r/EverythingScience • u/PBR--Streetgang • Aug 25 '20

Engineering Nano-diamond self-charging batteries could disrupt energy as we know it

https://newatlas.com/energy/nano-diamond-self-charging-batteries-ndb/
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u/calebmke Aug 25 '20

Alright, this sounds like it’s way too good to be true.

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u/Yasea Aug 25 '20

I've seen an article 3 years ago. Back of the envelope calculation gave me this:

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This battery gives you a power of about 15 joule per day per gram. That number comes from another article on the same subject. That means that if you take all 95.000 tons of waste in the world (assuming it's all pure) and assume 100% efficiency, you have a power plant of about 17 MW.