Radiovoltaics

D. Coso;J. Segal;J. Hasi;C. Kenney;棣文 朱;S. Yee;A. Majumdar

Stanford University;SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory;China Association for Science and Technology;Georgia Institute of Technology

发表时间:2015-8-5

语 言:English

U R L: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84955477883&partnerID=8YFLogxK

摘要

Radiovoltaic devices can directly convert high-energy β-electron or a-particle emissions from radioisotopes to electrical power through the generation and separation of electron hole pairs in semiconductors. By carefully matching length scales involved in the physics of absorbing high-energy electrons in semiconductors and the diffusion lengths of electrons and holes, it is possible to increase the power conversion efficiency. This paper demonstrates a distinct increase in conversion efficiency in p-i-n diodes compared to pn diodes.

关键词

Direct energy conversion
Nuclear decay
Semiconductor device design

相关科学

工程
电子电气工程
物理学和天文学
仪表化

文献指纹

工程与材料科学

Ionizing radiation

Conversion efficiency

Electrons

Diodes

Semiconductor materials

Radioisotopes

Physics

物理与天文学

ionizing radiation

high energy electrons

p-i-n diodes

particle emission

diffusion length

diodes

physics

electrons

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