Breakthrough in converting heat waste to electricity

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 13:51 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at Northwestern University have placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride, creating a material that can harness electricity from heat-generating items such as vehicle exhaust systems, industrial processes and equipment and sun light more efficiently than scientists have seen in the past...

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