Rectenna Solar Cells, Metal-Insulator Technology & Geometric Diodes
Optical Rectennas
Metal-Insulator Technology, Geometric Diodes, Effeciency Limits, Qunatum Theroy of Operation, Traveling Wave Decices, and More
Metal-insulator-metal diodes for optical rectennas
鈥溾 Amina听Belkadi, Ayendra Weerakkody, & Garret Moddel, Nature Communications, (2021) 12:2925 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23182-0听
鈥Nonstoichiometric Nanolayered Ni/NiO/Al2O3/CrAu听Metal鈭扞nsulator鈭扢etal Infrared Rectenna,鈥 Ayendra Weerakkody, Amina听Belkadi, and Garret Moddel, ACS听Appl. Nano. Mater., (2021). DOI:听10.1021/acsanm.0c03012听
鈥Large Errors from Assuming Equivalent DC and High-Frequency Electrical Characteristics in Metal鈭扢ultiple-Insulator鈭扢etal Diodes,鈥 Amina听Belkadi, Ayendra Weerakkody, and Garret Moddel, ACS听Photonics, 5听(12), 4776鈥4780 (2018). DOI:听10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01399听
鈥Responsivity鈥揜esistance Relationship in MIIM Diodes,鈥 S. Brad听Herner,听Amina听Belkadi,听Ayendra听Weerakkody, Bradley听Pelz, and Garret Moddel, IEEE J. Photovoltaics, 8 (2) (2018). DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2791421.
鈥Avoiding Erroneous Analysis of MIM Diode Current-Voltage Characteristics: Exponential Fitting,鈥 B.听Pelz, A.听Belkadi, G. Moddel, Measurement, 120, 28-33 (2018).
鈥High performance MIIM diode based on cobalt oxide/titanium oxide,鈥 S. B.听Herner, A. D.听Weerakkody, A. Belkadi,2and G. Moddel,听Appl听Phys.听Lett., 110, 223901 (2017).
鈥Metal Single-Insulator and Multi-Insulator Diodes for Rectenna Solar Cells鈥, S. Grover, and G. Moddel, Ch. 5 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors,听(Springer, New York, 2013).
"Engineering the current鈥搗oltage characteristics of metal鈥搃nsulator鈥搈etal diodes using double-insulator tunnel barriers," S. Grover and G. Moddel,听听Solid State Electron., 67, 94-99 (2012).听See below for free access to the metal-insulator diode current voltage simulator.
"Applicability of Metal/Insulator/Metal (MIM) Diodes to Solar Rectennas," S. Grover and G. Moddel, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 1, 78-83 (2011).
Geometric diodes
鈥,鈥 John Stearns, and Garret Moddel, Nanomaterials听,听11, 2361 (2021), doi.org/10.3390/nano11092361听
鈥," Heng Wang, Gaurav Jayaswal, Geetanjali Deokar, John Stearns, Pedro MFJ Costa, Garret Moddel, and Atif Shamim, Nanomaterials听11, 1986 (2021).
"High Frequency Characteristics of Graphene Geometric Diodes,"听J. Stearns and G. Moddel,听2020 Device Research Conference (DRC), Columbus, OH, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2,听doi: 10.1109/DRC50226.2020.9135150. Poster
鈥溾 J. Stearns and G. Moddel, Proc. SPIE 11089, Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices XVI, 1108903 (3 September 2019); doi.org/10.1117/12.2527701.听
","听Zixu听Zhu, Saumil Joshi, Bradley听Pelz听and Garret Moddel, Ch. 33, in听Graphene Science Handbook: Electrical and Optical Properties, M.听Aliofkhazraei, N. Ali, W. I. Milne, C. S.听Ozkan, S.听Mitura, and J. L.听Gervasoni, editors, pp. 543鈥552 (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2016) DOI: 10.1201/b19642-37.
- 鈥High Performance Room Temperature Rectenna IR Detectors Using Graphene Geometric Diodes,鈥 Z. Zhu, S. Joshi, and G. Moddel, IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20, 3801409 (2014), DOI 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2318276.
