What’s the specific energy and power? If it isn’t terrible, could be very good for things like spacecraft.
Chinese-developed nuclear battery has a 50-year lifespan — Betavolt BV100 built with Nickel-63 isotope and diamond semiconductor material
Submitted 9 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Oderus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
With all the CCP misinformation about them making 5nn chips, this could be another bullshit tech coming from the CCP.
MilderRichter@feddit.de 9 months ago
Deep space probes are already nuclear power sources.
Right now this is mostly a radio isotope heat source and a peltier device to convert the temperature differential to electricity.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yeah, RTDs. But I don’t know if these silicon based ones would have better performance.
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
According to the article, it outputs 100 micro watts at 3 volts. Apparently for 50 years.
lettruthout@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Just what we need, radioactive materials in our waste stream.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Meanwhile the Voyager proves launched in 1977 are still live and kicking. Yeah one of them is getting pissy at us but it’s still rolling.
JoMomma@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Vapor
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Betavoltaics have been around for 40+ years. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device
This device generates microwatts. You’d need thousands of them in parallel to power a typical mobile phone.