Conversion of radioactive decay energy to electricity

Polymers, Phosphors, and Voltaics for Radioisotope Microbatteries

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1-38

  Kavetsky, Alexander G ^a   Meleshkov, Sergei P ^a   Sychov, Maxim M ^b  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Technology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ISOTOPES; RADIATION;

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0242521539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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