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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Shanxue Xi ◽  
Haijun Li ◽  
Linxiang Li ◽  
Kun Wu ◽  
Guangwei Huang ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 104084
Author(s):  
Carla Daruich de Souza ◽  
Jong Bun Kim ◽  
Jin Joo Kim ◽  
Jin Kim ◽  
Wanook Ji ◽  
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Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4385
Author(s):  
Jacopo Buongiorno ◽  
Ben Carmichael ◽  
Bradley Dunkin ◽  
John Parsons ◽  
Dirk Smit

We introduce the concept of the nuclear battery, a standardized, factory-fabricated, road transportable, plug-and-play micro-reactor. Nuclear batteries have the potential to provide on-demand, carbon-free, economic, resilient, and safe energy for distributed heat and electricity applications in every sector of the economy. The cost targets for nuclear batteries in these markets are 20–50 USD/MWht (6–15 USD/MMBTU) and 70–115 USD/MWhe for heat and electricity, respectively. We present a parametric study of the nuclear battery’s levelized cost of heat and electricity, suggesting that those cost targets are within reach. The cost of heat and electricity from nuclear batteries is expected to depend strongly on core power rating, fuel enrichment, fuel burnup, size of the onsite staff, fabrication costs and financing. Notional examples of cheap and expensive nuclear battery designs are provided.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Li ◽  
Jiaxin Chen ◽  
Dandan Yang ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Dongling Geng ◽  
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AbstractFluorescent type nuclear battery consisting of scintillator and photovoltaic device enables semipermanent power source for devices working under harsh circumstances without instant energy supply. In spite of the progress of device structure design, the development of scintillators is far behind. Here, a Cs3Cu2I5: Mn scintillator showing a high light yield of ~67000 ph MeV−1 at 564 nm is presented. Doping and intrinsic features endow Cs3Cu2I5: Mn with robust thermal stability and irradiation hardness that 71% or >95% of the initial radioluminescence intensity can be maintained in an ultra-broad temperature range of 77 K-433 K or after a total irradiation dose of 2590 Gy, respectively. These superiorities allow the fabrication of efficient and stable nuclear batteries, which show an output improvement of 237% respect to the photovoltaic device without scintillator. Luminescence mechanisms including self-trapped exciton, energy transfer, and impact excitation are proposed for the anomalous dramatic radioluminescence improvement. This work will open a window for the fields of nuclear battery and radiography.


Author(s):  
Haibo Zeng ◽  
Dandan Yang ◽  
Zhiheng Xu ◽  
Chunhui Gong ◽  
Xiaoming Li ◽  
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One of the main reasons for the stability issue of inorganic perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) is the fragile protection of surface ligands. Here, an armor-like passivation strategy is proposed to...


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