Energy harvesting devices, systems, and related methods

Kotter, Dale K.

Energy harvesting devices, systems, and related methods

Patent · 18 October 2016

OSTI ID:1329303

Kotter, Dale K.

Energy harvesting devices include a substrate and a plurality of resonance elements coupled to the substrate. Each resonance element is configured to collect energy in the visible and infrared light spectra and to reradiate energy having a wavelength in the range of about 0.8 .mu.m to about 0.9 .mu.m. The resonance elements are arranged in groups of two or more resonance elements. Systems for harvesting electromagnetic radiation include a substrate, a plurality of resonance elements including a conductive material carried by the substrate, and a photovoltaic material coupled to the substrate and to at least one resonance element. The resonance elements are arranged in groups, such as in a dipole, a tripole, or a bowtie configuration. Methods for forming an energy harvesting device include forming groups of two or more discrete resonance elements in a substrate and coupling a photovoltaic material to the groups of discrete resonance elements.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Assignee:: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)

Patent Number(s):: 9,472,699

Application Number:: 13/601,592

OSTI ID:: 1329303

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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