• 文献标题:   Design and Testing of Graphene-Based Screen Printed Antenna on Flexible Substrates for Wireless Energy Harvesting Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   RAM P, BANU NMM, LIGHT RRJ
  • 作者关键词:   circular patch antenna, comsol, energy harvesting, flexible substrate, graphene, partial ground plane, screen printing
  • 出版物名称:   IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   0377-2063 EI 0974-780X
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  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1080/03772063.2021.1934127 EA JUN 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, the Radiating element of a patch antenna for energy harvesting application was fabricated using the graphene ink-based screen printed method. Wax-coated paper and polyester were investigated as flexible substrates to mount the graphene radiating element. FR4, the typical material used in electronic circuitry was also considered as a substrate for comparison. The performance of the antenna was measured by using the standard method of Vector network analyzer. Simulation of the antenna performance was carried out using a material-based software tool, COMSOL Multiphysics and the simulated results have been compared with prototyped results. The proposed design is targeted at 2.45 GHz wireless energy harvesting applications. An experimental trial of replacing conventional copper mechanism with state of art material is studied for its performance.