Ngokutsho kwe-UK Atomic Energy Authority, abaphandi abavela kwi-arhente nakwiYunivesithi yaseBristol baphumelele ekudaleni ibhetri yokuqala yedayimani ye-carbon-14 kwihlabathi liphela. Olu hlobo lutsha lwebhetri lunokuphila iminyaka engamawaka kwaye kulindeleke ukuba lube ngumthombo wamandla ohlala ixesha elide.
USarah Clarke, umlawuli womjikelo wamafutha e-tritium kwi-UK Atomic Energy Authority, uthe le yiteknoloji entsha esebenzisa iidayimani zokwenziwa ukusonga isixa esincinci se-carbon-14 ukubonelela ngamandla aqhubekayo kwinqanaba le-microwatt ngendlela ekhuselekileyo nezinzileyo.
Le bhetri yedayimani isebenza ngokusebenzisa ukubola kwe-radioactive isotope carbon-14 ukuvelisa amanqanaba aphantsi amandla ombane. Ubomi besiqingatha se-carbon-14 bumalunga neminyaka eyi-5,700. Idayimani isebenza njengeqokobhe elikhuselayo le-carbon-14, iqinisekisa ukhuseleko ngelixa igcina amandla ayo okuvelisa umbane. Isebenza ngendlela efanayo neepaneli zelanga, kodwa endaweni yokusebenzisa amasuntswana okukhanya (ii-photon), iibhetri zedayimani zibamba ii-electron ezihamba ngokukhawuleza kwisakhiwo sedayimani.
Ngokuphathelele iimeko zokusetyenziswa, olu hlobo lutsha lwebhetri lungasetyenziswa kwizixhobo zonyango ezifana nezixhobo zokufakelwa amehlo, izixhobo zokuva kunye nezixhobo zokunceda ukuncedisa ekuphumleni, nto leyo enciphisa isidingo sokutshintshwa kwebhetri kunye neentlungu zezigulane.
Ukongeza, ikwafanelekile nakwiindawo ezixineneyo eMhlabeni nasesibhakabhakeni. Umzekelo, ezi bhetri zinokunika amandla izixhobo ezifana neethegi zerediyo esebenzayo (RF), ezisetyenziselwa ukulandelela nokuchonga izinto ezifana neenqwelo-moya okanye imithwalo yomthwalo. Kuthiwa iibhetri zedayimani zekhabhoni-14 zinokusebenza amashumi eminyaka ngaphandle kokutshintshwa, nto leyo eyenza ukuba zibe lukhetho oluthembisayo kwimisebenzi yasesibhakabhakeni kunye nokusetyenziswa komhlaba okude apho ukutshintshwa kwebhetri yendabuko akunakwenzeka.