convert heat to electricity – The InfoGreenGlobal https://infogreenglobal.com The InfoGreenGlobal Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:15:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How to convert waste heat to electricity at the nanoscale https://infogreenglobal.com/how-to-convert-waste-heat-to-electricity-at-the-nanoscale/ https://infogreenglobal.com/how-to-convert-waste-heat-to-electricity-at-the-nanoscale/#respond Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:37:11 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=1796 Scientists have discovered that a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa behaves quite unexpectedly at the nanoscale in response to changes in temperature. The discovery — described in the December 17, 2010, issue of Science — is a new “opposite-direction” phase transition that helps explain the strong thermoelectric response […]

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