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07/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook
New prototype nuclear battery packs 10x more energy than commercial chemical cells
A troika of Russian research institutes have developed a new battery that use nuclear material as its energy source. In a Phys.org article, the prototype cell can store 10 times more energy than its chemical equivalents on the commercial market. The nuclear battery use nickel-63, a radioactive isotope of nickel. Their diodes are made from high-grade diamonds. […]
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