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>>10735763
>>why hasn't there been any research into Radioisotope Photoelectric Generators
there have. They're not very good. The advantage of beta and alphavoltaics is that you can achieve very high efficiency(~70-90%) at converting kinetic energy to electricity. Alphavoltaics have a lot of potential because they're potentially quite a decent amount of power available in alpha radiation. Only too much... I don't remember the exact number, but I think the record for alphavoltaic power is only 30 minutes before the alpha radiation completely renders the semiconductor inoperable.
There's this though:
https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/techbriefs/physical-sciences/98
no idea if it works.