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Can gamma rays generate electricity?
Since the recombination should be related to the specific resistivity of the semiconductor cell, we examined the influences of the resistivity on the electric power generation by using the gamma cells made of Si single crystal with various specific resistivities.
Does lightning produce gamma rays?
It has been discovered in the past 15 years that among the processes of lightning is some mechanism capable of generating gamma rays, which escape the atmosphere and are observed by orbiting spacecraft.
Can gamma rays be used as a weapon?
In space – yes. A gamma-laser would be an effective weapon. Through the atmosphere, much less so as gamma rays are blocked by simple elements like Oxygen (O2).
Can solar panels use gamma rays?
Gamma rays have too much energy per photon to be easily used to directly drive electrons as in regular solar panels. You mean the minimum energy of a photon you can absorb is that with the band gap energy.
Can radiation be converted into electricity?
Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries, say US researchers. Electricity is usually made using nuclear power by heating steam to rotate turbines that generate electricity.
What can stop gamma rays?
Beta radiation, consisting of electrons or positrons, is stopped by an aluminium plate, but gamma radiation requires shielding by dense material such as lead or concrete.
How can gamma rays be used to generate electricity?
Gamma rays interact moderately strongly with dense materials such as lead, so if you have a useful amount of them, you can just let them heat stuff up, and drive a heat engine such as a steam turbine. To some extent, ordinary nuclear power does this already.
What causes cosmic gamma rays to occur?
There are several physical processes that generate cosmic gamma rays: A high-energy particle can collide with another particle. A particle can collide and annihilate with its anti-particle. An element can undergo radioactive decay. A charged particle can be accelerated.
Is it safe to use gamma radiation as a power source?
Even though gamma radiation is used to treat cancer in medicine these radiations are so dangerous that no one has thought of using it as power source except you. I do not recommend using it as a power source. In medicine the right amount is used to kill cancer cells and beyond that dose posed a great danger to the patient.
What is the difference between a gamma photon and an X ray?
Not directly, a gamma photon is created by a nuclear transformation inside the atomic nucleus (or an electron / positron reaction) while a X ray is created by an electron changing energy and/or direction.