Self-powered nano-scintillators for energy: miniaturized nuclear batteries
DESCRIPTION
This project aims at the development of a new-generation nuclear battery, based on the scintillation properties of colloidal perovskite nanocrystals, which exploits the scintillation mechanism for the conversion of the nuclear energy produced by a radioisotope to electricity, by coupling a scintillating material with a photovoltaic cell.
This approach allows to produce a stable, persistent, and long-lived green energy source, and to develop an efficient battery with a flexible design, which can be easily integrated in more structured devices. The scintillating nuclear battery can be coupled to low-powered sensors to obtain experimental data and to monitor and control in real-time high-impact infrastructures installed in remote and harsh environments, like submarine cable systems for the transport of energy, deep subsoil, deep space exploration and areas with high radioactivity risk.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Prototype of scintillating nuclear battery based on lead halide perovskite nanocrystals
TEAM
Francesca Cova, Matteo Zaffalon, Francesco Carulli, Sergio Brovelli, and Anna Vedda
CONTACTS
STATUS
In progress
UPDATE
PROJECT DURATION
18 months
GRANTS
45.000 €
YEAR OF ACTIVITY (IPF)
2021
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