abstract

• Seebeck nanoantennas, which are based on the thermoelectric effect, have been proposed for electromagnetic energy harvesting and infrared detection. The responsivity and frequency dependence of three types of Seebeck nanoantennas is obtained by electromagnetic simulation for different materials. Results show that the square spiral antenna has the widest bandwidth and the highest induced current of the three analyzed geometries. However, the geometry that presented the highest temperature gradient was the bowtie antenna, which favors the thermoelectric effect in a Seebeck nanoantenna. The results also show that these types of devices can present a voltage responsivity as high as 36 μV/W for titanium-nickel dipoles resonant at far-infrared wavelengths. © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.

authors

• Alda J.
• De León R.D.
• Flores J.L.
• García-Torales G.
• González Contreras Francisco Javier
• Mora-Ventura B.

publication date

• 2016-01-01

funding provided via

• Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT  Grant

published in

• Journal of Photonics for Energy  Journal

keywords

• Seebeck nanoantennas; solar energy harvesting; thermoelectric nanoantennas Antennas; Electromagnetic waves; Energy harvesting; Rectennas; Solar energy; Spiral antennas; Bow-tie antennas; Electromagnetic simulation; Far infrared wavelengths; Frequency dependence; Infrared detection; Seebeck; Square spiral antennas; Voltage responsivity; Nanoantennas

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/1.JPE.6.024501

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volume

• 6

issue

• 2