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Radiative imbalance with the sky —drives→ Thermoradiative effect

The atlas records this claim as theoretically predicted: a radiative imbalance with the sky drives the thermoradiative effect under the conditions below.

theoretically predictedK3 · theoretically quantifiedledger radiative → electrical · loss to radiativeno record-level review date

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Conditions

  • a narrow-gap diode warmer than the sky it faces, emitting net radiation
regime: solid · semiconductor required

Evidence · 1

  1. [1]
    R. Strandberg. Theoretical efficiency limits for thermoradiative energy conversion (2015)
    Journal of Applied Physics 117, 055105 · doi:10.1063/1.4907392 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.12 × C.18 · Radiative imbalance with the sky × Photovoltaic · Theoretical
family: Photovoltaic

Uses of this claim

other enumerated routes · 1

Notes

Theory is established; laboratory demonstrations report microwatt-scale currents, well short of the predicted limits.

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:thermoradiative-drives: Radiative imbalance with the sky —drives→ Thermoradiative effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/thermoradiative-drives

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