Diamond Photovoltaic Cell Development

Net CO2 Emissions from Global Photovoltaic Development

Development of Single-Crystal CVD-Diamond Detectors

Single-Crystal CVD-Diamond Detectors (SC-DD) of ~ 300μm thickness have been tested in Cave A with proton beams of Ep > 1AGeV as start detectors for minimum ionizing particles. Fast charge-sensitive amplifiers developed at GSI and Bucharest were used. At particle rates up to 1MHz, stable operation and detection efficiency of ~100% are observed. The measured time resolution of σ ≥ 330ps is not sa...

Development of Diamond Schottky Barrier Diode

Diamond, which has excellent physical properties, is attractive for use in industrial applications. Because diamond is rated the highest for hardness and heat conductivity among all known materials, it is widely used for products such as abrasive grains, cutting tools, and heatsinks. Diamond also exhibits excellent transparency even in the ultraviolet range and can be applied to optical tools. ...

Single Crystal Diamond X-ray Lens Development

The next generation light sources such as diffractionlimited storage rings and high repetition rate free electron lasers (FELs) will generate x-ray beams with significantly increased peak and average brilliance. These future facilities will require x-ray optical components capable of handling large instantaneous and average power densities while tailoring the properties of the x-ray beams for a...

Spongy Diamond

Rhombellanes are mathematical structures existing in various environments, in crystal or quasicrystal networks, or even in their homeomorphs, further possible becoming real molecules. Rhombellanes originate in the K2.3 complete bipartite graph, a tile found in the linear polymeric staffanes. In close analogy, a rod-like polymer derived from hexahydroxy-cyclohexane was imagined. Further, the ide...