Publications

GreEnergy position paper

In the 4-year EU Research Project GreEnergy, we have focussed on the concept of energy harvesting from solar antennas, from individual components to system level, with the aim of achieving a proof of concept. For each single component we have aimed to advance the state of the art, theoretically as well as experimentally, and to identify the bottlenecks for future exploration.

In this position paper we summarize our achievements and discuss some important aspects and challenges for future advances and realization of energy harvest- ing from solar antennas. The enhancement of the rec- tification and the impedance matching between na- no-antennas and the rectifier stand out as major tasks in the pursuit of research in this field.

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Summary for publication

This summary covers the last year of the project, from January to December 2024

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Scientific publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and PhD theses.

Azega, R. B. K. A., Bengtsson, J., Haque, M., Theliander, H., Enoksson, P. & Lundgren, P.

Influence of Hardwood Lignin Blending on the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Based Carbon Fibers.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 12, 11206–11217 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02052. Archive: PMC

Azega, R., Smith, A. D., Chowdhury, N. R., Vyas, A., Li, Q., Haque, M., Xun, Q., Zhang, X., Thurakkal, S., Thiringer, T., Enoksson, P. & Lundgren, P.

Supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries, a tale of two technologies: Past, present and beyond.

Sustainable Materials and Technologies 41, e01111 (2024). doi: 10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01111. Archive: research.chalmers.se

Mohebbi, E., Pavoni, E., Pierantoni, L., Stipa, P., Hemmetter, A., Laudadio, E. & Mencarelli, D.

Towards graphene-based asymmetric diodes: a density functional tight-binding study.

Nanoscale Advances 6, 1548–1555 (2024). doi: 10.1039/D3NA00603D. Archive: PMC

Truccolo, D., Palestri, P., Esseni, D., Boscolo, S. & Midrio, M.

Comprehensive Analysis of Graphene Geometric Diodes: Role of Geometrical Asymmetry and Electrostatic Effects.

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 71, 1294–1301 (2024). doi: 10.1109/TED.2023.3347209. Archive: IRIS

Pecunia, V., Silva, S. R. P., Phillips, J. D., Artegiani, E., Romeo, A., Shim, H., Park, J., Kim, J. H., Yun, J. S., Welch, G. C., Larson, B. W., Creran, M., Laventure, A., Sasitharan, K., Flores-Diaz, N., Freitag, M., Xu, J., Brown, T. M., Li, B., Wang, Y., Li, Z., Hou, B., Hamadani, B. H., Defay, E., Kovacova, V., Glinsek, S., Kar-Narayan, S., Bai, Y., Kim, D. B., Cho, Y. S., Žukauskaitė, A., Barth, S., Fan, F. R., Wu, W., Costa, P., Del Campo, J., Lanceros-Mendez, S., Khanbareh, H., Wang, Z. L., Pu, X., Pan, C., Zhang, R., Xu, J., Zhao, X., Zhou, Y., Chen, G., Tat, T., Ock, I. W., Chen, J., Graham, S. A., Yu, J. S., Huang, L.-Z., Li, D.-D., Ma, M.-G., Luo, J., Jiang, F., Lee, P. S., Dudem, B., Vivekananthan, V., Kanatzidis, M. G., Xie, H., Shi, X.-L., Chen, Z.-G., Riss, A., Parzer, M., Garmroudi, F., Bauer, E., Zavanelli, D., Brod, M. K., Malki, M. A., Snyder, G. J., Kovnir, K., Kauzlarich, S. M., Uher, C., Lan, J., Lin, Y.-H., Fonseca, L., Morata, A., Martin-Gonzalez, M., Pennelli, G., Berthebaud, D., Mori, T., Quinn, R. J., Bos, J.-W. G., Candolfi, C., Gougeon, P., Gall, P., Lenoir, B., Venkateshvaran, D., Kaestner, B., Zhao, Y., Zhang, G., Nonoguchi, Y., Schroeder, B. C., Bilotti, E., Menon, A. K., Urban, J. J., Fenwick, O., Asker, C., Talin, A. A., Anthopoulos, T. D., Losi, T., Viola, F., Caironi, M., Georgiadou, D. G., Ding, L., Peng, L.-M., Wang, Z., Wei, M.-D., Negra, R., Lemme, M. C., Wagih, M., Beeby, S., Ibn-Mohammed, T., Mustapha, K. B. & Joshi, A. P.

