Diamond batteries offer a safe, sustainable way to provide continuous microwatt levels of power.
Radioactive isotopes such as carbon-14 are unstable atoms that emit energy as they decay into a more stable element.
Semiconductors can conduct electricity under certain conditions.
A sample of the diamond carbon-14 battery.© University of Bristol
That should give you an idea of just how long a carbon-14 diamond battery can last.
The applications of this battery design are game-changing, according to the statement.
Its not just the medical and space field that stand to gain from its benefits, however.
She listed small satellites, computer chips, remote controls, and wrist watches as some day-to-day examples.
Bye bye to all lithium ion waste batteries, Sanni added.
When we have a clean battery like the diamond battery, that mitigates climate change.
The diamond battery might one day revolutionize the battery industry.
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