Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation

n recent years, the potential of renewable green energy sources has been extensively studied. The proven technology which is photovoltaic solar cells strictly depends on daylight and produces low-efficiently. To overcome the restrictions, one technology studied is...

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Main Authors: Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul, Esa, Mazlina, Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus, Murad, Noor Asniza
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.603211
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spelling my.utm.684252017-11-20T08:52:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/68425/ Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul Esa, Mazlina Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus Murad, Noor Asniza TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering n recent years, the potential of renewable green energy sources has been extensively studied. The proven technology which is photovoltaic solar cells strictly depends on daylight and produces low-efficiently. To overcome the restrictions, one technology studied is through harvesting the thermal radiation energy which can provide a 24-hour energy source. The continuity of energy sources promises very good energy conversion especially for military applications. This article presents a new structure that can harvest the abundant thermal radiation energy into usable energy at the wavelength of 10 μm. A rectangular structure with a perturbation slit was designed to integrate with a rectifier circuit for green energy conversion. The slit tunnel junction guided the electromagnetic field in to a junction where the energy could be collected and converted. An enhancement factor of approximately 110.6 can be achieved by a perturbation slit length of 1.0 μm. The results extracted from the proposed design promise a better candidate to overcome the disadvantages of photovoltaic solar cells for energy harvesting devices. JEST 2016-01-06 Article PeerReviewed Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul and Esa, Mazlina and Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus and Murad, Noor Asniza (2016) Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation. Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, 14 (3). pp. 242-248. ISSN 1674-862X http://dx.doi.org/10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.603211
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul
Esa, Mazlina
Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus
Murad, Noor Asniza
Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
description n recent years, the potential of renewable green energy sources has been extensively studied. The proven technology which is photovoltaic solar cells strictly depends on daylight and produces low-efficiently. To overcome the restrictions, one technology studied is through harvesting the thermal radiation energy which can provide a 24-hour energy source. The continuity of energy sources promises very good energy conversion especially for military applications. This article presents a new structure that can harvest the abundant thermal radiation energy into usable energy at the wavelength of 10 μm. A rectangular structure with a perturbation slit was designed to integrate with a rectifier circuit for green energy conversion. The slit tunnel junction guided the electromagnetic field in to a junction where the energy could be collected and converted. An enhancement factor of approximately 110.6 can be achieved by a perturbation slit length of 1.0 μm. The results extracted from the proposed design promise a better candidate to overcome the disadvantages of photovoltaic solar cells for energy harvesting devices.
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author Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul
Esa, Mazlina
Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus
Murad, Noor Asniza
author_facet Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul
Esa, Mazlina
Mohd. Yusoff, Mohd. Fairus
Murad, Noor Asniza
author_sort Hisham Ismail, Mohd. Khairul
title Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
title_short Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
title_full Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
title_fullStr Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
title_full_unstemmed Novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
title_sort novel nano structure for green energy harvesting at 10 micrometer thermal radiation
publisher JEST
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/68425/
http://dx.doi.org/10.11989/JEST.1674-862X.603211
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