Microscopic Pillars Can Recycle Waste Heat as Energy
| Date | 5th, Jun 2023 |
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| Source | IEEE Spectrum - Scientific and Educational Websites |
DESCRIPTION
About US $100 billion each year of energy produced in the United States each year is wasted as heat. Now a new study finds that microscopic pillars built into thermoelectric materials could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity to recycle that energy that would otherwise be lost.