Document Type

Article

Publication Date

December 2023

Patent Number

11837988

CPC

H02S 10/30 , H01L 31/08 , H01L 31/085 , H01L 31/09

Abstract

A method and device to collect and convert thermal energy from the surrounding environments to produce usable electric power. The device includes a rectenna that is preferably a narrow bandwidth rectenna. In an embodiment, the rectenna comprises a rectenna complex, which is, in sequence, a high gain antenna, optional matching circuits, an optional narrow bandpass filter, and one or more rectifying diodes. An embodiment may include multiple arrays of linked nanoscale rectenna complexes. When linked in arrays using preselected bandwidths in the infrared and near infrared spectral regions, the rectenna complex acts as a thermally responsive collector capable of extracting heat energy from its surrounding environment to produce usable electric power.

Application Number

15/976167

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

05/10/2018

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