Shweta Jain
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Posted 6 year ago
Can we use radioactive species in the battery?
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Seema Kumari
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Posted 6 year ago Seema Kumari Gurushala Teacher Coach

Radioactive isotopes used in nuclear batteries have half-lives ranging from tens to hundreds of years, so their power output remains nearly constant for a very long time. Unfortunately, the power density of betavoltaic cells is significantly lower than that of their galvanic counterparts.