Betavolt says its diamond nuclear battery can power devices for 50 years

https://newatlas.com/ ^ | January 16, 2024 | David Szondy

[jonrick46]

"I don’t know about the problems with scaling it up in size."

I imagine the cost of the diamond could be huge if it were used in anything of any size.

[MV=PY]

A link to a Honda commercial...?

[Blood of Tyrants]

If I understand, the diamond is lab grown and chemically deposited on the substrate.

[jonrick46]

Diamond material is being used to make semiconductors. The cost for that material is extremely high. Synthetically produced diamond material for semiconductor research has a price tag about 10,000 times that of silicon. Another issue is the small size of diamond wafers, with the largest commercially available size smaller than 10 square millimeters. Doping the material using ion implantation is difficult, and the material’s charge-carrier activation becomes less efficient at room temperature.

[from occupied ga]

Doesn’t say how much it costs. Just guessing but I expect it costs more than $9.99 or $99.99 or $999.99, maybe less than $9999.99.

[Openurmind]

Yes, it can generate an electric current.

“So can a potato.”

You can shove a copper cathode and a graphite or zinc anode in the dirt about an inch apart out in your yard, wet it with some water, and get almost 2 volts. Works best in high alkali soils of course.

[Boomer]

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Your point?

[FreedomPoster]

Do you think spraying water on that RORO was doing anything useful? If so, how?

[Boomer]

At most it lowered the temperature. Other than that, probably nothing.

[epluribus_2]

Actually, I did not intend the double entendre! LOL myself.

[FreedomPoster]

Precisely. And that RORO was a write off either way.

Like I said, . . .