Finally : cheap DIY selfmade solar cell with common materials !

[hartiberlin]

the interesting thing about betavoltaic solar cell batteries is night or day when they are not in use you can store unused energy potentials in batteries or super caps to increase energy density output.

this is the next generation of green energy, it is to bad we have to make sure we don't violate certain Isotope laws for certain isotopes, it's like the government knows it's potential and keeps it from being discovered to its highest potential. power mongers have their grips on the most advanced technology used in super secret nuclear spacecraft hidden in the deepest of skunk works. real shame actually.

to;Stefan
Stefan, if I built a betavoltaic solar cell battery that met radiological safety requirements and built it to the specifications of a D size battery and it did what I say it does as a thirty year battery would you except it for qualification of the OU prize? you could simply place the D size BVSCB in a single celled D sized flash light and turn it on and it will not run down for thirty years, hopefully I wouldn't have to wait 30 years to win the prize.

Jerry

Hi Jerry,
if it can at least provide 1 Watts of power contineously and the
materials for it would not be too expensive and would
be available to the general public and it could be selfmade by a hobbyist-tinkerer, why not !

Just build it an apply it for the OU prize !

Many thanks in advance.

Regards, Stefan.

[hartiberlin]

some other interesting things, one can replace the Mercury gas inside a fluorescent bulb with Tritium gas and it will light up by reacting with the white phosphor coating inside the tube. it would be moderately bright and you would never need to pay for electricity to light your home. it would generate white light.

Could this lightly radioactive Tritium gas be selfmade or how do you get it or can extract it somewhere ?

Many thanks.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

Hi Stefan.

Tritium is currently produced via Neutron bombardment of a Neutron source, the Neutrons are slowed down by a high thermal cross section shield so that Hydrogen's high affinity for Neutrons captures it and converts the Hydrogen to Deuterium, the same is done for Tritium by bombarding Deuterium with a Neutron source.

it is actually the conversion of ordinary water bombarded by Neutrons and being converted to Heavy Water. Deuterium or Tritium rich.

here is a place Tritium can be bought.
http://www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/faq.html

you can also purchase it from third party retailers.

Tritium requires no license to purchase it or to have it.
technically Tritium is a waste material.

Tritium is inexpensive for its energy potential.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

what I gauge energy comparison on is Antimatter reacts with its matter equivalent to release 1.8*10^17 joules per kilogram of antimatter annihilated. This is equivalent to ~43 million tons of TNT.

that is a lot of ionizing radiation.

it makes all other forms of energy conversion look horribly out dated.

1/2 kilogram of Hydrogen contains 9.0 × 10^16 joules of energy potential.

no OU, just highly efficient.

Jerry

[jadaro2600]

what I gauge energy comparison on is Antimatter reacts with its matter equivalent to release 1.8*10^17 joules per kilogram of antimatter annihilated. This is equivalent to ~43 million tons of TNT.

that is a lot of ionizing radiation.

it makes all other forms of energy conversion look horribly out dated.

1/2 kilogram of Hydrogen contains 9.0 × 10^16 joules of energy potential.

no OU, just highly efficient.

Jerry

..a theoretical matter, which, would consume all non antimatter; thus there would be fuel and no byproducts.