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Well, based on the characteristics Wikipedia quotes for Pu-238 radioisotope thermal generators, they can store about 10^8 times as much energy (per unit volume)
by teraflop 12y ago
Well, based on the characteristics Wikipedia quotes for Pu-238 radioisotope thermal generators, they can store about 10^8 times as much energy (per unit volume) as lithium-ion batteries. So that's a lower bound.
- deeviant 12y agoYes, but they actually provide a very small amount of current per weight, as it's just a decay pile creating heat which is then fed into a TEC, which have very low efficiency (like really low something well below 10%).
- teraflop 12y agoYup. It's all a matter of what you want to optimize for.