The rectenna device: From theory to practice (a review)

E Donchev, JS Pang, PM Gammon… - MRS Energy & …, 2014 - cambridge.org
This review article provides the state-of-art research and developments of the rectenna
device and its two main components–the antenna and the rectifier. Furthermore, the history …

Efficient integration of ultra-low power techniques and energy harvesting in self-sufficient devices: a comprehensive overview of current progress and future directions

R Citroni, F Mangini, F Frezza - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Compact, energy-efficient, and autonomous wireless sensor nodes offer incredible versatility
for various applications across different environments. Although these devices transmit and …

A carbon nanotube optical rectenna

A Sharma, V Singh, TL Bougher, BA Cola - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
An optical rectenna—a device that directly converts free-propagating electromagnetic waves
at optical frequencies to direct current—was first proposed over 40 years ago, yet this …

Silicon-based broadband antenna for high responsivity and polarization-insensitive photodetection at telecommunication wavelengths

KT Lin, HL Chen, YS Lai, CC Yu - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Although the concept of using local surface plasmon resonance based nanoantenna for
photodetection well below the semiconductor band edge has been demonstrated …

Roadmap on optical energy conversion

SV Boriskina, MA Green, K Catchpole… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
For decades, progress in the field of optical (including solar) energy conversion was
dominated by advances in the conventional concentrating optics and materials design. In …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic-layer deposited Nb2O5 as transparent passivating electron contact for c-Si solar cells

B Macco, LE Black, J Melskens… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Passivating contacts based on metal oxides have proven to enable high energy conversion
efficiencies for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells at low processing complexity. In this work …

High‐Frequency Light Rectification by Nanoscale Plasmonic Conical Antenna in Point‐Contact‐Insulator‐Metal Architecture

R Mupparapu, J Cunha, F Tantussi… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous efforts have been undertaken to develop rectifying antennas operating at high
frequencies, especially dedicated to light harvesting and photodetection applications …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the impact of insulator material on the performance of dissimilar electrode metal-insulator-metal diodes

N Alimardani, SW King, BL French, C Tan… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The performance of thin film metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes is investigated for a variety
of large and small electron affinity insulators using ultrasmooth amorphous metal as the …

Evaluation of an optical energy harvester for SHM application

R Citroni, F Di Paolo, P Livreri - AEU-International Journal of Electronics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper a preliminary study on an array configuration of rectified optical nanoantennas
for energy harvesting application is proposed. Currently, the major impediments for the use …