Photovoltaic nuclear electric battery based on single-crystal diamond core activated with carbon-14
Abstract
The fabrication of a photovoltaic nuclear electric battery consisting of a radioactive diamond core and an InGaP photoconverter is described. An electrical circuit for a nuclear battery has been proposed. A battery core has been manufactured using a polished self-glowing diamond plate made of artificial single-crystal IIb-diamond activated with 0.008 wt. % 14C. The optimal geometric parameters of the proposed diamond plates have been determined, and a prospective photovoltaic converter was developed. The optimal design of the nuclear diamond battery, including possible increase in power yield, is discussed.
Article Details
Journal Info
Applied Physics Letters
American Institute of Physics
Authors (13)
Boris E. Burakov
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Sergey N. Bocharov
Crystallyne Ltd 2 , 29L, ul. Marshala Govorova, St. Petersburg 198097,
Vitaliy S. Kalinovskii
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Evgeny V. Kontrosh
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Kseniia N. Orekhova
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Grigorii A. Gusev
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Petr A. Dementev
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Aleksandr N. Trofimov
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Vlad A. Kravets
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Ivan A. Tolkachev
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Kseniia K. Prudchenko
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Ekaterina V. Dementeva
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,
Maria V. Zamoryanskaya
Ioffe Institute 1 , 26 Polythekhnicheskaya St, St. Petersburg 194021,