Moddel, Garret (2013). "Will Rectenna Solar Cells be Practical?". In Garret Moddel; Sachit Grover (eds.). Rectenna Solar Cells. Springer New York. pp. 3–24. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3716-1_1. ISBN978-1-4614-3715-4. Quote: "There has been some discussion in the literature of using infrared rectennas to harvest heat radiated from the earth’s surface. This cannot be accomplished with ambient-temperature solar cells due to the second law of thermodynamics" (page 18)
S.J. Byrnes; R. Blanchard; F. Capasso (2014). "Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions"(PDF). PNAS. 111 (11): 3927–3932. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.3927B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402036111. PMC3964088. PMID24591604. Quote: "...there have also been occasional suggestions in the literature to use rectennas or other devices to harvest energy from LWIR radiation (20-23). However, these analyses have neglected the thermal fluctuations of the diode, as discussed below and in ref. 12, which leads to the absurd conclusion that a room-temperature device can generate useful power from collecting the ambient radiation from room-temperature objects."
S.J. Byrnes; R. Blanchard; F. Capasso (2014). "Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions"(PDF). PNAS. 111 (11): 3927–3932. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.3927B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402036111. PMC3964088. PMID24591604. Quote: "...there have also been occasional suggestions in the literature to use rectennas or other devices to harvest energy from LWIR radiation (20-23). However, these analyses have neglected the thermal fluctuations of the diode, as discussed below and in ref. 12, which leads to the absurd conclusion that a room-temperature device can generate useful power from collecting the ambient radiation from room-temperature objects."
Dale K. Kotter; Steven D. Novack; W. Dennis Slafer; Patrick Pinhero (August 2008). Solar Nantenna Electromagnetic Collectors(PDF). 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability. INL/CON-08-13925. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
S.J. Byrnes; R. Blanchard; F. Capasso (2014). "Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions"(PDF). PNAS. 111 (11): 3927–3932. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.3927B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402036111. PMC3964088. PMID24591604. Quote: "...there have also been occasional suggestions in the literature to use rectennas or other devices to harvest energy from LWIR radiation (20-23). However, these analyses have neglected the thermal fluctuations of the diode, as discussed below and in ref. 12, which leads to the absurd conclusion that a room-temperature device can generate useful power from collecting the ambient radiation from room-temperature objects."
S.J. Byrnes; R. Blanchard; F. Capasso (2014). "Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions"(PDF). PNAS. 111 (11): 3927–3932. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.3927B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402036111. PMC3964088. PMID24591604. Quote: "...there have also been occasional suggestions in the literature to use rectennas or other devices to harvest energy from LWIR radiation (20-23). However, these analyses have neglected the thermal fluctuations of the diode, as discussed below and in ref. 12, which leads to the absurd conclusion that a room-temperature device can generate useful power from collecting the ambient radiation from room-temperature objects."
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"Nanoheating", Talk of the Nation. National Public Radio. 22 Aug. 2008. Transcript. NPR. 15 Feb. 2009.
S.J. Byrnes; R. Blanchard; F. Capasso (2014). "Harvesting renewable energy from Earth's mid-infrared emissions"(PDF). PNAS. 111 (11): 3927–3932. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.3927B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1402036111. PMC3964088. PMID24591604. Quote: "...there have also been occasional suggestions in the literature to use rectennas or other devices to harvest energy from LWIR radiation (20-23). However, these analyses have neglected the thermal fluctuations of the diode, as discussed below and in ref. 12, which leads to the absurd conclusion that a room-temperature device can generate useful power from collecting the ambient radiation from room-temperature objects."
Dale K. Kotter; Steven D. Novack; W. Dennis Slafer; Patrick Pinhero (August 2008). Solar Nantenna Electromagnetic Collectors(PDF). 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability. INL/CON-08-13925. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
