Scientists in Japan have developed a new organic device that can harvest energy from heat. Unlike other thermoelectric generators, this one works at room temperature without a heat gradient. Usually, ...

A groundbreaking technology has been unveiled that improves the efficiency of thermoelectric materials, which are key in converting waste heat into electricity, by altering their geometry to resemble ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester in the United States have fabricated a solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) that is reportedly 15 times more efficient than current state-of-the-art ...

A South Korean research team has used computational topology optimization to create a thermoelectric generator design that achieves over eight times the efficiency of conventional models. The computer ...

Combustion engines, the engines in gas-powered cars, only use a quarter of the fuel's potential energy while the rest is lost as heat through exhaust. Now, a study demonstrates how to convert exhaust ...

A U.S.-Italian research group has fabricated a hybrid thermoelectric photovoltaic (HTEPV) system that is able to recover waste heat from its solar cell and use it to generate additional power output.

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. NEXTREME THERMAL SOLUTIONS announced that it has been awarded a United States patent for the design of an innovative ...

Scientists from POSTECH and UNIST have developed a thermoelectric generator with a topology-optimized design that delivers over eight times the power output of conventional models. Using computer ...