2026-10-04 Nuclear Energy and Technology (Pensoft) - Stepanov et al. 2018

V.A. Stepanov, V.A. Chernov, Yu.G. Parshikov, V.P. Lebedev, Ye.V. Kharanzhevsky, "Radiation-induced separation and accumulation of electric charge in supercapacitors", Nuclear Energy and Technology 4(3): 163-166 (2018), DOI 10.3897/nucet.4.30780, CC-BY. [web] https://nucet.pensoft.net/article/30780/ ; saved as files/Stepanov2018-nucet-30780.pdf

Related work by others (priority 3), with measurements. It is from the Obninsk/IPPE group (V.A. Chernov), the same line as Anufrienko et al. 2006/2008. - [read p.164] Introduction: earlier work on "various MDM (metal-dielectric-metal) structures ... as converters of nuclear energy into electricity" using "secondary electrons emerging from the surface of MDM-structure layers". "Calculated and experimental data were obtained on the specific energy, current and voltage". Nanostructuring raises efficiency by increasing the charge-separation surface. They predict currents up to 100 μA at 1 Gy/s for 10^3-10^4 m2 interface areas (Chernov et al. 2015). - [read abstract] Measured results: a symmetric 100 F supercapacitor reached 1.24 mV under neutron irradiation to 50 Gy. Asymmetric supercapacitors reached 1.15 V, with ~5×10^-3 C charge redistributed. - Bearing: it is independent experimental evidence that radiation separates charge in asymmetric nano-structured layer systems. It also matches Popa-Simil's later "super-capacitor-like" framing. The device and the conditions differ from CIci (electrolytic supercapacitor, neutron dose). It does not test the >80% claim.