The Russians invented a nuclear battery, which has 12 years

A young researcher from Tomsk Dmitry Prokopyev has invented a nuclear battery, which can operate in various devices up to 12 years without charging. The opening of the graduate student of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), has little power, so it can be used in electronic devices with low energopotrebleniem.

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Prokopiev placed in a sealed enclosure filled with tritium, gallium arsenide 3D detector. Device preobrazovany energy beta particles emitted by tritium, into electrical current. Already have nuclear batteries of the same type, but they use a silicon detector. Under the action of radiation, they pretty quickly lose their properties.



The main advantage of the invention Prokop think for a long time. 12 years a half-time of tritium. The functional properties of the batteries with silicon detectors start to become worse after 3 years of operation.

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