Roadmap on energy harvesting materials.

Journal of Physics: Materials 6, 042501 (2023). doi: 10.1088/2515-7639/acc550. Archive: RWTH Publications

Zampa, G. M., Mencarelli, D. & Pierantoni, L.

A full-wave time-dependent Schrödinger equation approach for the modeling of asymmetric transport in geometric diodes.

Physica B: Condensed Matter 661, 414917 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.physb.2023.414917

Pérez Caballero, L. M., Neira D’Angelo, F., Tschentscher, R., Gottschalk, A., Salem, A. M., Carbonell, D., Dudita-Kauffeld, M., Bruch, A., Alamaro, E., Pasquini, L., Ceroni, P., Grozdanova, A., Privitera, S., Vermang, B., Schulz, P., Mencarelli, D., Pierantoni, L., Midrio, M., Leithead, W., Gurruchaga, I., Haberl, R., Vermaut, J. & Kauffeld, M.

Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies: an overview of low-TRL EU-funded research projects.

Open Research Europe 3, 8 (2023). doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.15276.1. Archive: Open Research Europe

Azega, R., Haque, M., Li, Q., Hosseinaei, O., Theliander, H., Enoksson, P. & Lundgren, P.

Effect of plasma treatment on electrochemical performance of lignin-based carbon fibers.

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 946, 117723 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117723. Archive: Chalmers Research

Rozzi, T., Mencarelli, D., Zampa, G. M. & Pierantoni, L.

Dirac-Based Quantum Admittance of 2D Nanomaterials at Radio Frequencies.

Applied Sciences 12, 12539 (2022). doi: 10.3390/app122412539. Archive: IRIS Università Politecnica delle Marche

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Mencarelli, D., Zampa, G. M. & Pierantoni, L.

Current-Voltage Characterization of Multi-Port Graphene Based Geometric Diodes for High-Frequency Electromagnetic Harvesting.

IEEE Access 10, 123251–123258 (2022). doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3223134. Archive: IRIS Università Politecnica delle Marche

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Vyas, A.

On-chip electrochemical capacitors and piezoelectric energy harvesters for self-powering sensor nodes.

(Chalmers University of Technology, 2022). Archive: Chalmers Research

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Vyas, A., Hajibagher, S. Z., Méndez-Romero, U., Thurakkal, S., Li, Q., Haque, M., Azega, R. K., Wang, E., Zhang, X., Lundgren, P., Enoksson, P. & Smith, A.

Spin-Coated Heterogenous Stacked Electrodes for Performance Enhancement in CMOS-Compatible On-Chip Microsupercapacitors.

ACS Applied Energy Materials 5, acsaem.1c03745 (2022). doi: 10.1021/acsaem.1c03745. Archive: Chalmers Research

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Lemme, M. C., Akinwande, D., Huyghebaert, C. & Stampfer, C.

2D materials for future heterogeneous electronics.

Nature Communications 13, 1392 (2022). doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29001-4. Archive: RWTH Publications

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Saeed, M., Palacios, P., Wei, M., Baskent, E., Fan, C., Uzlu, B., Wang, K., Hemmetter, A., Wang, Z., Neumaier, D., Lemme, M. C. & Negra, R.

Graphene‐Based Microwave Circuits: A Review.

Advanced Materials 2108473 (2022). doi: 10.1002/adma.202108473. Archive: RWTH Publications

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Midrio, M., Pierantoni, L., Boscolo, S., Truccolo, D. & Mencarelli, D.

Nano-antenna array for high efficiency sunlight harvesting.

