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AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsKarl D. Hobart, Marko J. Tadjer, Bernard F. Phlips, Alan G. Jacobs, John Gahl, John D. Brockman
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An electrically inactive betavoltaic battery, an electrically active betavoltaic battery, and methods of making the same are provided. In implementations, a method of making an electrically active betavoltaic battery includes: providing an electrically inactive betavoltaic battery device having one or more diodes incorporating a semiconductor material layer having a stable non-radioactive isotope; and irradiating the electrically inactive betavoltaic battery device with thermal neutrons, thereby causing the conversion of at least a portion of the stable non-radioactive isotope to a radionuclide and creating the electrically active betavoltaic battery, wherein the semiconductor material layer acts as both an electron emitter and an electron absorber simultaneously.
A method of making an electrically active betavoltaic battery comprising:
A method of making an electrically inactive betavoltaic battery device comprising:
An electrically inactive betavoltaic battery device comprising:
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