Thermoelectric materials have garnered significant interest due to their inherent ability to directly convert thermal gradients into electrical energy and vice versa. At the heart of this technology ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Ionic thermoelectric materials represent a transformative approach to harvesting low‐grade thermal energy by utilising ion transport rather than the conventional electron flow. These materials, which ...

A trio of physicists at Sorbonne Université, in France, has observed a thermoelectric effect between two liquid materials for the first time. In their study, published in Proceedings of the National ...

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

Researchers have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially ...

A joint research team led by Professors Yeon Sik Jung and Inkyu Park, along with teams from Hanbat National University and the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, has successfully created ...

A joint research team led by Professor Jae Sung Son of POSTECH and Saniya LeBlanc of George Washington University has successfully developed a new geometry for thermoelectric materials—previously ...

Figure a shows the eight different geometries designed in this study and the optimization of 3D printing and heat treatment processes to create high-density dislocation defects. Figure b illustrates ...