Recently, a research group led by Prof. Zhang Yongsheng from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science successfully explained the novel physical mechanisms behind ...

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 ...

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 ...

Narrow-bandgap materials are semiconductors whose forbidden energy gap between the valence and conduction bands is smaller than that of silicon, often below about 1 eV and especially important below ...

Thermoelectric materials can turn a temperature difference into electricity. Organic thermoelectric materials could be used to power wearable electronics or sensors; however, the power output is still ...

The thermoelectric effect, or Seebeck effect, refers to the direct conversion of a temperature difference between two electrical conductors or semiconductors into an electrical voltage. When the sides ...

Today's refrigerants, which are specialized working fluids used in air conditioners, refrigerators and heat pumps, come with ...

Blacksburg, Va. -- Jeremiah T. Abiade, assistant professor in materials science and engineering and in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement ...

Thermoelectric cooling relies fundamentally on the Peltier effect. Electrons passing through semiconductor materials with alternating conductive properties absorb ambient heat energy in order to ...