A team of researchers from the Authority of the Atomic Energy of the United Kingdom's (UKAEA) and the University of Bristol have announced a discovery of a great power: the battery, the world's first carbon-14.
The battery is concerned it has the potential to power the device on for thousands of years, which makes it particularly suitable for medical applications, such as implants and eye, hearing aids, and the a's rate.
Sarah Clark, director of the life cycle of the fuel tritiumit the UKAEA, and described this technology as a way to secure and sustainable energy to provide for a constant. The battery uses a diamond an order to close the small quantity of carbon-14, a izotop radioactive, with a half-lifetime of about 5700 years. This means that the battery is going to save half of the energy of its own, even after millennia.
How does the battery of the carbon-14
The battery uses to unlock the radioactive carbon-14, which emits electrons through a process known as the betavoltaik. Otherwise, the batteries in the traditional, that are based on chemical reactions, this technology captures the electrons to move faster within the framework of the diamantit, similar to the way that the solar panels convert light into electric energy.
The dimensions of the prototipeve current, they are small, with dimensions of 10 mm x 10 mm with a thickness of up to 0.5 mm. As a material, the more the firm is known for the man from diamond ensures that the radiation emitted by the carbon-14 cannot be removed, which makes the battery safe for human consumption and for the environment.
In addition to medical devices, batteries, diamond can be used in areas of extreme, where the replacement of the battery potential is impractical, such as in space, or in an emergency situation.
Professor Tom Scott from the University of Bristol, said: “our Technology mikrofuqisë can support a wide range of application of the important thing, the technology of space on devices, and security.
Moreover, the production of these batteries is the solution to the disposal of the residues from nuclear power. Carbon-14 is generated in the blocks of graphite is blasted into several thermal power plants, the separation of nuclear power. By extracting carbon-14 in these materials is reduced with the aim of them, and simplified storage and safe waste management.
Neil Fox from the School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol stated that, while the carbon-14, it may be dangerous if swallowed or, dealt with direct isolation of his own within the diamantit ensure that there is no risk to people. The batteries in the diamantit will not only provide a source of energy, the long-term, but it also helps in the reduction of the environmental impact associated with the production and disposal of the batteries in the traditional.
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