A multi-disciplinary team of researchers linked atomic-scale features to efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, offering ...

Working modes of TECatal systems: (a) hybrid structure mode, (b) single-phase mode, (c) P-N nanojunction mode, and (d) thermogalvanic cell mode. Potential applications of TECatal materials in (e) H 2 ...

(Nanowerk News) Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric ...

Feng's team from Tsinghua University has reported an innovative study on optimizing the thermoelectric performance of SnSe via liquid phase sintering.

A team of researchers developed a thermoelectric material that can be used in wearable devices, such as smart clothing, and while maintaining stable thermal energy performance even in extreme ...

The No. 1 nuisance with smartphones and smartwatches is that we need to charge them every day. As warm-blooded creatures, however, we generate heat all the time, and that heat can be converted into ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable, solid-state, thermoelectric refrigeration technology with ...

Nanocrystalline materials are a class of materials characterized by their extremely small grain sizes, typically less than 100 nanometers. These materials exhibit unique properties and behaviors that ...

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert ...