Preface
The battery that can continue to generate electricity for 50 years has been researched by Beijing's Betavolt New Energy Technology!
This news came out, attracted a lot of attention, according to the introduction of betavolt, this battery is a new type of civilian nuclear battery, during use, not only do not need to carry out battery life and maintenance, this battery also has a steady stream of power generation, up to 50 years, just like a small battery "perpetual motion machine".
So, is this civilian nuclear battery really so powerful?
Ultra-durable battery with unlimited battery life
Betavolt is a new energy technology company registered in 2021, and its main business is electronic components, electrical equipment and other businesses.
There are many such companies in Beijing, but I didn't expect Betvolt to soar from it, and on January 8, 2024, it was announced on the official website that it had developed a "nuclear energy battery" that could be used for civilian use.
In addition to everyone's surprise, this battery has entered the pilot stage, as long as the process is successfully detected, it is not far from the market.
That's right, it is the nuclear battery made of nuclear power as kinetic energy, and the nuclear battery that can be used for civilian use has entered the pilot test.
In the minds of many people, nuclear energy can not only create powerful nuclear bombs, but also cause serious effects on the human body and the ecological environment when a nuclear power plant leaks.
However, there are two sides to the story, as long as it can be used properly, nuclear energy can not only "convince people with virtue", it is also a green and sustainable energy source.
One of them is the nuclear battery, which is a special power supply device that works by allowing radioactive isotopes in the decay process to convert the emitted heat rays into electrical energy through semiconductor transducers.
Therefore, the composition of several large parts of the nuclear battery is to wrap the thermoelectric converter and the radioisotope source and radiation shielding layer with the outer shell of the battery, and because the radioisotope source contains strong radiation, it is in the innermost position of the nuclear battery, in order to prevent radiation leakage when it continues to operate.
After all, this is a nuclear battery, in addition to stuffing the radioisotope source into the innermost, it cannot guarantee that there is really no nuclear radiation leakage, and the radiation shielding layer is the second layer of solid protection, for the physical and mental safety of users, the radiation shielding layer is made of materials that can block radioactivity, or made of heavy metals, and the wrapping is very tight, just to prevent the leakage of things that should not appear.
The outermost battery shell is the last protection, while protecting the inner core, it will also prevent the battery from being evacuated in time due to excessive temperature during operation, therefore, the battery shell also plays a role in heat dissipation, so as to ensure that the battery can work for a long time without producing too high temperature.
Such a fine nuclear battery, its size is very small, only 15155 cubic millimeters, compared with our commonly used lithium batteries, it not only becomes smaller and more exquisite, but the efficiency contained in the battery is not inferior to much larger than it.
Among them, the core radioisotope, when it decays, the process of producing energy is not only very long-lasting, but also provides a very stable energy output, and the service life is greatly improved.
Lithium batteries need to be kept in an environment where they are stored, and for nuclear batteries, as long as they are checked on a daily basis and there are no leaks, they can continue to work.
In addition to the charging time of lithium batteries is very slow, and after starting to use, the longer they are used, the more the battery stock will be used, and the battery will wear out over time until the last trace of energy is exhausted, and it has to be replaced.
Moreover, lithium batteries are dying, and in just a few years, whether it is life or efficiency or whatever, nuclear batteries have taken the lead.
Then someone may ask again, if nuclear batteries have been used for so many years. Is there really a guarantee that there won't be a little radiation leaking out of it?
The history of nuclear batteries
Although this battery has many benefits, there are still many people who are nostalgic about it because it has the word "nuclear" in its name.
Doesn't it really bring a little radiation to the human body?
Although the battery is called a nuclear battery, the energy source of this battery mainly depends on β particles.
When the radioactive isotope nickel-63 decays, the current is generated by the β particles emitted in it into the semiconductor, and from a scientific point of view, it does not decay into uranium, so we can keep our hearts in our stomachs and not worry about whether we will be exposed to nuclear radiation.
In addition, even if nickel is radioactive, its penetrating power is very weak, and its rays can be easily blocked, and this battery is just to prevent radiation leakage, and the protective measures made are more cautious layer by layer, therefore, the threat of this battery is greatly reduced, and it can be used as a daily ordinary battery.
For the research of nuclear batteries, as early as the last century, some people have studied this, but at that time, people's control of nuclear energy was far less than now, and the original scientific and technological means were also a little backward, so the nuclear batteries made were very unsatisfactory.
In 1959, although an American really studied the battery of radioisotopes, but because the battery was so big, a battery could weigh more than three pounds?
However, a small setback can not discourage people's attachment to it, the United States is a little obsessed with nuclear batteries, you know, on the Apollo in the United States, there is a nuclear battery operating on it, driven by plutonium-238, capable of outputting up to 63 watts of power, which is really powerful.
However, the technology at that time still failed to compress the nuclear battery very precisely, and the weight of the nuclear battery used in the spacecraft directly reached 31 kilograms, although the power is not small, but it can only last for a year, and then it is scrapped.
Under the influence of too much energy and money, but too little gain, nuclear batteries were bulky and huge, expensive to manufacture but too short to last, and under the influence of these factors, nuclear batteries were not sought after at that time.
However, the current technology and development technology have become very advanced, and the weight of nuclear batteries has changed from kilograms to millimeters, which can be said to have formed a qualitative leap.
epilogue
We believe that in the future, the popularity of nuclear batteries will become more widespread, and with the maturity of production technology, we ordinary people will be able to use it one day.
In this way, the environmental pollution caused by lithium batteries will also be greatly reduced, and nuclear batteries, like new energy electric vehicles now, not only have efficient battery life, but also contribute to a green life.