The design of a direct charge nuclear battery with high energy conversion efficiency

Wang, Xiaoyu; Han, Yuncheng; Zhang, Jiachen; Li, Tao‐Sheng; Zhao, Xueyan; Wu, Yican

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.03.040

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“…A lot of advancements in the technological development and miniaturized devices have made the human life as simple, easier and more comfortable. The electrical energy plays an important role in the modern lifestyle of humanity, and mostly, it is obtained from either renewable (wind [1], thermal [2], solar [3], nuclear [4]) or non-renewable sources (coal [5], oils [6], etc.) using different conversion technologies.…”

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Comprehensive Insight into the Mechanism, Material Selection and Performance Evaluation of Supercapatteries

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HIGHLIGHTS• This article reviewed the recent progress on material challenges, charge storage mechanism, and electrochemical performance evaluation of supercapatteries.• Supercapatteries bridge the gap between supercapacitors (low energy density) and batteries (low power density). Fig. 1 a Ragone plot of various electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices [43]. b Schematic illustration of charge storage mechanism of EDL capacitor in porous carbon electrode. c Representation of EDLC structures: Helmholtz model, Gouy-Chapman model and Gouy-Chapman-Stern model. Schematic representation of the charge storage mechanisms in pseudocapacitor; d Intercalation (bulk redox) and e surface redox Nano-Micro Lett.(2020) 12:85Page 5 of 46 85 Table 1 Classification of various energy storage devices according to their charge storage mechanisms NFCS non-Faradaic capacitive storage = EDLC storage, CFS capacitive Faradaic storage = pseudocapacitive storage, NCFS non-capacitive Faradaic storage = battery-type storage Device Supercapattery Battery Supercapacitor Hybrid supercapacitor EDLC Pseudocapacitors

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Comprehensive Insight into the Mechanism, Material Selection and Performance Evaluation of Supercapatteries

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“…76,77 Further numerical simulations indicated that a significant increase of the energy conversion from 63 Ni can be achieved by a different planar architecture, where the thickness of the source and of the collecting electrode are adequately modulated and made mutually compatible. Wang et al 78 assembled a direct charge battery with a both-side emitting, sub-micrometre thick 63 Ni source and with rather thick (160 μm) electrodes. The thickness of the electrodes, much larger than the range of the β-particles, enabled to collect the whole radiation emitted by the 63 Ni source.…”

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Nuclear batteries: Current context and near‐term expectations

Terranova

2022

Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary The batteries fuelled by radio‐isotopes have represented a significant technological solution for planetary science and exploration missions since the beginning of the space era. Now emerging researches and new concepts are making the nuclear batteries attractive also for relevant terrestrial applications. The present survey aims to summarize the evolution of technical programmes and to examine the multidisciplinary skills required to accelerate the transition of nuclear batteries from laboratory prototypes to fully functional systems.

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“…As a consequence, there is an increasing demand for batteries that provide significant energy densities and are also small, light, reliable, and autonomous [1,2]. For specific applications, such as remote monitoring, radars, satellites, spacecraft, and deep-water probes, the impossibility of recharging the power supply device is a factor that makes it difficult or even impossible to use traditional chemical batteries [3][4][5][6].…”

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“…In general, the thickness of these films can be on the micrometer or nanometer scale. Thin films can be produced with the deposition of a material on a specific surface (substrate), p. 4 using several methods, such as Electrodeposition [13], Sputtering [14], Electron-beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD) [15], and Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) [16].…”

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Development of a pulsed laser deposition system suitable for radioactive thin films growth

Machado,

Genezini,

Raele

2024

Braz. J. Rad. Sci.

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Radioactive thin films have a direct application in the development of beta-voltaic batteries. The main advantage of that kind of nuclear battery is its durability, which can range from a hundred years, depending on the half-life of the radioisotope used. In this context, Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is an important tool. A relevant aspect of a system using this technique is that the main equipment is outside the chamber where the material is processed. Consequently, this feature allows the growth of radioactive thin films, as it enables the development of an arrangement where the contaminated area is controlled. In this way, the present work proposed the development of a PLD system for the growth of radioactive thin films. The PLD system was then implemented and radioactive copper targets were processed for 60 min and 120 min, resulting in radioactive thin films with an average thickness of (167.8 ± 3.7) nm and (313.5 ± 9.2) nm, respectively. Then, a study was performed about the radioactive contamination spread in the PLD system in order to prove if the filtering implemented was effective in retaining the contamination inside the vacuum chamber. Thus, it is demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of using the PLD technique in the growth of radioactive thin films, making its use possible in future studies on the development of beta-voltaic nuclear batteries.

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The design of a direct charge nuclear battery with high energy conversion efficiency

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Comprehensive Insight into the Mechanism, Material Selection and Performance Evaluation of Supercapatteries

Comprehensive Insight into the Mechanism, Material Selection and Performance Evaluation of Supercapatteries

Nuclear batteries: Current context and near‐term expectations

Development of a pulsed laser deposition system suitable for radioactive thin films growth

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