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Claim · claim:particles-drive-betavoltaic

Beta particles —drives→ Betavoltaic effect

The atlas records this claim as established: beta particles drive the betavoltaic effect under the conditions below.

establishedK8 · commercial technologyledger nuclear → electronic-excitation · loss to thermalno record-level review date

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2cited sources1enumerated routes using it1routes with composition evidence1recorded pathways

Conditions

  • a beta source (tritium, Ni-63, Pm-147) on or in a semiconductor junction; particle energy below the lattice-damage threshold
regime: solid · semiconductor required · radioisotope required

Evidence · 2

  1. [1]
    P. Rappaport. The electron-voltaic effect in p-n junctions induced by beta-particle bombardment (1954)
    Physical Review 93, 246 · doi:10.1103/PhysRev.93.246.2 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    M. A. Prelas, et al.. A review of nuclear batteries (2014)
    Progress in Nuclear Energy 75, 117–148 · doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.04.007 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Related matrix context

This claim does not itself create a matrix cell. The context below belongs to Betavoltaic effect, the phenomenon it is about.

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

family: Radiovoltaic (C.26)

Uses of this claim

recorded pathways · 1

Cite this claim

Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:particles-drive-betavoltaic: Beta particles —drives→ Betavoltaic effect. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/particles-drive-betavoltaic

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