Combining Concentrating Solar and Thermoelectric Materials Raises Efficiency Researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported a subs... Read more
A 195-year-old discovery is behind a new system that will save vehicles hundreds of litres of fuel and reduce their carbon emissions by as much as 1,000 tonnes per year. Working wi... Read more
Materials that change temperature in response to mechanical stress could make possible solid-state refrigerators that are not only more efficient than traditional vapor compression... Read more
One strategy for addressing the world’s energy crisis is to stop wasting so much energy when producing and using it One strategy for addressing the world’s energy crisis is to stop... Read more
More than two-thirds of the energy from primary sources like oil and gas utilized worldwide today is lost through waste heat. Half-Heusler compounds are especially suited for manuf... Read more
Highly Efficient New Design, Described in “Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy,” Converts Heat and Solar Energy into Electricity Through a process known as ther... Read more
Highly-efficient thermoelectric devices are expected to provide clean energy technology-needs of the hour for US energy sustainability A team of Clemson University physicists consi... Read more
At the Vienna University of Technology, a new class of thermoelectric materials has been discovered. Due to a surprising physical effect they can be used to create electricity more... Read more
