Talk:Rectenna

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[edit] Optical rectennae

Please explain this in more detail. Schottky diodes and p-n junctions used in solar cells are kind of the same thing. I assume the optical rectennas would be more than just a metal-semiconductor version of the solar cell... - Omegatron 00:11, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

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Try this paper entitled Optical Rectenna For Direct Conversion Of Sunlight To Electricity:
http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv_prm/pdfs/papers/54.pdf

This paper now seems to have been replaced by Photovoltaic Technologies Beyond the Horizon: Optical Rectenna Solar Cell:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/33263.pdf OlavN 07:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Size of rectenna

What will be the size of rectenna if we use it to provide energy for an aeroplane or a car.--ZainAliK 20:55, 9 February 2008 (UTC)