Optics Express 30, 7017 (2022). doi: 10.1364/OE.450020. Archive: Zenodo

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Haque, M., Abdurrokhman, I., Idström, A., Li, Q., Rajaras, A., Martinelli, A., Evenäs, L., Lundgren, P. & Enoksson, P.

Exploiting low-grade waste heat to produce electricity through supercapacitor containing carbon electrodes and ionic liquid electrolytes.

Electrochimica Acta 403, 139640 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139640. Archive: Chalmers Research

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Vyas, A., Zare Hajibagher, S., Mendez Romero, U., Azega, R. K., Wang, E., Lundgren, P., Enoksson, P. & Smith, A. D.

Alkyl‐Amino Functionalized Reduced‐Graphene‐Oxide–heptadecan‐9‐amine‐Based Spin‐Coated Microsupercapacitors for On‐Chip Low Power Electronics.

physica status solidi (b) 2100304 (2021). doi: 10.1002/pssb.202100304. Archive: Chalmers Research

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Hemmetter, A., Yang, X., Wang, Z., Otto, M., Uzlu, B., Andree, M., Pfeiffer, U., Vorobiev, A., Stake, J., Lemme, M. C. & Neumaier, D.

Terahertz Rectennas on Flexible Substrates Based on One-Dimensional Metal–Insulator–Graphene Diodes.

ACS Applied Electronic Materials acsaelm.1c00134 (2021). doi: 10.1021/acsaelm.1c00134. Archive: arXiv

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Pierantoni, L., Pelagalli, N., Mencarelli, D., Di Donato, A., Orlandini, M., Pagliuca, J. & Rozzi, T.

Dirac Equation-Based Formulation for the Quantum Conductivity in 2D-Nanomaterials.

Applied Sciences 11, 2398 (2021). doi: 10.3390/app11052398. Archive: IRIS Università Politecnica delle Marche

CSW 2021 Online Conference 09-13 May 2021 - presentation by Zhenxing Wang

May 2021

CSW 2021 Online Conference 09-13 May 2021 - presentation by Zhenxing Wang (AMO) "Metal-Insulator-Graphene RF Diodes: From Device to Integrated Circuits"

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CSW 2021 Online Conference 09-13 May 2021 - presentation by Agin Vyas

May 2021

CSW 2021 Online Conference 09-13 May 2021 - presentation by Agin Vyas (Chalmers) "Towards CMOS compatible microsupercapacitors: Performance of functionalized rGO for on-chip power electronics"

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Public events

The GreEnergy consortium is eager to inform, raise awareness and create interest in our technology by organising various events and workshops with young scientists and potential users.

Second GreEnergy workshop - Wideband optical antennae for use in energy harvesting applications

Bruges, Belgium, as part of the ESSERC conference
9 September 2024

GreEnergy second doctoral school

Aachen, Germany
5 – 6 September 2024

First GreEnergy workshop - Roadmap from design to production of nanoantennas based solar energy harvester

Online
16 October 2023

GreEnergy first doctoral school

Ancona, Italy
31 May – 1 June 2022

Project video and flyer

With this short video and the flyer, we would like to introduce the project, its goals and implementation to a wide audience.

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Press and media

In GreEnergy, we are also connected to the citizens at large via various communication channels.

Publication in Nanovate! magazine

Feature on GreEnergy for the evening news of the regional RAI channel for Friuli Venezia Giulia

Press release for GreEnergy official launch

GreEnergy media kit

GreEnergy Twitter feed

Publications

GreEnergy position paper

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Summary for publication

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Scientific publications

Participation at scientific events

Public events

Second GreEnergy workshop - Wideband optical antennae for use in energy harvesting applications

GreEnergy second doctoral school

First GreEnergy workshop - Roadmap from design to production of nanoantennas based solar energy harvester

GreEnergy first doctoral school

Project video and flyer

Press and media

Publication in Nanovate! magazine

Feature on GreEnergy for the evening news of the regional RAI channel for Friuli Venezia Giulia

Press release for GreEnergy official launch

GreEnergy media kit

GreEnergy Twitter feed

GreEnergy partner projects