Promethium (Pm), element# 61, got its name from the Greek Titan Prometheus, who stole
fire from Zeus and passed it to people. The only element in the lanthanide series of the …

Interest in the use of betavoltaic nuclear batteries has grown substantially in recent years for
its potential use in new generation of microelectromechanical systems. Ni 63 is the …

In this work, energy converters, which contain a GaP–Si heterojunction and Si-based
Schottky barrier diodes with Al, Ti, Ag, and W, are used to convert 2 μm-thick 63 Ni …

Alpha-voltaic cells have great potential in military, biomedical, and infrastructure
applications due to their characteristics of long operating life, small volume, and superior …

GYGAG (Ce) transparent ceramic garnet scintillators were irradiated with electrons from 0.5
to 2 MeV with fluences from/cm 2 to/cm 2, corresponding to doses from 0.3 to 310 Gigarad …

This paper presents a new beta converter cell based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/Si
heterojunction suitable for betavoltaic batteries. The potential barrier created in the rGO/Si …

Radioluminescent nuclear battery as a typical representative of small power device based
on the generation and utilization of radioluminescence, which can stable energy supply for …

Paraffin is one of the most common and promising phase change materials to store and
release thermal energy. The inadequacy of paraffin lies in its low thermal conductivity, which …

This paper describes a molecular plating method in which americium-241 (Am-241) was
directly deposited onto a 4.8 mm x 4.8 mm Schottky electrode of 4 H-SiC devices. The …

A new type of nuclear battery, based on the sandwich structure of solar cells and tritium gas‐
filled radioluminescent glass tubes (RLGTs), is developed and used successfully as a low …