Rectenna that converts infrared radiation to electrical energy [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 628.3 Sewage treatment and disposal
• Thông tin xuất bản: Albuquerque, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Sandia National Laboratories. ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: Medium: ED : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 256388
• Chủ đề: 1. 30 direct energy conversion; 2. 36 materials science

Tóm tắt

Technologies pertaining to converting infrared (IR) radiation to DC energy are described herein. In a general embodiment, a rectenna comprises a conductive layer. A thin insulator layer is formed on the conductive layer, and a nanoantenna is formed on the thin insulator layer. The thin insulator layer acts as a tunnel junction of a tunnel diode.