Converting heat into power

Gabriel — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:34:39 +0000

A new kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft. A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of making a high-temperature version of a kind of materials called photonic crystals, using metals such as tungsten or tantalum. The new materials — which can operate at temperatures up to […]

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A novel way to capture sun’s thermal energy

Gabriel — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:58:59 +0000

Most technologies for harnessing the sun’s energy capture the light itself, which is turned into electricity using photovoltaic materials. Others use the sun’s thermal energy, usually concentrating the sunlight with mirrors to generate enough heat to boil water and turn a generating turbine. A third, less common approach is to use the sun’s heat — […]

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Converting heat into power

A novel way to capture sun’s thermal energy