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military and
space applications.
Betavoltaics were
invented in the 1970s. Some
pacemakers in the 1970s used
betavoltaics based on promethium, but were phased...
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devices are
called alphavoltaic (AV, αV),
betavoltaic (BV, βV) and/or
gammavoltaic (GV, γV).
Betavoltaics have
traditionally received the most attention...
- Due to its
longer half-life, 14C
betavoltaics may have an
advantage in
service life when
compared to
other betavoltaics using tritium or nickel. However...
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NanoTritium batteries are ultra-low-power, long-life
betavoltaic devices developed by City Labs, Inc.
These nanowatt-to-microwatt
batteries utilize the...
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Betacel is
considered to be the
first commercially successful betavoltaic battery. It was
developed in the
early 1970s by
Larry C.
Olsen at the American...
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reactors and in
hydrogen bombs.
Tritium has also been used
commercially in
betavoltaic devices such as
NanoTritium batteries.
Tritium was
first detected in...
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forms of
geothermal power plants.
Niche applications for
methods like
betavoltaics or
chemical power conversion (including electrochemistry) are only of...
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commonly used in
tritium luminescence, and in the
related field of
betavoltaics (but not
similar to
radium luminescence). The
electroweak force is believed...
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electrode more reliable. It is
being investigated as a
power source for
betavoltaic batteries.
Around 27% of all
nickel production is used for engineering...
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neutrinoless 2β has
never been observed.
Common beta
emitters Neutrino Betavoltaics Particle radiation Radionuclide Tritium illumination, a form of fluorescent...
