Micro rectennas: Brownian ratchets for thermal-energy harvesting.
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 94862
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1063/1.4905089
- Title of journal
- Applied physics letters
- Article number
- 253901
- First page
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- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 25
- ISSN
- 00036951
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905089
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper demonstrates the feasibility of converting radiant heat into electricity using fast rectifiers, proposing a new model which, for the first time, accounts for thermodynamic properties correctly. No other model captures the operation of the key device. This work has attracted interest from researchers at the Manchester Graphene Institute (a.song@manchester.ac.uk), which resulted in a collaborative grant: EPSRC grant EP/N021258/1 Nano-rectennas for heat-to-electricity conversion.
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- Non-English
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