Abstract:
Due to its irreplaceable and great strategic significance in specific application fields, radioisotope battery has been widely concerned by governments, academia and industry of advanced countries. This paper introduces application status of radioisotope batteries and mainly overviews the radioisotope batteries from several aspects of development history, latest development and technical bottleneck, and then expounds its enlightenment on the development of Chinese radioisotope batteries. It points out the priority R&D directions and puts forward some practical suggestions in order to rapid overtake and achieve a world-class isotope battery technology.