Conformal hybrid solar and electromagnetic (EM) energy harvesting rectenna

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2225-2234

  Collado, Ana ^a   Georgiadis, Apostolos ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous a:Si H solar cell; energy harvesting; flexible substrate; harmonic balance; PET; rectenna; solar cell

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY HARVESTING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RECTENNAS; SUBSTRATES;

COMPACT STRUCTURES; CONFORMAL STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HARMONIC BALANCE; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; RECTENNA; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881109859     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2013.2239154     Document Type: Article

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