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Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions.

Steven J Byrnes1, Romain Blanchard, Federico Capasso.   

Abstract

It is possible to harvest energy from Earth's thermal infrared emission into outer space. We calculate the thermodynamic limit for the amount of power available, and as a case study, we plot how this limit varies daily and seasonally in a location in Oklahoma. We discuss two possible ways to make such an emissive energy harvester (EEH): A thermal EEH (analogous to solar thermal power generation) and an optoelectronic EEH (analogous to photovoltaic power generation). For the latter, we propose using an infrared-frequency rectifying antenna, and we discuss its operating principles, efficiency limits, system design considerations, and possible technological implementations.

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Keywords:  long-wave infrared; rectenna

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Year:  2014        PMID： 24591604      PMCID： PMC3964088          DOI： 10.1073/pnas.1402036111

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A        ISSN： 0027-8424            Impact factor:   11.205


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