Produção de eletricidade utilizando fótons ionizados de alta energia

Abstract

This paper presents a research about the application of X rays and gamma rays in photovoltaic devices for the production of electrical energy. The paper makes an introduction about the scenery of the production of nuclear energy through the world and follows expliciting about the expansion of the use of nuclear energy. The theoretical development of the paper bring knowledge about the quantity of energy that a nuclear plant produces in gamma rays and demonstrates, by calculations, the amount of energy that could be produced if applied the method studied in this research. It is also explained the way the photovoltaic devices and the X ray machines work and are built, those X ray machines were used in the practical tests were the X rays were applied to the photovoltaic devices. At last the paper presents the practical tests and gets the reaction of voltage and current of each of devices tested and presents a conclusion about how effective those devise are when applied with X rays, choosing the best device for the application and showing great results.