I remember reading somewhere on Keelynet about a battery design made from a
solar cell sandwiched between two plates coated with radium. The idea was
that the solar cell would convert the glow? to electricity . This sounds
like a relatively easy experiment if a source of radium can be found such as
the paint used in older watch faces for the glow in the dark numerals, which
doesn't sound to hard there is a antique mall near my home and I am sure I
could acquire some broken watch parts possibly including radium coated watch
faces but before I shell out any cash I would like to hear the opinions of
others on this device. Do you think this would work? If it does why aren't
we using them in our laptops? Imagine an atomic battery that could be
relatively harmless and provide 30 years of power. I know it would be low
voltage/current but it would be a start and with the right design you might
could use multiple solar cells to push the output up to a substantial
amount. Anyway feedback always welcome. Especially if there is some real
simple reason why this wouldn't work. I can only think that perhaps the
cell won't function from this type of radiation or that radium or at least
the small amount I would consider using won't put out a constant glow for an
extended period in complete darkness.
Hopefully this device will function as claimed. That would be neat just to
have around for inspiration for the quest.
Thanks,
crowekri