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Peter Bermel

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1999Rising activity
Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologiessolar cell performance optimizationPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhotonic and Optical DevicesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Publications

267

Citations

9,103

Est. group size

~17

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
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Peter Bermel works on photonics and energy-related engineering, including solar cells, thermophotovoltaics (converting heat into electricity via light), radiative cooling (technologies that passively cool objects by radiating heat away), and agrivoltaics (combining solar power generation with agriculture). His recent work spans optical materials design, photonic devices, thermal management for electronics, and applied systems like agrivoltaic farms and space-based solar power concepts.

Photovoltaics and solar cell optimizationThermophotovoltaics and radiative coolingPhotonic crystals and optical materials designAgrivoltaics and sustainable energy-agriculture systemsThermal management for power electronics

Publication output was higher in the late 2010s (around 15-26 per year), dipped notably in 2021-2022, and has since partially recovered to a steadier pace of roughly 10-19 papers per year in 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.0/year recently
2017: 26 publications26172018: 21 publications182019: 23 publications192020: 15 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 15 publications232024: 19 publications242025: 10 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Springer series in materials science×9
  • Optics Express×6
  • Applied Physics Letters×5
  • Optical Materials Express×4
  • Journal of Photonics for Energy×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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