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First optical rectenna -- combined rectifier and antenna -- converts light to DC current -- ScienceDailyQuicklink Submitted By Daniel Geery No comments
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Based on multiwall carbon nanotubes and tiny rectifiers fabricated onto them, the optical rectennas could provide a new technology for photodetectors that would operate without the need for cooling, energy harvesters that would convert waste heat to electricity -- and ultimately for a new way to efficiently capture solar energy.
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