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The study discusses the prospects for the development of low-voltage power supply sources. Beta isotope sources present great advantages for autonomous uninterrupted operation of remote devices, which gives an impulse to rapid development of betavoltaics. Silicon carbide homo- and hetero-structures serve as the isotope-based energy converters. We propose a new technology for isotope-based converter fabrication using silicon carbide and carbon-14 heterostructure as the active substance.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Gurskaya, M.V. Dolgopolov, V.I. Chepurnov, 2017, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2017, Vol. 48, No. 6.
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Gurskaya, A.V., Dolgopolov, M.V. & Chepurnov, V.I. C-14 beta converter. Phys. Part. Nuclei 48, 941–944 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377961706020X
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