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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Larry L. Gadeken, Houston, TX (US);
Paul S. Engel, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth S. Laverdure, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Larry L. Gadeken, Houston, TX (US);
Paul S. Engel, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth S. Laverdure, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
BetaBatt, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to synthesis of radioactive material, such as a tritiated polymer, and an apparatus for generating electrical current from the nuclear decay process of a radioactive material. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an energy cell (e.g., a battery) for generating electrical current derived from particle emissions occurring within a radioactive material such as a tritiated polymer) on pore walls of a porous semiconductor. The radioactive material may be introduced into the energy cell by a wetting process.