Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity. Materials kno... Read more
A new type of material generates electrical current very efficiently from temperature differences. This allows sensors and small processors to supply themselves with energy wirelessly. Therm... Read more
If thermoelectric materials can convert low-grade heat into electricity, we may never need to charge wearable technology at home again. At night, most of us plug in a jumble of wires and dev... Read more
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows. Imagine being able to power your car partly from the heat that its engine gives off. Or... Read more
New technology converts exhaust heat into electricity for vehicles and other applications. Prof. Son’s team has developed liquid-like TE materials that can be painted on almost any sur... Read more
Combining Concentrating Solar and Thermoelectric Materials Raises Efficiency Researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported a substantial ad... 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 manufacturing t... 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 efficient... Read more
“By modifying its composition in a very small way, we produced highly efficient thermoelectric materials.” By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of Michi... Read more
Its figure of merit (a rating for thermoelectric efficiency) is one of the highest ever recorded for a bulk material Thermoelectric materials work by converting differences in temperature in... Read more
The material can produce an electrical charge through temperature changes Researchers at the Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have developed... Read more
Replacing the expensive material should allow the process to eventually create thermoelectrics as cheap as paint. Thermoelectric materials are also currently used in the type of coole... Read more
Thermoelectric materials offer the potential to harness electricity from otherwise wasted heat. Continuing research in the field could yield applications scavenging energy from vehicle exhau... Read more
Composites are combinations of materials that produce properties inaccessible in any one material. A classic example of a composite is fiberglass — plastic fibers woven with glass to a... Read more
