seebeck thermoelectric Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:24:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Highly Mismatched Alloys – Solution for Really Efficient Thermoelectrics https://www.greenoptimistic.com/highly-mismatched-alloys-solution-for-really-efficient-thermoelectrics-20100128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/highly-mismatched-alloys-solution-for-really-efficient-thermoelectrics-20100128/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:24:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6408 Thermoelectric devices convert heat into electricity, and are of great use in recovering wasted heat from thermal engines and transforming it into electricity, thus increasing the engine's overall efficiency, mostly when used in hybrid cars, who have high capacity onboard batteries.

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