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It's not heat-based. It's using betavoltaic cells, which is a non-thermal conversion process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_battery https://en.wikipedi
by kllrnohj 7y ago
It's not heat-based. It's using betavoltaic cells, which is a non-thermal conversion process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_battery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_battery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betavoltaic_device
- Dylan16807 7y agoOh, okay. I was just going on the article, and "absorbs any radiation and makes them safe" is a really bad way to explain that. It makes it sound like pure containment, not that it's also converting it to electricity.