Requirements for a rectifying antenna solar cell technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7712, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nunzi, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Molecular rectifier; Nanophotonics; Nonlinear optics; Optical rectification; Photovoltaic; Rectenna; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

FIELD ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LARGE-SCALE FABRICATION; MOLECULAR RECTIFIER; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RECTENNAS; RECTIFYING ANTENNAS; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; ULTRA-HIGH;

ANTENNAS; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

NANOPHOTONICS;

EID: 77953747975     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.855825     Document Type: Conference Paper

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