Piezonuclear battery

Patent Application · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5138038

Bongianni, W L

This invention, a piezonuclear battery generates output power arising from the piezoelectric voltage produced from radioactive decay particles interacting with a piezoelectric medium. Radioactive particle energy may directly create an acoustic wave in the piezoelectric medium or a moderator may be used to generate collision particles for interacting with the medium. In one embodiment a radioactive material ({sup 252}Cf) with an output of about 1 microwatt produced a 12 nanowatt output (1.2% conversion efficiency) from a piezoelectric copolymer of vinylidene fluoride/trifluroethylene.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7597227
• Application Number: ON: DE92016380; PPN: US 7-597227
• OSTI ID: 5138038
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 15 Oct 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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