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Micro rectennas: Brownian ratchets for thermal-energy harvesting (2014)
Journal Article
Pan, Y., Powell, C., Song, A., & Balocco, C. (2014). Micro rectennas: Brownian ratchets for thermal-energy harvesting. Applied Physics Letters, 105(25), Article 253901. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905089

We experimentally demonstrated the operation of a rectenna for harvesting thermal (blackbody) radiation and converting it into dc electric power. The device integrates an ultrafast rectifier, the self-switching nanodiode, with a wideband log-periodic... Read More about Micro rectennas: Brownian ratchets for thermal-energy harvesting.

THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Balocco, C., Pan, Y., Kasjoo, S., Alimi, Y., Zhang, L., & Song, A. (2014). THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 14-19 September 2014, Tucson, Arizona, USA ; proceedings (53-54). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2014.6956043

We developed a THz imaging system based on a broadband thermal source (at 500°C) and an asymmetric semiconductor nanochannel, the self-switching nanodiode (SSD), as a room-temperature detector. The maximum resolution was better than 0.5 mm full width... Read More about THz Imaging with Broadband Thermal Sources.

Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pan, Y., Powell, C., & Balocco, C. (2014). Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2014). Proceedings of a meeting held 14-19 September 2014, Tucson, Arizona, USA (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz.2014.6956198

We demonstrated the conversion of thermal energy in the form of far- and mid-infrared using a micro rectenna, consisting of a spiral antenna coupled to an ultra-fast nanodiode, the so-called self-switching device (SSD). A maximum efficiency of 0.02 %... Read More about Rectennas for Thermal-Energy Conversion.