Responsivity and resonant properties of dipole, bowtie, and spiral Seebeck nanoantennas

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. Res...

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Autores: Mora Ventura, Brhayllan, Díaz de León, Ramón, García Torales, Guillermo, Flores, Jorge L., Alda, Javier, González, Francisco J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/24530
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24530
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:537.533.3
620.91
621.396.67
Seebeck nanoantennas
thermoelectric nanoantennas
solar energy harvesting
Electromagnetismo
Óptica (Física)
Optoelectrónica
2202 Electromagnetismo
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario: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/W36  μV/W for titanium–nickel dipoles resonant at far-infrared wavelengths.