%0 Journal Article
%A Briones, Edgar
%A Briones, Joel
%A Cuadrado, Alexander
%A Martínez Antón, Juan Carlos
%A McMurtry, Stefan
%A Hehn, Michel
%A Montaigne, François
%A Alda, Javier
%A Gonzalez, Francisco Javier
%T Seebeck nanoantennas for solar energy harvesting
%D 2014
%@ 1077-3118
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33931
%X We propose a mid-infrared device based on thermocouple optical antennas for light sensing and energy harvesting applications. We numerically demonstrate that antennas are able to generate low-power dc signals by beneficing of the thermoelectric properties of the metals that constitute them. We theoretically evaluate the optical-to-electrical conversion efficiency for harvesting applications and finally discuss strategies to increase its performance. Thermocouple optical antennas therefore open the route toward the design of photovoltaic devices.
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