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US 12,626,921 B2Granted
Carbon electrode for dye-sensitized betavoltaic batteries, betavoltaic battery including the same, and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeDaegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsSu Il In, Yun Ju Hwang, Dae Hee Kim, Young Ho Park, Hong Soo Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a betavoltaic battery and a method of manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a betavoltaic battery characterized in that 14C, a radioisotope, is formed in the form of quantum dots and 14C is used as the cathode and the beta-ray source of the betavoltaic battery and a method of manufacturing the betavoltaic battery.
Claims8
A carbon electrode for betavoltaic batteries, comprising:
- a support layer comprising a conductive substrate;
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- a beta-ray source emission layer comprising organic carbon quantum dots comprising 14C formed on the support layer, wherein the organic carbon quantum dots comprising 14C comprise a fired product obtained by firing a polymer of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 below and quaternary ammonium ions:
- wherein 14C represents a radioisotope of carbon.
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