lead telluride thermoelectric Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:57:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Practical Thermoelectric Power Possible with Newly Invented Material https://www.greenoptimistic.com/practical-thermoelectric-power-possible-with-newly-invented-material-20120925/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/practical-thermoelectric-power-possible-with-newly-invented-material-20120925/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:57:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26086 Energy efficiency, that is, the amount of usable energy in a given fuel, is based off a number of factors. Hydrocarbon fuels, for example, have a given amount of chemical energy, that, when ignited, can be used to generate electricity, or propel locomotives and passenger vehicles. Even in the most efficient motor vehicle, more than […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/practical-thermoelectric-power-possible-with-newly-invented-material-20120925/feed/ 0 26086 Lead Telluride-Based Thermoelectric Device Breaks Efficiency Record Barrier https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lead-telluride-thermoelectric-record-20110122/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lead-telluride-thermoelectric-record-20110122/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:54:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16823 Just like a savior knight, energy recovery comes to help the industries that pollute most and that waste large quantities of heat. A 14% efficiency has been reported for a newly-invented thermoelectric nanomaterial by the researchers of Northwestern University in Illinois. So far, efficiency values in this field didn't exceed 10%.

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