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Combined solar and radio frequency (RF) harvesting systems are drawing attention by offering self-powered ability to low-power devices, an essential aspect to the success of the Internet of Things. One of the main challenges of these harvesting systems is to improve rectennas efficiency by optimizing the individual energy collection and conversion capacity of each source. To overcome this issue, this letter presents a novel 2.4-GHz rectenna structure for solar and radio frequency energy harvesting applications based on a coplanar antenna array integrated with multicrystalline solar cells, whose aluminum rear terminals are used as radiators for the antenna array. The results obtained by simulations and measurements show that it is possible to collect energy from two different types of sources in a complementary manner, using the rectenna design proposed, making it possible to feed low-power devices remotely.
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