Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level
A nuclear photovoltaic battery uses scintillator to convert radiation into visible light, which is then collected by a photovoltaic (PV) cell to generate electricity. If the radiation is gamma-rays emitted from external sources, the battery may also be referred as gammavoltaic battery. In this study...
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| description | A nuclear photovoltaic battery uses scintillator to convert radiation into visible light, which is then collected by a photovoltaic (PV) cell to generate electricity. If the radiation is gamma-rays emitted from external sources, the battery may also be referred as gammavoltaic battery. In this study, a polycrystalline CdTe solar cell was optically coupled with a 2.0 cm × 2.0 cm × 1.0 cm Gadolinium Aluminum Gallium Garnet (GAGG) scintillator, and the resulting device was tested using intense gamma radiation fields from a Cs-137 (1.5 kRad/h) and a Co-60 (10 kRad/h) irradiator. Measurements with Cs-137 provided a maximum power output (Pmax) of ∼288 nW, with a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of ∼1.22 μA/cm2 and an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of ∼0.34 V. In contrast, Co-60 irradiator gave a Pmax of 1.5 μW, with a Jsc of ∼4.73 μA/cm2 and a Voc of ∼0.38 V. The CdTe was also paired with a Lutetium-Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystal and tested with the Cs-137 source. The experiment presents a scalable option to reach to higher power outputs by harvesting gamma radiation fields in many cases where high radiation field demands heavy shielding and is often regarded as unwanted waste. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ff1cf7272224f2bbdc87d5ebbd5d4982025-02-08T05:01:05ZengElsevierOptical Materials: X2590-14782025-02-0125100401Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts levelIbrahim Oksuz0Sabin Neupane1Yanfa Yan2Lei R. Cao3Nuclear Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; AwareAbility Technologies, LLC, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USADepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USANuclear Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Corresponding author.A nuclear photovoltaic battery uses scintillator to convert radiation into visible light, which is then collected by a photovoltaic (PV) cell to generate electricity. If the radiation is gamma-rays emitted from external sources, the battery may also be referred as gammavoltaic battery. In this study, a polycrystalline CdTe solar cell was optically coupled with a 2.0 cm × 2.0 cm × 1.0 cm Gadolinium Aluminum Gallium Garnet (GAGG) scintillator, and the resulting device was tested using intense gamma radiation fields from a Cs-137 (1.5 kRad/h) and a Co-60 (10 kRad/h) irradiator. Measurements with Cs-137 provided a maximum power output (Pmax) of ∼288 nW, with a short-circuit current density (Jsc) of ∼1.22 μA/cm2 and an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of ∼0.34 V. In contrast, Co-60 irradiator gave a Pmax of 1.5 μW, with a Jsc of ∼4.73 μA/cm2 and a Voc of ∼0.38 V. The CdTe was also paired with a Lutetium-Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystal and tested with the Cs-137 source. The experiment presents a scalable option to reach to higher power outputs by harvesting gamma radiation fields in many cases where high radiation field demands heavy shielding and is often regarded as unwanted waste.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590147825000038Nuclear batteryNuclear photovoltaic batteryScintillatorCadmium tellurideLYSOGAGG |
| spellingShingle | Ibrahim Oksuz Sabin Neupane Yanfa Yan Lei R. Cao Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level Optical Materials: X Nuclear battery Nuclear photovoltaic battery Scintillator Cadmium telluride LYSO GAGG |
| title | Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| title_full | Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| title_fullStr | Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| title_short | Scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| title_sort | scintillator based nuclear photovoltaic batteries for power generation at microwatts level |
| topic | Nuclear battery Nuclear photovoltaic battery Scintillator Cadmium telluride LYSO GAGG |
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