seebeck Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Thermoelectric Device Produces 5W/cm², Could Save Laptop Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netxtreme-eteg-thermoelectric-20081222/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netxtreme-eteg-thermoelectric-20081222/#respond Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:18:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1408 Netxtreme, a company providing thermal solutions, has come up with a thermoelectric evaluation kit, called eTEG UPF40 (embedded ThermoElectric Generator). It's an interesting concept, because of its efficiency (greater than that of standard thermoelectric materials) at converting heat into electricity.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netxtreme-eteg-thermoelectric-20081222/feed/ 0 1408 The Spin Seebeck Effect to Offer Low-Loss Thermoelectric Effect https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spin-seebeck-effect-electricity-from-heat-20081013/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spin-seebeck-effect-electricity-from-heat-20081013/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:19:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1028 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.

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