Y. Kuritzky, et al.. (2022). Fabrication methods for high reflectance dielectric-metal point contact rear mirror for optoelectronic devices. MethodsX. 9. 101898–101898. 3 indexed citations

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LaPotin, Alina, Kevin L. Schulte, Myles A. Steiner, et al.. (2022). Thermophotovoltaic efficiency of 40%. Nature. 604(7905). 287–291. 219 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tervo, Eric J., Ryan M. France, Daniel J. Friedman, et al.. (2022). Efficient and scalable GaInAs thermophotovoltaic devices. Joule. 6(11). 2566–2584. 57 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Near-field radiative heat transfer between irregularly shaped dielectric particles modeled with the discrete system Green's function method. Physical review. B.. 106(19). 13 indexed citations

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Feng, Dudong, Eric J. Tervo, Dragica Vasileska, et al.. (2021). Spatial profiles of photon chemical potential in near-field thermophotovoltaic cells. Journal of Applied Physics. 129(21). 21 indexed citations

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Narayan, Tarun C., Moritz Limpinsel, Justin A. Briggs, et al.. (2021). Platform for Accurate Efficiency Quantification of > 35% Efficient Thermophotovoltaic Cells. 1352–1354. 4 indexed citations

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Hao, Ji, Sanjini U. Nanayakkara, Eric J. Tervo, Jeffrey L. Blackburn, & Andrew J. Ferguson. (2021). High-performance carbon nanotube electronic ratchets. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(10). 5457–5468. 8 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2019). Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 114(16). 7 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., Mathieu Francoeur, Baratunde A. Cola, & Zhuomin M. Zhang. (2019). Thermal radiation in systems of many dipoles. Physical review. B.. 100(20). 41 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2018). An economic analysis of residential photovoltaic systems with lithium ion battery storage in the United States. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 94. 1057–1066. 107 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2017). Thermo-optical properties of packed nanoparticle thermal interface materials. 78. 164–166. 1 indexed citations

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Tervo, Eric J., et al.. (2014). Characterization of Thermal and Acoustic Profiles of Potential Underwater Pipeline Leaks. 1 indexed citations

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