China's wafer-scale graphene breakthrough brings quantum rectifiers closer to semiconductor integration

Chinese researchers have demonstrated wafer-scale graphene quantum rectifiers that convert weak radio-frequency signals into DC electricity at room temperature without an external magnetic field. The breakthrough brings quantum rectifiers closer to semiconductor integration.

• Devices operate at room temperature without an external magnetic field
• Graphene rectifiers fabricated at full wafer scale
• Weak radio-frequency signals converted into DC electricity
• Technology moves quantum rectifiers closer to semiconductor integration