Nuclear batteries
US5606213A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21H1/06
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A nuclear battery is provided by the incorporation through chemical bonding of radioactive tritium in a body of amorphous semiconductor material having a p-type conductivity region, an n-type conductivity region and a semiconductor junction therebetween, with means for electrically connecting the n-type and p-type regions to a load circuit. A preferred such nuclear battery comprises tritium chemically bonded within an amorphous silicon semiconductor including a p-i-n junction.
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