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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Couldn't we have a lead box lined with these radiation to electricity converters with a small amount of radioactive material in the center, and have an energy generating device that would last for thousands or even millions of years? Imagine putting the sun in a box lined with solar cells, but on a much smaller scale.

Is there a reason this wouldn't work?

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[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago

There is the nano/nuclear diamond battery thing too, which is supposed to work like this but apparently produces very little energy if any

[-] mranachi@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago

https://ndb.technology/

I worked up the energy to google. Turns out it's not a photovoltaic (gamma-voltaic?) anyway, it's a betavoltaic. I guess that makes more sense than the rubbish capture cross section of high energy light.

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