Several high-performance thermoelectric materials have been discovered over the past two decades, but without efficient devices to convert the energy they produce into emission-free power, their promise has been unfulfilled.
Over the past 20 years, numerous high-performance thermoelectric materials have been discovered. This has been done in the absence of effective devices to transform the energy they tend to generate into emission-free power, their promise has not been fulfilled yet.
University of Houston - News: An international team of scientists led by University of Houston physicist Zhifeng Ren has reported a new approach to constructing the thermoelectric modules, using silver nanoparticles, that lets them work across a range of operating temperatures.