There’s really no need for a battery that will outlive the device it’s meant to charge. But the idea of using radiation to power batteries is an interesting one - the application to EVs would remove a lot of the objections I have to EVs.
In Xinping China, battery charges YOU!
Am I misunderstanding something here? The article reference Nickle-63, us also references 63 isotopes? The Nickel-63 would decay into copper but the half-life is 100 years…not 50, so there would still be radioactive material after 50 years. As a by-product of the decay wouldn’t it also emit low-level gamma?
since the isotope decay is uncontrollable, what happens to the “unused” energy when there is no need for electrical power to be drawn from the battery?
Radioactive batteries.
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
“placing 63 nuclear isotopes into a module”
“nickel-63”
Journalists are the dumbest and most ignorant creatures.
Turns you fluorescent green if you hold it within 2 feet of your body, but otherwise works great!