Thermoelectricity

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Researchers have developed a thermoelectric material they claim is the best in the world at converting waste heat into electricity, providing the potential for thermoelectrics to enjoy more widespread adoption by industry.

Recent research in thermoelectric nanomaterials might lead to higher energy efficiency across the globe.

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Researchers have created an efficient new thermoelectric nanomaterial, that could be used to harvest waste heat for conversion into electricity.

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Researchers have created a thermoelectric material that should enable the conversion of 10 to 15 percent of waste heat into electricity.

Heat traveling along carbon nanotubes can drive electrons along to create an electrical current.

August 6, 2007 Previously ignored energy sources are being revisited as both the global will to conserve energy and the technological means to generate it radic