Abstract:
STATESANDFUTURETRENDSOFTHESTUDIESOFRADIOISOTOPICBATTERIESWangTieshanZhangBaoguo(InstituteofModernPhysics,theChineseAcademyofSciences,Lanzhou730000)ABSTRACTThehistoryandcurrentsituationofradioisotopicbateriesarereviewed,withtheem-phasisontheintroductionofvariouspower-generationmechanismsbynucleardecayenergy.Thenewlydevelopedtheoriesandthenewlymadeprogresarepresented.Morethanthat,aninsightisgivenintotheprospectandfuturedirectionofthisfield.Keywordsradioisotopicbaterydecayenergymechanismofpowergeneration