Optimal solar energy harvesting efficiency of nano-rectenna systems

Solar Energy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-174

  Ma, Zhongkun ^a   Vandenbosch, Guy A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nano antenna; Rectenna; Rectifier; Solar energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IMPEDANCE MODELS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM MATCHINGS; MAXIMUM POWER; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; ORDER POLYNOMIALS; RECTENNAS; RECTIFIER; UPPER BOUND;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBSTRATES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER; SUBSTRATE; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84871955677     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.11.023     Document Type: Article

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