Solar energy collection by antennas
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R Corkish; M.A Green; T Puzzer
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The idea of collecting solar electromagnetic radiation with antenna-rectifier (rectenna) structures was proposed three decades ago but has not yet been achieved. The idea has been promoted as having potential to achieve efficiency approaching 100% but thermodynamic considerations imply a lower limit