- 鈥Geometric Diodes for Optical Rectennas鈥, Z. Zhu, S. Joshi, S. Grover, and G. Moddel, Ch. 10 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors, (Springer, New York, 2013).
鈥Graphene Geometric Diodes for Terahertz Rectennas,鈥 Z. Zhu, S. Joshi, S. Grover, and G Moddel,听听J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46, 185101 (2013).
鈥Ultrahigh Speed Graphene Diode with Reversible Polarity,鈥 G. Moddel, Z. Zhu, S. Grover, and S. Joshi, Solid State听Commun., 152, 1842-1845听(2012).
鈥Infrared response of geometric diode rectenna solar cells,鈥 S. Joshi, Z. Zhu,听听S. Grover, and G. Moddel, IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Austin, TX,听听June 3-8, 2012.
Brief introduction to rectenna solar cells and geometric diodes: 鈥Solar power conversion using diodes coupled to antennas,鈥 Garret Moddel,听听Zixu听Zhu and听Sachit听Grover, 6 September 2011,听听SPIE Newsroom.
鈥Optical Rectenna Solar Cells Using Graphene Geometric Diodes,鈥 Z. Zhu, S. Grover, K. Krueger, G. Moddel, IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, June 19-24, 2011, pp. 002120- 002122. 听
鈥淣anoscale geometric diodes for improved rectenna solar cells,鈥 Z. Zhu, S. Grover, K. Krueger and G. Moddel, 5th (OSA) International Conference on听Nanophotonics,听FudanUniversity, Shanghai, China 22-26 May, 2011
","听听Garret Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 8,803,340, issued 2014 (provisional submitted July 18, 2008).
Theory of operation and efficiency limits of optical rectennas
Thermoradiative听power for night-time energy harvesting and other applications
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鈥Radiating power converter and methods,鈥 Garret Moddel, US Patent No. 9,581,142, issued 2017.
鈥,鈥 blog, Garret Moddel and Saumil Joshi,听JPhys+, July 21 (2016).
鈥Optical rectenna operation: where Maxwell meets Einstein,鈥 Saumil Joshi and Garret Moddel, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 265602 (8pp) (2016).
鈥Simple Figure of Merit for Diodes in Optical Rectennas,鈥 Saumil Joshi, and Garret Moddel,听IEEE Journal of听Photovoltaics, 6, 668-672 (2016).听
鈥溾 Garret Moddel, and Saumil Joshi, US Patent No. 9,255,840, issued 2016.听
鈥Optical rectennas: Nanotubes circumvent trade-offs,鈥 Garret Moddel, Nature Nanotechnology, 20, 1009-1010 (2015 ).
Also available through the
鈥Rectennas at optical frequencies: How to analyze the response,鈥 Saumil Joshi, and Garret Moddel, J. Appl. Phys., 118, 084503 1-6 (2015).
Book:听Rectenna Solar Cells, Garret Moddel and听Sachit听Grover, editors,听听(Springer, New York, 2013).听听
- 鈥Will听Rectenna Solar Cells Be Practical?鈥, G. Moddel, Ch. 1 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors, (Springer, New York, 2013).
鈥Optical Frequency Rectification鈥, S. Grover, and G. Moddel, Ch. 2 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors, (Springer, New York, 2013).
鈥Efficiency Limits for Solar Spectrum Rectification鈥, S. Joshi, S. Grover, and G. Moddel, Ch. 3 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors, (Springer, New York, 2013).
鈥Efficiency limits of rectenna solar cells: Theory of broadband photon-assisted tunneling," S. Joshi and G. Moddel, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 083901 (2013).
鈥Quantum theory of operation for rectenna solar cells,鈥 S. Grover, S. Joshi and G. Moddel, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46, 135106 (2013).
