Authors:Kenneth E. Bower, Yuri A. Barbanel, Yuri G. Shreter,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: microbatteries, radioisotope, voltaics, phosphors, polymers
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2002-06-19
List price: $404.95
ISBN-10: 0849309158
ISBN-13: 9780849309151

Representing the collective effort of over 30 leading scientists in Russia and the United States, this is the first book written solely on the subject of nuclear batteries. It presents a rich historical discussion and original research on the conversion of nuclear materials into electrical power, which can then be harvested to make long-lasting, more energy efficient batteries. With this technology, power-matched supplies would last decades - even centuries - using safe, direct, long-life, stable, integrated electric power from the highest energy density source available.Polymers, Phosphors, a