Rectifying antennas for energy harvesting from the microwaves to visible light: A review

C.A. Reynaud (1) , David Duché (1) , Jean-Jacques Simon (1) , Estéban Sanchez-Adaime (1) , O. Margeat (2) , Jörg Ackermann (2) , Vikas Jangid (3) , Chrystelle Lebouin (3) , Damien Brunel (4) , Frederic Dumur (4) , Didier Gigmes (4) , Gérard Berginc (5) , C.A. A Nijhuis (6) , Ludovic Escoubas (1)

1 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence
2 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
3 MADIREL - Matériaux divisés, interfaces, réactivité, électrochimie
4 ICR - Institut de Chimie Radicalaire
5 Thales LAS France
6 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

To better understand the key points of rectifying antennas' design for the infrared and visible light, and the challenge of a complete device fabrication, this work reviews the progresses of this technology, going back from the first historical RF energy harvesting systems and covering the most innovative trends to this date.

Mots clés: Rectenna; Rectifying antenna; Plasmonics; Molecular Electronics

Domaines: Matériaux

C.A. Reynaud, David Duché, Jean-Jacques Simon, Estéban Sanchez-Adaime, O. Margeat, et al.. Rectifying antennas for energy harvesting from the microwaves to visible light: A review. Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2020, 72, pp.100265. ⟨10.1016/j.pquantelec.2020.100265⟩. ⟨hal-02895836⟩