Will rectenna solar cells be practical?

Rectenna Solar Cells

Volumn 9781461437161, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-24

  Moddel, Garret ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; ENERGY HARVESTING; INCIDENT LIGHT; RECTENNAS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WASTE HEAT;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LIGHT FREQUENCY; LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL-; SUBMICRON; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; VISIBLE LIGHT;

DIODES;

EID: 84907400796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3716-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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