C-14 Diamond Battery

News: Scientists from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have developed the world’s first Carbon-14 diamond battery. 

About Carbon 14 Diamond Battery 

• It employs the radioactive decay of Carbon-14, which has a half-life of 5,700 years, to generate electricity. 
• It is placed in a case of diamond, providing it with strength and resilience.  
• The diamond encasing ensures that short range radiation emitted by Carbon 14 does not leak. 
• The battery works like a solar panel, but instead of using photons (light particle), it captures fast moving electrons from within the diamond structure to generate electricity. 

Potential Applications  Healthcare  Can be employed to power pacemakers, ocular devices and hearing devices.  Space missions  Long lasting power of diamond batteries supports prolonged operations of spacecrafts and satellites.  Powering a radio frequency tag in space.