New material provides 25 percent greater thermoelectric conversion efficiency
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 22:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Automobiles, military vehicles, even large-scale power generating facilities may someday operate more efficiently thanks to a new alloy developed at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. A team of researchers at the Lab achieved a 25 percent improvement in the ability of a material to convert heat into electrical energy.