I'm not sure if you're aware how diodes work, but the problem is that they have a finite recovery time which limits their operating frequency. Commercial ultrafast diodes top out at a few GHz at best; I'm not sure where the latest research is at, but I don't think we're anywhere near the 10 THz (=10,000 GHz) speeds these guys are after.
if the system is as cheap as its purported to be, rather than a rectifier couldnt you use just one diode for half the potential power, and allow the durability and application etc. of the material to be developed, ultimately allowing for the output to be doubled when high speed rectifiers are developed? i realize that the semiconducter in the diode still wouldnt be fast enough to switch, but if one applied even a small voltage in parallel simultaneously, the gate would stay open . . . actually, even apply that to the gate in the rectifier. Or, would the diode, once open, pass current in either direction? I wish I knew more but it would seem that a secondary current could easily resolve the issue of high speed switching.
if the system is as cheap as its purported to be, rather than a rectifier couldnt you use just one diode for half the potential power, and allow the durability and application etc. of the material to be developed, ultimately allowing for the output to be doubled when high speed rectifiers are developed? i realize that the semiconducter in the diode still wouldnt be fast enough to switch, but if one applied even a small voltage in parallel simultaneously, the gate would stay open . . . actually, even apply that to the gate in the rectifier. Or, would the diode, once open, pass current in either direction? I wish I knew more but it would seem that a secondary current could easily resolve the issue of high speed switching.
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I'm not sure if you're aware how diodes work, but the problem is that they have a finite recovery time which limits their operating frequency. Commercial ultrafast diodes top out at a few GHz at best; I'm not sure where the latest research is at, but I don't think we're anywhere near the 10 THz (=10,000 GHz) speeds these guys are after.
if the system is as cheap as its purported to be, rather than a rectifier couldnt you use just one diode for half the potential power, and allow the durability and application etc. of the material to be developed, ultimately allowing for the output to be doubled when high speed rectifiers are developed? i realize that the semiconducter in the diode still wouldnt be fast enough to switch, but if one applied even a small voltage in parallel simultaneously, the gate would stay open . . . actually, even apply that to the gate in the rectifier. Or, would the diode, once open, pass current in either direction? I wish I knew more but it would seem that a secondary current could easily resolve the issue of high speed switching.
if the system is as cheap as its purported to be, rather than a rectifier couldnt you use just one diode for half the potential power, and allow the durability and application etc. of the material to be developed, ultimately allowing for the output to be doubled when high speed rectifiers are developed? i realize that the semiconducter in the diode still wouldnt be fast enough to switch, but if one applied even a small voltage in parallel simultaneously, the gate would stay open . . . actually, even apply that to the gate in the rectifier. Or, would the diode, once open, pass current in either direction? I wish I knew more but it would seem that a secondary current could easily resolve the issue of high speed switching.