Leaf-shaped solar cell antenna for energy harvesting and RF transmission in ku-band

Abstract

In this paper, a hybrid system solar cell antenna was studied. Our contribution lies in the combination of both optical and radio-frequency signals in a solar cell antenna. Hence, we propose a new method to merge antenna and solar cell. The leaf- shaped patch solar cell antenna was dedicated at a time to the energy harvesting and the RF transmission. A performance analysis of the solar cell antenna was conducted using Advanced Design System (ADS) software. Simulation results showed a resonance at a frequency of 15.77 GHz with an effective return loss of -27.62dB and a gain of 5.77dBi.