Thermodynamic analysis of high frequency rectifying devices: Determination of the efficiency and other performance parameters

Nano Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Lerner, P B ^b   Miskovsky, N M ^a,b   Cutler, P H ^a,b   Mayer, A ^c   Chung, Moon S ^d  

^a Scitech Associates LLC   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy harvesting; Nano antenna; Rectenna; Shockley Queisser limit; Tunneling junction

Indexed keywords

NANO ANTENNAS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; RECTENNAS; RECTIFYING DEVICES; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS;

ANTENNAS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; THERMOANALYSIS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84877802295     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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