Betavoltaic device in por-SiC/Si C-Nuclear Energy Converter

Autor: Akimchenko Alina, Chepurnov Victor, Dolgopolov Mikhail, Gurskaya Albina, Kuznetsov Oleg, Mashnin Alikhan, Radenko Vitaliy, Radenko Alexander, Surnin Oleg, Zanin George
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 158, p 06004 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201715806004
Popis: The miniature and low-power devices with long service life in hard operating conditions like the Carbon-14 beta-decay energy converters indeed as eternal resource for integrated MEMS and NEMS are considered. Authors discuss how to create the power supply for MEMS/NEMS devices, based on porous SiC/Si structure, which are tested to be used as the beta-decay energy converters of radioactive C-14 into electrical energy. This is based on the silicon carbide obtaining by self-organizing mono 3C-SiC endotaxy on the Si substrate. The new idea is the C-14 atoms including in molecules in the silicon carbide porous structure by this technology, which will increase the efficiency of the converter due to the greater intensity of electron-hole pairs generation rate in the space charge region. The synthesis of C-14 can be also performed by using the electronically controlled magneto-optic chamber.
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