goingbush
28th April 2019, 01:47 PM
Non rechargeable, Lasting hundreds of years and 10x the energy density of Lithium (power per weight)
My bet is these will be developed for Military EV's first.
Researchers Have Invented an Awesome And Scary Nuclear Battery Pack (https://www.sciencealert.com/high-power-nickel-63-betavoltaic-device-shrinks-pacemaker-radioactive-batteries)
The Mars Opportunity Rover has a different type of Nuclear Generator called an RTG Radioisotope Thermal Generator , creates heat to warm a thermocouple - only 10% Efficient & lasts about 10 years .
Commercial Atomic batteries
BetaBatt - Direct Energy Conversion Technology (http://www.betabatt.com/index-vision.htm)
http://www.betabatt.com/files/What%20Are%20Nuclear%20Batteries-MEPTEC%209th%20Annual%20MEMS%20Symposium-19May11.pdf
My bet is these will be developed for Military EV's first.
Researchers Have Invented an Awesome And Scary Nuclear Battery Pack (https://www.sciencealert.com/high-power-nickel-63-betavoltaic-device-shrinks-pacemaker-radioactive-batteries)
The Mars Opportunity Rover has a different type of Nuclear Generator called an RTG Radioisotope Thermal Generator , creates heat to warm a thermocouple - only 10% Efficient & lasts about 10 years .
Commercial Atomic batteries
BetaBatt - Direct Energy Conversion Technology (http://www.betabatt.com/index-vision.htm)
http://www.betabatt.com/files/What%20Are%20Nuclear%20Batteries-MEPTEC%209th%20Annual%20MEMS%20Symposium-19May11.pdf