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DOE announces Genesis Mission request for applications
Ian Buck, Nvidia’s vice president of hyperscale and HPC computing (left), and Darío Gil, DOE Under Secretary for Science and Genesis Mission lead, at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference. (Photo: Nvidia)
Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science and Genesis Mission lead Darío Gil participated in a session at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference on March 17 that coincided with the announcement of the DOE’s $293 million Genesis Mission request for applications, which invites interdisciplinary teams to submit ideas for projects addressing over 20 of Genesis’s stated national challenges, several of which focus on accelerating nuclear research and nuclear energy output.
“We seek breakthrough ideas and novel collaborations leveraging the scientific prowess of our national laboratories, the private sector, universities, and science philanthropies,” said Gil.
Hosein Moayedi, Soheil Hajibaba, Hossein Afarideh, Mitra Ghergherehchi, Masoumeh Mohamadian
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 195 | Number 6 | June 2021 | Pages 614-625
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1848199
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In this paper, a beta radioluminescent battery with different radioisotopes is studied, and different parameters of the proposed structure are optimized. These parameters include the luminescent layer thickness, the doping concentration in the semiconductor P-N junction, etc. Some of the parameters have an inverse effect on the battery outputs. So, a trade-off is sought between them to increase efficiency. Each part of the proposed structure is divided into much smaller parts in the simulations to ensure proper tracking of photons and the creation of electron holes in the semiconductor layer. Also, the passage of particles through each layer is carefully reviewed and calculated in terms of particle crossing percentage, their reflection percentage, rate of self-absorption, etc. Finally, the power, open-circuit voltage, and short-circuit current density of the proposed battery versus the main parameter changes are presented.