Traveling-wave optical rectennas
- "Effects of transmission line geometry on traveling-wave metal-insulator-metal rectenna infrared detectors." B.听Pelz,, M.听Armanious, and G. Moddel, J. Appl Phys. 126.6 (2019): 064503; .听Supplement
- 鈥Demonstration of distributed capacitance compensation in a metal-insulator-metal infrared rectenna incorporating a traveling-wave diode,鈥 B.听Pelz听and G. Moddel, J. Appl Phys. 125234502 (2019); .听 Supplement
- 鈥Traveling-Wave Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes for Infrared Rectennas,鈥 B.听Pelz, A.听Belkadi听and G. Moddel, 43rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Portland, OR, June 5-10, 2016, 1034-1038.
鈥Traveling-Wave Metal/Insulator/Metal Diodes for Improved Infrared Bandwidth and Efficiency of Antenna-Coupled Rectifiers,鈥 S. Grover,听听O.听Dmitriyeva,听听M. J. Estes,听听and G. Moddel,听听听IEEE Trans. Nanotechnology, 99, 716-722 (2010).
鈥,鈥 Michael J. Estes and Garret Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 7,177,515 (2007).
Broad studies and reviews of optical rectennas
鈥Quantum Rectennas for Photovoltaics,鈥澨鼺eng听Yu, Garret Moddel and Richard听Corkish, Ch. 16 in听Advanced Concepts in Photovoltaics, A. J.听Nozik, G.听Conibeer, and M. C Beard, editors, pp. 506-546, (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2014) DOI:10.1039/9781849739955-00506.
鈥Will听Rectenna Solar Cells Be Practical?鈥, G. Moddel, Ch. 1 in听Rectenna Solar Cells, G. Moddel and S. Grover, editors, (Springer, New York, 2013).
鈥Overview of optical rectennas for solar energy harvesting,鈥 invited paper,听Zixu听Zhu, Saumil Joshi, Bradley听Pelz听and Garret Moddel, Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion IV, edited by Oleg V.听Sulima, Gavin听Conibeer, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8824, 88240O-1 - 88240O-11, 2013.
- 鈥淚nterconnected High Speed Electron Tunneling Devices,鈥 Michael J. Estes and Garret Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 7,126,151 (2006).听
鈥淭erahertz Interconnect System and Applications,鈥 Michael J. Estes and Garret Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 6,967,347 (2005).
"Macroelectronics: Perspectives on Technology and Applications, " R.听Reuss, with G. Moddel, et al., Proc. IEEE 93 (7), 1239-1256 (2005).
"Detectors at the Intersection of Photons and Electromagnetic Fields or, Where Einstein Meets Maxwell," invited paper, B. Eliasson and G. Moddel,听听Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society,听听San Francisco,听听March 28-April 1,听听2005.
"Terahertz device integrated antenna for use in resonant and non-resonant听听modes and method," "Manoja D. Weiss, Blake J. Eliasson and Garret Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 6,835,949 (2004).
鈥淗igh speed electron tunneling device and applications,鈥 G. Moddel, and B. J. Eliasson, U.S. Patent No. 6,756,649,听听issued 2004.
Rectenna solar cells: 鈥淢etal-oxide electron tunneling device for solar energy conversion,鈥 B. J. Eliasson, and G. Moddel, U.S. Patent No. 6,534,784,听听issued 2003.
- 鈥A New Technology for Terahertz Electronics: Thin-Film Devices Based on Metal-Insulator Tunnel Junctions,鈥 Phiar Corporation whitepaper, 2003.
Student PhD Theses on Rectennas and MIM Diodes
- Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes for Ambient Heat Harvesting with Rectennas, Amina听Belkadi听Dostart, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, 2020.听听
- Traveling-Wave Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes for Infrared Rectennas,听Bradley听Pelz, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, 2018.听
- Performance Limits of Optical Rectennas, Saumil Joshi, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, 2015.
- Graphene Geometric Diodes for Optical Rectennas,听Zixu听Zhu, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, 2014.
- Diodes for Optical Rectennas,听Sachit听Grover, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado, 2011.
- Rectenna solar cells:听Metal-Insulator Diodes for Solar Energy Conversion, Blake J. Eliasson, PhD Thesis, University of Colorado,听听2001.
Metal-insulator diode simulator
- to our state-of-the art MATLAB-based simulator for MIM and MIIM diodes developed by听Sachit听Grover.