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Oops... See that's why I ask a scientist... Just out of curiosity are the beta particles produced by decaying tritium particularly energetic. Would a thin aluminum housing do the trick or do I need a block of lead. (Wish I could find the original source that gave me this idea)

If I understand (if I actually do) the issue is low power output for small sized packages. Thus if you wanted a portable beta-voltaic power source the current potential at any given moment is low but the voltage can be (relatively) hi. Thus you have the perfect instrument for charging a...

Greetings all I am a science fiction writer not by any means a scientist. None the less tritium Ion batteries (beta-voltaics in general) have fascinated me for a while. I have postulated a power cell that uses Tritium gas surrounded by a spherical collector array. Now knowing that energy...