Last night the IR Photodiode was measured at producing 2.1 pA DC. It's still going down. IMO it will continue to go down and down and down until the the 1 uF capacitor is removed and perhaps even the 193 Mohm load is also removed. If true, then it appears that diodes require periodic rest periods to recover from generating power. This is an effect that Marcus Reid discovered with his crystal batteries.
I believe the cause is due to thermal electric effects. Silicon, especially doped silicon diodes have amongst the highest thermal electric effects. As the DC current flows through the junction, a temperature gradient slowly rises. The temperature gradient causes an opposing DC voltage. This would explain why a highly disturbed diode fluctuates in *polarity!* This effect I have termed the TED effect, short for Thermal Equilibrium Diode effect.
Improved technology should be able to appreciable overcome the TED effect. For example, carbon based diodes, as carbon has nearly no thermal electric effects relative to silicon.
Created on 2009-06-03 15:13:55 by EnergyMover
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