In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 9 May 2015 15:42:30 -0700: Hi, Why bother with the intermediary of light? Fast particles will create electron-hole pairs in a semiconductor just fine. Just ensure that the fuel source is a chemical constituent of the semi-conductor. IOW use a beta-voltaic battery.
[snip] >Go to light first and then to electricity. This has been done with >conventional nuclear energy, despite the problems and higher required >inventory of reactant - but it would be more suitable for LENR a natural >for use with the dogbone since the gram of fuel would be easy to contain as >a dusty plasma in a more translucent tube than the kind being used. A >piezo could be used to avoid settling of particles and it would be >synergetic to the operation (as with sonofusion). > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optoelectric_nuclear_battery > >Jones Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
