[HTML][HTML] Progress in THz rectifier technology: Research and perspectives

R Citroni, F Di Paolo, P Livreri - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Schottky diode (SD) has seen great improvements in the past few decades and, for many
THz applications, it is the most useful device. However, the use and recycling of forms of …

A novel energy harvester for powering small UAVs: Performance analysis, model validation and flight results

R Citroni, F Di Paolo, P Livreri - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The proposed work aims at exploring and develo** new strategies to extend mission
parameters (measured as travel distance and mission duration (MD)) of a new class of …

Nano energy harvesting with plasmonic nano-antennas: a review of MID-IR rectenna and application

R Citroni, A Leggieri, D Passi, F Di Paolo… - Advanced …, 2017 - aemjournal.org
Over the past decade, unmanned air vehicles are gaining more and more interest and
popularity in particular miniaturized small flight objects named NAVs (Nano Air Vehicles) …

Extraordinary optical transmission in silicon nanoholes

H Mekawey, Y Ismail, M Swillam - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this work, for the first time, a study was conducted of the existence of Extraordinary Optical
Transmission (EOT) in Silicon (Si) thin films with subwavelength holes array and high …

Electrical characteristics of funnel-shaped silicon nanowire solar cells

GY Abdel-Latif, MFO Hameed… - … of Photonics for …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The electrical characteristics of funnel-shaped silicon nanowire (SiNW) solar cells are
introduced and numerically analyzed. The funnel-shaped NW consists of a cylinder over a …

[HTML][HTML] Towards an optimal MIIM diode for rectennas at 10.6 μm

AY Elsharabasy, MH Bakr, MJ Deen - Results in Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate, for the first time, optimization of the responsivity of metal-insulator-insulator-
metal (MIIM) diodes by carefully considering materials' properties. The diode's resistance is …

Thickness dependence of spin Seebeck resistivity in polycrystalline YIG films grown by metal organic decomposition method

PC Van, TT Nguyen, VD Duong, MH Nguyen… - Current Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigated the dependence of spin Seebeck effect (SSE) voltages on the
thickness of yttrium iron garnet (Y 3 Fe 5 O 12-YIG) thin films grown on a silicon (Si) …

[HTML][HTML] MIIM-based optical log spiral rectenna for efficient IR energy harvesting

A Yahyaoui, A Elsharabasy, J Yousaf… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposed, for the first time, a newly developed metal–insulator-insulator–metal
(MIIM)-based log-spiral rectenna for energy harvesting applications. The designed resonant …

An infrared energy harvester based on radar cross-section reduction of chiral metasurfaces through phase cancellation approach

M Amin, O Siddiqui, TS Almoneef - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Conventional metasurface absorbers rely on high dissipation losses by incorporating lossy
materials. In this paper, we propose a novel mechanism of absorption based on phase …

Design and analysis of hexagonal dipole nano-rectenna based on MIIM diode for solar energy harvesting

FMA Hamied, KR Mahmoud, M Hussein… - … Africa conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, new design of hexagonal dipole nano-rectenna for solar energy harvesting is
presented. The proposed design is composed of silver hexagonal nano-dipole antenna …