thermoelectric effect Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 25 May 2011 16:26:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 BMW, Ford, GM to Test Thermoelectric Devices on Real Cars This Summer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bmw-gm-ford-thermoelectric-20110525/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bmw-gm-ford-thermoelectric-20110525/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 16:26:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18806 Thermoelectric materials are used to convert heat into electricity. These devices have applicability in all kinds of industries and machinery, ranging from cars to coal-fired power plants. The world's greatest automobile manufacturers, BMW, Ford and GM have committed themselves to equip test cars with prototype thermoelectric devices by the end of this summer and see how they'll behave.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bmw-gm-ford-thermoelectric-20110525/feed/ 1 18806 Solar Thermoelectric Device Harnesses Sun's Heat, Transforms Directly Into Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chen-thermoelectric-solar-mit-20110503/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chen-thermoelectric-solar-mit-20110503/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:25:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18403 A new material that could one day change the efficiency of thermal solar panels has been invented by MIT and Boston College researchers, with collaborators from GMZ Energy. The thermoelectric device is at least eight times more efficient than what's currently available in labs.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chen-thermoelectric-solar-mit-20110503/feed/ 1 18403 Spin-Seebeck Effect Causing New Magnetic Semiconductor To Become Energy Harvester https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spin-seebeck-gallium-manganese-arsenide-20100929/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spin-seebeck-gallium-manganese-arsenide-20100929/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:20:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10774 A gallium manganese arsenide semiconductor may be the material to revolutionize how electronic circuits power and recycle their waste heat, through a research of Ohio State University scientists, led by Joseph Heremans and Roberto Myers, both from OSU.

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