@somhrsh
Even more cheaper diamonds, lets go
@glawenclattuc3127
You can make these batteries out of spent nuclear fuel. If you layer up super thin layers of nuclear material and graphine you can make a tiny battery that will last for centuries. You can also make spent nuclear fuel into thermal power cells by encasing the nuclear material in a thick layer of glass, and the glass will absorb the radiation becoming hot, which you can then convert into power with a steam turbine.
@eadeyw
Every day we get closer to Dr.Stone
@geggatron9351
Isnt this how RTGs work (if I remember correclty), taking radiation from a radioactive material and through some process basically made power straight from radiation, but still not alot of power output, like this battery
@WackyEncapsulatedFruitCup
"Hey, I've seen this one before!" "What do you mean it's brand new!"
@eroseksmasina6017
pacemakers can gain energy from heartbeats thanks to Prof. Dagdeviren.
@Lmaoeth
They made the tesseract
@k4ma
radioactive isotope + pacemakers... sounds great, LETS GO!
@yxngsellei
There is probably a way to implement this into a form, where it could output more power. Making ultra-thin sheets of the semiconductor panels is possible, and it could be layered up in series and parallel, in a way that makes a functioning battery. Or even “doping” the carbon-14 isotopes into the crystal structure of the semiconductors on an atomic level could work some way.
@etienne8110
Long lasting batteries do exist already. Plutonium batteries (working on the same principle) were used to power implanted pacemakers and heart defibrillators. They could harness more voltage and last just as long.
@LASERPRIMEE
Gotta love the Transfomers reference
@the_red_gamer
Imagine people in the future with 10 years of battery left will be like "oh sh;t I need to charge my phone"
@LibertyMediaArts
Old technology and inaccurate. Turns out these batteries are unbelievably expensive to make and the voltage drops over time to a point that makes them unusable.
@loremaster63
I've been waiting for this for 3 centuries now. Finally
@redtsun67
In Dr. Stone, the futuristic Medusa Devices are powered by diamond batteries.
@SerangelROM
Even if the output is small on an individual level, you can still make large banks of these that can use another storage method that charges during low demand and outputs during high demand. Even if these dont completely offset energy demands, taking off even as little as 10% would be a major improvement for a home.
@SirDamatoIII
Finally a use for diamonds. We have an unending supply, with De Beers sitting on tons of them to artificially limit the supply (they have a legal monopoly world wide), and keep the price high. It has no real second hand value (try selling one back to the jeweler).
@atomicnectar
That’s a great point about using this tech for pacemakers or small electronics for surgeries
@LimoDieFlasche
"breakthrough" being a technology used in the oldest spaceprobe still online ._. Just cause they use Carbon-14 now instead of a different radioactive isotope, I wouldn't really call it a breakthrough
@NickTheShark_