Seebeck Nanoantennas for Solar Energy Harvesting

Autor:	Briones, E., Briones, J., Cuadrado, A., Martinez-Anton, J. C., McMurtry, S., Hehn, M., Montaigne, F., Alda, J., Gonzalez, F. J.
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Zdroj:	Applied Physics Letters 105, 093108 (2014)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1063/1.4895028
Popis:	We propose a mid-infrared device based on thermocouple optical antennas for light sensing and energy harvesting applications. We numerically demonstrate that antennas are able to generate low-power dc signals by beneficing of the thermoelectric properties of the metals that constitute them. We theoretically evaluate the optical-to-electrical conversion efficiency for harvesting applications and finally discuss strategies to increase its performance. Thermocouple optical antennas therefore open the route toward the design of photovoltaic devices. Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6304 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv