News tagged with thermoelectric devices
Turning heat to electricity... efficiently
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency. But new research points the way ...
New 'electronic glue' promises less expensive semiconductors
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Chicago and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed an "electronic glue" that could accelerate advances in semiconductor-based technologies, including solar cells ...
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Physicist addresses international forum on thermoelectric energy
Oct 03, 2007 |
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Energy lost from hot engines could save billions of dollars if it could be captured and converted into electricity via thermoelectric devices, Clemson University physicist Terry Tritt told scientists gathered in Dallas for ...
Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. ...
A new material could act as a nanofridge for microchips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 08, 2008 |
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In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in ...
Silicon superlattices: New waves in thermoelectricity
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a new method for using nanoscale silicon that could improve devices that convert thermal energy into electrical energy.
Electricity from the exhaust pipe
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car's electronic systems. This cuts fuel consumption and helps reduce ...
Promising new material that could improve gas mileage
Oct 09, 2008 |
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With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car.
Quantum Dot Thin Films With Goal to Increase Thermoelectric Efficiencies
Mar 07, 2005 |
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Evident Technologies announced it has received an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant from the Office of Strategic Defense for a project to develop a high performance thermoelectric material using Evident’s proprietary ...
Researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products — from semiconductors ...
Thermoelectric materials are 1 key to energy savings
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Breathing new life into an old idea, MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus and co-workers are developing innovative materials for controlling temperatures that could lead to substantial energy savings by allowing ...
Feeling the Heat: Berkeley Researchers Make Thermoelectric Breakthrough in Silicon Nanowires
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...
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