Ngokutsho kwe-UK Atomic Energy Authority, abaphandi abavela kwi-arhente kunye neYunivesithi yaseBristol baye badala ngempumelelo ibhetri yokuqala ye-carbon-14 yedayimani yehlabathi. Olu hlobo lutsha lwebhetri lunobomi obunokubakho bamawakawaka eminyaka kwaye kulindeleke ukuba lube ngumthombo wamandla ohlala ixesha elide.
USarah Clarke, umlawuli we-tritium fuel cycle kwi-UK Atomic Energy Authority, wathi lo buchwephesha obuvelayo obusebenzisa iidayimani ezenziweyo ukugubungela isixa esincinci se-carbon-14 ukubonelela ngokuqhubekayo amandla e-microwatt-level ngendlela ekhuselekileyo nezinzileyo.
Le bhetri yedayimani isebenza ngokusebenzisa ukubola kweradioactive ye-radioactive isotope carbon-14 ukuvelisa amanqanaba aphantsi ombane. Ubomi besiqingatha se-carbon-14 malunga ne-5,700 iminyaka. Idayimane isebenza njengeqokobhe lokukhusela i-carbon-14, iqinisekisa ukhuseleko ngelixa igcina amandla ayo okuvelisa amandla. Isebenza ngokufanayo kwiipaneli zelanga, kodwa endaweni yokusebenzisa amasuntswana okukhanya (iifotoni), iibhetri zedayimane zibamba ii-electron ezihamba ngokukhawuleza kwisakhiwo sedayimani.
Ngokweemeko zesicelo, olu hlobo olutsha lwebhetri lunokusetyenziswa kwizixhobo zonyango ezifana nokufakelwa kwamehlo, izixhobo zokuva kunye ne-pacemakers, ukunciphisa isidingo sokutshintshwa kwebhetri kunye neentlungu zezigulane.
Ukongeza, ifanelekile kwiindawo ezingqongileyo ezigqithisileyo eMhlabeni nakwindawo. Umzekelo, ezi bhetri zinokunika amandla izixhobo ezifana neethegi zerediyo ezisebenzayo (RF), ezisetyenziselwa ukulandelela nokuchonga izinto ezifana neziphekepheke okanye izinto ezihlawulwayo. Kuthiwa iibhetri ze-carbon-14 zedayimani zinokusebenza amashumi eminyaka ngaphandle kokutshintshwa, okwenza kube yinto ethembisayo yemishini yendawo kunye nezicelo zomhlaba ezikude apho ukutshintshwa kwebhetri yendabuko kungenakwenzeka.