Nuclear batteries: Current context and near‐term expectations

ML Terranova - International journal of energy research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The batteries fuelled by radio‐isotopes have represented a significant technological solution
for planetary science and exploration missions since the beginning of the space era. Now …

Applications of carbon-based diamond detectors: A critical review

UF Ahmad, YS Wudil, A Imam, NF Isa… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diamond has emerged as the desirable semiconducting material in radiation detectors
owing to its extremely wide band gap that favors certain outstanding properties. Such …

Self-powered solar-blind UV detectors based on O-terminated vertical diamond Schottky diode with low dark current, high detectivity, and high signal-to-noise ratio

B Liu, K Liu, S Zhang, VG Ralchenko… - ACS Applied …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Self-powered solar-blind UV detectors were fabricated using high-quality Ru/diamond
Schottky diodes. Photocurrents of 1 nA and 1.3 nA were obtained for detector Semi and …

Isoelectronic aluminum-doped gallium nitride alpha-voltaic cell with efficiency exceeding 4.5%

R Gao, L Liu, X **a, P Wan, X Ouyang, W Ma… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Although alpha-voltaic cells have shown great potential in unattended miniaturized systems
for compact, long-lifetime and independence of external energy input, the power conversion …

High temperature operation of logic AND gate based on diamond Schottky diodes fabricated by selective growth method

B Liu, S Zhang, V Ralchenko, D Wen, X Zhang, J Xue… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
The drastic miniaturization of high-frequency electronic devices has led to a dramatic
increase in the local operating temperatures of individual components. Diamond …

Enhanced performance of diamond Schottky nuclear batteries by using ZnO as electron transport layer

B Liu, K Liu, J Zhao, W Wang, V Ralchenko… - Diamond and related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving open-circuit voltage is critical to improving the performance of diamond nuclear
battery. ZnO films have been successfully used as the electron transport layer of diamond …

Efficiency limit for diamond metal/intrinsic/p-type Schottky barrier-based betavoltaic cells

S **, C Zhou, Y Zhang, H Li, L Wang, Z Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Diamond materials hold great potentials with favorable characteristics for betavoltaic cells,
thanks to their simple structure, high conversion efficiency, and radiation robustness …

Surface potential pinning study for oxygen terminated IIa diamond

S Zhang, K Liu, B Liu, X Zhang, P Qiao, J Zhao, Y Li… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface potential pinning effect is a general rule in semiconductor materials, which can
seriously affect the performance of devices. However, the surface potential pinning effect is …

Comparison and study of the preparation methods for phosphor layer in nuclear battery

T Jiang, Z Xu, X Tang, Z Yuan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This work investigated the preparation and optimization of phosphor layer for
radioluminescent nuclear battery, and analyzed the property change of the phosphor after …

The design of diamond metal/intrinsic/p-type Schottky-barrier-based cells for different radioactive β sources

S **, C Zhou, Y Zhang, H Li, L Wang, Z Wang, Z Liu… - Applied Physics A, 2024 - Springer
In this work, we actively investigated a betavoltaic cell model that demonstrated high
accuracy and reproducibility, utilizing both Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and Technology …