Program Summary
The Thermal Engineering using Metamaterial Physics (TEMP) Disruption Opportunity (DO) leverages recent developments in materials and physics to control the direction and wavelength of thermal transport by radiation in the visible spectrum in extreme thermal conditions. Solutions are being developed that can adaptively control the directionality of radiative heat transfer while simultaneously withstanding high-temperature oxidative or corrosive environments.
Applications for TEMP technology include thermophotovoltaic energy conversion and turbine engines. The program will also demonstrate that proposed solutions are manufacturable and scalable to be commercially relevant.