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Neutrinos and the
Future of Energy

From the fundamental particle to a new form of energy supply — how neutrino science can open a long-term, resilient and complementary source of clean electricity.

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Technology

What is Neutrinovoltaic Technology?

Every place on Earth is crossed, day and night, by a continuous flow of energy. Neutrinovoltaic technology uses engineered nanomaterials to convert part of it into direct current, from five inputs at once: neutrino interactions, cosmic muons, electromagnetic radiation, thermal fluctuations and mechanical vibrations. Neutrinos gave the field its name, but they are one input among several. The device works where it stands — independent of sunlight, wind or weather.

Asymmetric layers of graphene and doped silicon give these small, fluctuating responses a preferred direction, which turns a flicker into a current.

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Illustration: floating stack of thin, alternating nanomaterial layers
  • GrapheneA single layer of carbon atoms
  • Doped siliconLayered asymmetrically with graphene
  • Layer by layerThe sequence repeats through the stack

The particle

The Neutrino: From Missing Energy to Measured Particle

The neutrino was postulated in 1930 to explain “missing energy” in radioactive decay. After its experimental detection in 1956, it became a key particle in modern physics. Today we know that neutrinos are abundant, come in three types (flavours) and have a small, non-zero mass. They interact only very weakly with matter and can pass through entire planets almost unhindered — which makes them difficult to detect, and at the same time promising for innovative applications such as energy conversion.

In 2015, Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald received the Nobel Prize in Physics for showing that neutrinos oscillate between flavours. In 2026 the prize went to Francis Halzen for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from beyond our galaxy.

The fundamentals
  1. 1930Postulatedto explain “missing energy” in radioactive decay
  2. 1956Detectedexperimentally, a key particle in modern physics
  3. 2015Nobel Prize in PhysicsTakaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald: neutrinos oscillate between flavours
  4. 2026Nobel Prize in PhysicsFrancis Halzen: IceCube and high-energy neutrinos from beyond our galaxy

From Interaction to Electricity

A neutrino carries no electric charge and interacts only through the weak force and gravity. In 2017 the COHERENT experiment observed coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering for the first time, showing that neutrinos transfer measurable momentum to atomic nuclei. In a suitable material these small, constant energy transfers — together with electromagnetic fields and thermal motion — create mobile charge carriers, which are collected and guided by a layered device structure to generate a continuous electrical current. The accounting for this is the Schubart Master Formula: usable output can never exceed the power that is actually coupled in.

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The Energy Architecture Transition

Neutrinovoltaics does not replace existing renewable sources, but complements them within a more resilient and diversified energy system. Its key strengths are continuous availability, a compact and scalable design and broad potential applications — from decentralized power supplies to the reliable operation of critical infrastructure. In this architecture the grid stays as connection, reserve and balancing layer, but it is no longer a precondition for every single kilowatt-hour. As part of a long-term energy architecture, it can help to increase supply security and technological independence.

People

Pioneers of Neutrino Science

From Wolfgang Pauli's postulate in 1930 to the Nobel Prizes of 2015 and 2026: the people whose ideas and experiments shaped neutrino science. Each portrait leads to a profile.

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Nobel Prize Research on Neutrinos

Watch popular videos about neutrinos: what they are, how they can be converted to electricity and which scientists are involved in the development.

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