{"title":"Numerical analysis of an innovative energy-harvesting system in the infrared region","authors":"M. Aldrigo, D. Masotti, A. Costanzo, V. Rizzoli","doi":"10.1109/WPT.2013.6556898","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the field of renewable energy sources, the sun has rightly a predominant role and many techniques have been developed so far to exploit solar energy for power supply and heating. In this paper, we propose an in-depth investigation on a new solution to deploy THz sun radiation in the infrared (IR) region: an array of planar bow-tie antennas with misaligned arms is designed, and tunnel diodes are used to rectify THz power. A theoretical estimation of the overall performance is discussed, together with technological constraints and future researches.","PeriodicalId":143468,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WPT.2013.6556898","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the field of renewable energy sources, the sun has rightly a predominant role and many techniques have been developed so far to exploit solar energy for power supply and heating. In this paper, we propose an in-depth investigation on a new solution to deploy THz sun radiation in the infrared (IR) region: an array of planar bow-tie antennas with misaligned arms is designed, and tunnel diodes are used to rectify THz power. A theoretical estimation of the overall performance is discussed, together with technological constraints and future researches.