Comments on: Nanoantennas Replacement for Solar Cells?

By: Ramsey Frist

Ramsey Frist — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:41:30 +0000

Another wasteful attempt to defy the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. If they succeed in getting this system to work think how strange things would be. Everything at temperatures over absolute zero emits some black body infrared radiation. In the winter just put some of these magic antennas outside in the snow and use the power to run an electric space heater in the house. It would usher in a new world with new physical laws. You would be able to use the same energy over an over, heat to electricity and back to heat after turning a motor or lighting a lamp.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:54:39 +0000

Graphite antennas would absorb all of the electromagnetic spectrum. Fast enough bridge rectifiers could convert it from alternating current to direct current using induction. Maybe there’s a way to convert these high heat frequencies to lower radio frequencies?

By: carbocat

carbocat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:33:47 +0000

Yes, if one can get a rectifier to work at Phz.