Re:Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries
by montalbano on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:31PM
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Indeed the title is not great. I assume that by 'near infinite power' they mean in duration, not magnitude.
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Re:Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries
by wlesieutre on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:18PM
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Power is a measure of energy per time, so to get nitpicky about it that's the equivalent of saying "near infinite speed" about something that goes a mile per hour for a few thousand years.
It'll cover some distance, yeah, but it's not what I'd call speedy.
Re:Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries
by darkarmani on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:49PM
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> "Primarily though, they are best for devices requiring long lifetime, low power and where it is difficult to replace energy sources."
Infinite power or low power? I think they mean infinite energy. As in "The power went out".
Re:Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries
by juancn on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:08PM
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It's a lot anyway. Although peak power is not great.
Over 5000 years the output would be a few tera Joules of energy. The first prototype used nickel-63 (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_battery)
It could be interesting coupled with an ultra-capacitor, if you have something that has sporadic high energy demands, but not always. Think a remote sensor, or pace maker, or such devices that need a short spike of power, but on average the energy requirements are not huge.