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Zero loss diodes seem pretty useful.
by ThrowawayTestr 3y ago
Zero loss diodes seem pretty useful.
- distortedsignal 3y agoI don’t think this would be zero-loss diodes - it would probably superconduct in some x-axis while being non-superconducting in the y- and z-axis. Even then, it’s not clear to me what the conductivity is like in the non-superconducting axies.
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- jacquesm 3y agoEspecially if the material happens to have photo electric properties too...
- fsckboy 3y ago...and gain, at an incredibly fast slew rate! I mean, we're laundry list fantasizing, right? [shrug emoji]
- jacquesm 3y agoWell, yes. But both Silicon, Selenium and Germanium as well as all metals that are shiny are photoelectric. If this thing can form diodes that open a potential path to very high efficiency solar cells. It wouldn't be the first either: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11504 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11504 "Origin of photovoltaic effect in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.96 ceramics"
- mmusson 3y agoHow would that work? A diode requires a p-n junction created by doping the substrate. It has low resistance in one direction but ideally infinite resistance in the other direction.
- mmusson 3y agoI just saw an article that explains the superconducting diode effect https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ubiquitous-superconductive-diode-effect-thin.amp https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ubiquitous-superconductive-dio... So theres the answer.