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Solar cells using arrays of optical rectennas

  • US 20070240757A1
  • Filed: 10/14/2005
  • Published: 10/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A solar cell comprising:

  • a planar substrate having a top side and a bottom side;

    an at least one optical antenna comprising a geometric morphology capable of accepting energy;

    a rectifier having the optical antenna at a first end and engaging the substrate at a second end wherein the rectifier comprises the optical antenna engaged to a rectifying material; and

    a metal layer wherein the metal layer surrounds a length of the rectifier, wherein the optical antenna accepts energy and converts the energy from AC to DC along the rectifier.

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