The world's first nuclear-diamond battery uses carbon-14, which has a half-life of 5,700 years, to power devices.

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking battery using radioactive diamond technology that can generate electricity for ...

So many of our devices rely on batteries. However, they typically have a short lifespan, adding to the issue with waste ...

The carbon-14 diamond battery provides a way to better utilize the carbon-14 produced as nuclear waste in nuclear power plants, which originates from graphite. The team behind the diamond batter ...

This means a single carbon-14 diamond battery could theoretically run for ... seeded with trace amounts of carbon-14 obtained from nuclear facilities. This is where the term "diamond battery ...

“Obviously, solar energy conversion technology cannot operate at night or in bad weather,ut by storing the energy of sunlight as the chemical energy of fuel materials, it is possible to use the energy ...

Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Bristol University have created what they say is the world's first carbon-14 diamond battery, which has the potential to power devices for thousands of ...

The diamond battery, in addition to utilities, addresses another problem in nuclear waste: Carbon-14-from graphite blocks in nuclear reactors-is extractable and could be repurposed for safe disposal ...

In a statement on December 4, 2024, a research team from the University of Bristol and the UKAEA reported that they had 'successfully developed the world's first carbon-14 diamond battery.' ...

If a diamond battery had existed at the dawn of human civilisation around 4,000BC, it would still have around half of its charge left. Nuclear fusion experts at the Government’s UK Atomic Energy ...

Credit: University of Bristol The world's first nuclear-powered battery, which uses a radioactive isotope embedded in a diamond, could power small devices for thousands of years, scientists say.

The carbon-14 diamond battery leverages the radioactive decay ... batteries is extracted from graphite blocks, a byproduct of nuclear fission reactors. By repurposing this radioactive material ...