Rectenna Solar Cells

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction and Fundamental Limits

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Will Rectenna Solar Cells Be Practical?

      • Garret Moddel

      Pages 3-24

   3. Optical Frequency Rectification

      • Sachit Grover, Garret Moddel

      Pages 25-46

   4. Efficiency Limits for Solar Spectrum Rectification

      • Saumil Joshi, Sachit Grover, Garret Moddel

      Pages 47-67

   5. Solar and Thermal Aperture Antenna Coherence Performance Limits

      • Heylal Mashaal, Jeffrey M. Gordon

      Pages 69-86

3. Diodes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Metal Single-Insulator and Multi-Insulator Diodes for Rectenna Solar Cells

      • Sachit Grover, Garret Moddel

      Pages 89-109

   3. Impact of Electrode Roughness on Metal-Insulator-Metal (MIM) Diodes and Step Tunneling in Nanolaminate Tunnel Barrier Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal (MIIM) Diodes

      • John F. Conley Jr., Nasir Alimardani

      Pages 111-134

   4. Nanoscale Rectennas with Sharp Tips for Absorption and Rectification of Optical Radiation

      • N. M. Miskovsky, P. H. Cutler, P. B. Lerner, A. Mayer, B. G. Willis, D. T. Zimmerman et al.

      Pages 135-161

   5. A Mid-IR Antenna Integrated with a Geometrically Asymmetrical Metal-Insulator-Metal Rectifying Diode

      • Filiz Yesilkoy, Siddharth Potbhare, Nick Kratzmeier, Akin Akturk, Neil Goldsman, Martin Peckerar et al.

      Pages 163-188

   6. Investigation of the Infrared Radiation Detection Mechanism for Antenna-Coupled Metal-(Oxide)-Metal Structures

      • Badri N. Tiwari, Peter M. Krenz, Gergo P. Szakmany, Gary H. Bernstein, Alexei O. Orlov, Wolfgang Porod

      Pages 189-208

   7. Geometric Diodes for Optical Rectennas

      • Zixu Zhu, Saumil Joshi, Sachit Grover, Garret Moddel

      Pages 209-227

4. Antennas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Overview of Nanoantennas for Solar Rectennas

      • Ahmed M. A. Sabaawi, Charalampos C. Tsimenidis, Bayan S. Sharif

      Pages 231-256

   3. On the Solar Energy Harvesting Efficiency of Nano-antennas

      • Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Zhongkun Ma

      Pages 257-276

   4. Optical Antennas and Enhanced Nonlinear Effects

      • P. Y. Chen, C. Argyropoulos, A. Alù

      Pages 277-294

5. Fabrication and Structures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295

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   2. Large-Area Fabrication of Antennas and Nanodiodes

      • Mario Bareiß, Daniel Kälblein, Peter M. Krenz, Ute Zschieschang, Hagen Klauk, Giuseppe Scarpa et al.

      Pages 297-311

   3. Point-Contact Metal-Insulator-Metal Architecture: A Facile Approach for Material Screening Studies and Beyond

      • Prakash Periasamy, Ryan P. O’Hayre, Joseph J. Berry, David S. Ginley, Philip A. Parilla

      Pages 313-336

Rectenna Solar Cells discusses antenna-coupled diode solar cells, an emerging technology that has the potential to provide ultra-high efficiency, low-cost solar energy conversion. This book will provide an overview of solar rectennas, and provide thorough descriptions of the two main components: the diode, and the optical antenna. The editors discuss the science, design, modeling, and manufacturing of the antennas coupled with the diodes. The book will provide concepts to understanding the challenges, fabrication technologies, and materials required to develop rectenna structures. Written by experts in their specialized fields.

• Dielectric Constant
• Energy Harvesting
• Hot Carrier Extraction
• MIM and MOM Diodes
• Nanoantennas
• Optical Antennas
• Optical Rectennas
• Photovoltaics
• Solar Cells
• Thermophotovoltaics

• Electrical Computer & Energy Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

  Garret Moddel

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Center for Photovoltaics, Golden, USA

  Sachit Grover

Garret Moddel is a Professor at the University of Colorado.

Sachit Grover is a Postodoctoral researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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