Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Beta cell device using icosahedral boride compounds

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874875
 [1];  [2]
  1. 62 Avenida Del Sol, Cedar Crest, NM 87008
  2. 1502 Harvard Ct., NE., Albuquerque, NM 87106-3712
+ Show Author Affiliations

A beta cell for converting beta-particle energies into electrical energy having a semiconductor junction that incorporates an icosahedral boride compound selected from B.sub.12 As.sub.2, B.sub.12 P.sub.2, elemental boron having an .alpha.-rhombohedral structure, elemental boron having a .beta.-rhombohedral structure, and boron carbides of the chemical formula B.sub.12-x C.sub.3-x, where 0.15

Research Organization:
SANDIA CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Aselage; Terrence L. (62 Avenida Del Sol, Cedar Crest, NM 87008); Emin; David (1502 Harvard Ct., NE., Albuquerque, NM 87106-3712)
Patent Number(s):
US 6479919
OSTI ID:
874875
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

Thermal conductivity behavior of boron carbides journal May 1985
Bipolarons in boron icosahedra journal February 1987
Tritiated amorphous silicon films and devices
  • Kosteski, T.; Kherani, N. P.; Gaspari, F.
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 16, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1116/1.581031
journal March 1998
Spin susceptibility of boron carbides: Dissociation of singlet small bipolarons journal June 1996
Conduction mechanism in boron carbide journal April 1984
Defect clustering and self-healing of electron-irradiated boron-rich solids journal May 1995
Bipolarons in boron-rich icosahedra: Effects of carbon substitution journal June 1987

Similar Records

Method of making an icosahedral boride structure
Patent · Mon Jan 10 23:00:00 EST 2005 · OSTI ID:879999
Structure of icosahedral borides by Raman spectroscopy
Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · AIP Conference Proceedings · OSTI ID:5844867
Structure of icosahedral borides by Raman spectroscopy
Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) · OSTI ID:7202442

Related Subjects

/310/
015
alpha-rhombohedral
assub2
beta
beta-particle
beta-rhombohedral
boride
boron
boron carbide
bsub12
bsub12-x
carbides
cell
cell device
chemical
chemical formula
compound
compounds
converting
csub3-x
damage
degradation
device
electrical
electrical energy
elemental
energies
energy
formula
icosahedral
incorporates
junction
load
means
outside
psub2
radiation
radiation source
resisting
selected
self-heals
semiconductor
semiconductor junction
source
structure
transmitting