Material Boosts Thermoelectricity
Date: Friday, April 09, 2004 @ 22:06:47 UTC
Topic: Science
Technology Research News April 5, 2004
Scientists have been searching for decades for more efficient ways to convert heat to electricity. Thermoelectric materials generate electricity when heated and turn cold in the presence of electrical current...
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Researchers from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece have discovered a new family of thermoelectric semiconductor materials that raises the bar considerably. The researchers' material has a ZT factor of 2.2 at 527 degrees Celsius, which may be high enough for practical electricity generation"
Read the article at: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/rnb_040504.asp?trk=nl
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