Japanese Thermoelectric Generator Yields Record Efficiency
Nowadays we can notice that a lot of devices and objects we use daily are becoming smarter every day. We can see this trend...
3D Printable Thin Film Thermoelectric Generator is Flexible Enough to Install Anywhere
Most energy systems are extremely inefficient, but flexible thermoelectric generators could recover some of that lost energy and put it back into the system.
If...
Fire-Powered Wifi Router in a Stone Aims to Take You Online in the Wild
A Wi-Fi router embedded in a 1.5-ton rock and powered by fire could keep you connected even in the deepest of forests.
Wireless networks are everywhere...
How to Build an Electricity-Producing Peltier Gasifier
A gasifier works by decomposing organic matter in an oxygen-free environment at high temperatures and then burning the hydrogen that results from that decomposition....
Body Heat to Electricity: German Scientists Working on Viable Design
German scientists have found a way of transforming body heat into electricity using thermoelectric devices. The discovery means that we may be able to...
Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Produce Electricity in the Dark
Scientists developed a new nanomaterial that can make solar cells generate electricity in the dark.
"Solar power generation in the dark? How is this possible?"...
The Spin Seebeck Effect to Offer Low-Loss Thermoelectric Effect
Eiji Saitoh experimented with a heated magnetized metal (nickel-iron), and found out that the electrons with up spins (aligned with the rod's magnetic field) created an agglomeration on the hot side, while the ones with down spins (unaligned to the rod's magnetic field), created an agglomeration on the cooler side.
GM to Research Shape Memory Alloy for Heat Recovery Systems
GM's R&D has to build a prototype of a thermo-mechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in exhaust. Noticeable is the fact that GM was between the 37 other candidates that received the ARPA-E award.
New Pyroelectric Device Transforms Heat into Electricity With 30% Efficiency
Thermoelectric devices transform waste heat into electricity and can one day provide increased efficiency for everything from small gadgets to power plants. Scott Hunter, working at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) hopes his new heat-recovering invention will scavenge lost heat with an efficiency of up to 30 percent.
Thermoelectric Phone Charger Provides Electricity From Camp Fire
Hatsuden-Nabe is the name of a device that can charge up your cellphone by using wasted heat. It's available in Japan since yesterday and it surely attracts a lot of hikers and adventurers, who think this could save their lonesome journeys.
