[ExI] Device Converts Heat into Electricity

[Adrian Tymes]

On Jan 4, 2017 8:23 AM, "BillK" <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

The researchers who developed the use of a quantum mechanical effect
to convert heat into electricity have developed a way to apply their
technique into a form that can be used in industry.

<http://www.rdmag.com/article/2017/01/device-converts-heat-electricity>


Capturing radiated heat has been done for a long time: look up the Carnot
Cycle for a theoretical maximum efficiency.  Perhaps this might be a more
efficient and practical way to approach that limit in practice, though.
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