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Thermoelectrics doped for better performance Researchers have discovered how to boost the performance of lead telluride, a thermoelectric material that converts heat into electricity: just add thallium.   |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
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Thallium Doping Boosts Thermoelectrics Bad for people, but good for energy conversion |
Chemistry World
April 2011 |
Waste Not, Want Not Modern devices waste a lot of energy as heat, noise and vibration. Here's a look at a new breed of energy scavenging materials that could recapture some of it. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Neil Savage |
Silicon Nanowires Turn Heat to Electricity Thermoelectric converters could tap waste heat from power plants and microchips. |
Technology Research News
April 7, 2004 |
Material boosts thermoelectricity A new family of thermoelectric semiconductor materials have a ZT factor (a formula that includes thermal power, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and temperature) which may be high enough for practical electricity generation. |
Chemistry World
March 20, 2013
Harriet Brewerton |
Period heat source gives thermoelectric power a boost Scientists in the US have found a way to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric power generators -- devices designed to convert heat directly into electricity. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh |
Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Neil Savage |
Random Nanostructure Boosts Thermoelectric Power Efficiency increase opens the door to many new applications for thermoelectric converters. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
A Silicon Surprise Two teams of US scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that could convert waste heat back into electricity. |
Technology Research News
June 1, 2005 |
Going Nano Boosts Thermoelectrics Thermoelectric materials take advantage of the temperature difference between a pair of materials that conduct electricity. Researchers have shown how a thermoelectric material should be designed to reach its maximum possible efficiency. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
Technology Would Power Cars with Auto Exhaust Developed by GM and Purdue University, system harvests heat from engine exhaust to generate electricity. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2011
Eliza Strickland |
Thermoelectrics Get Cooler Start-ups are advancing solid-state cooling systems |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Electricity at your fingertips Scientists in South Korea have made a conducting polymer as part of a thin-film thermoelectric device that can generate electricity from the temperature difference between your fingertips and the environment. |
Chemistry World
May 3, 2011
James Urquhart |
Turning heat into electricity with polymers Swedish researchers have improved the thermoelectric efficiency of an organic conducting polymer by controlling the material's oxidation level, boosting the prospect of developing cheap, flexible and lightweight organic thermoelectric devices |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009
Willie D. Jones |
Intel-led Team Demonstrates First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Refrigerator An integrated thermoelectric device cools a hot spot on a much larger chip |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2013
Matthew Smith |
Cobalt redox couple boosts thermoelectric cells Scientists in Australia have improved a technology that recycles waste heat into useable energy by using ionic liquids containing cobalt redox couples as the electrolytes in thermoelectric cells. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2013
Rowan Frame |
Thermoelectric cost analysis Scientists from the US have derived a metric to analyze the cost of power generation using thermoelectric technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Alexander Hellemans |
Thermal Transistor: The World's Tiniest Refrigerator Thermal transistors refrigerate one electron at a time and physicists plan to compute with heat. |
Food Processing
July 2010 |
New Food Rollout: July 2010 Yummy treats to help beat the heat. |
