Evaluation of a betavoltaic energy converter supporting scalable modular structure |
Kang, Taewook
(ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Jinjoo (Radioisotope Research Division, Atomic Energy Research Institute) Park, Seongmo (ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) Son, Kwangjae (Radioisotope Research Division, Atomic Energy Research Institute) Park, Kyunghwan (ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) Lee, Jaejin (ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) Kang, Sungweon (ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) Choi, Byoung-Gun (ICT Materials and Components Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) |
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