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Title | ||
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5.8 GHz energy harvesting of space based solar power using inkjet printed circuits on a transparent substrate |
Abstract | ||
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Space-based solar power satellites can be used to gather solar energy in space and beam it on Earth through microwaves. Developing inexpensive ground stations to harvest microwave energy and to convert it into usable power without affecting the use of land for agriculture will make this technology more affordable and non intrusive. To this end, we present a working design for transparent fabricated, 5.8 GHz rectennas using a modified off-the-shelf desktop ink-jet printer. Preliminary low power tests show the ability of the prototypes to convert microwaves into sufficient DC power to turn on an LED; moreover, the verified substrate transparency to ultraviolet radiations suggests the possibility of deploying ground stations above land usable for agriculture. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1109/WiSEE.2015.7393105 | 2015 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE) |
Keywords | DocType | ISSN |
ground station deployment,ultraviolet radiations,LED,microwave to DC power conversion,low power tests,modified off-the-shelf desktop ink-jet printer,rectennas,land use,agriculture,microwave energy harvesting,Earth,solar beam gathering,solar energy gathering,space-based solar power satellite,space based solar power energy harvesting,inkjet printed circuit,transparent substrate,frequency 5.8 GHz | Conference | 2380-7636 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.43 | 1 |
Authors | ||
10 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amato, F. | 1 | 1 | 1.79 |
| Chris M. Beaulieu | 2 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Anteneh T. Haile | 3 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Jingyuan Liang | 4 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Kevin M. Mairena | 5 | 1 | 0.77 |
| Hiba Murali | 6 | 1 | 0.77 |
| George O. Udeochu | 7 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Ikenna C. Uzoije | 8 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Philip J. Wolfe | 9 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Gregory D. Durgin | 10 | 72 | 15.35 |