Topic
Thermoelectricity
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Developing new light and energy technologies
Silvija Gradečak customizes nanoscale systems for large-scale impact in light and energy.
August 20, 2014 -
Running on waste heat
Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines.
August 8, 2014 -
Refrigerator magnets
New theory predicts magnets may act as wireless cooling agents.
July 28, 2014 -
A new way to harness waste heat
Electrochemical approach has potential to efficiently turn low-grade heat to electricity.
May 21, 2014 -
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics
New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not.
April 29, 2014 -
Faculty highlight: Keith Nelson
Spectroscopy techniques demonstrate ballistic motion at micron length scales, open door to new possibilities for semiconductors, thermoelectrics.
January 6, 2014 -
‘Invisible’ particles could enhance thermoelectric devices
New approach could improve the efficiency of devices that harness power from temperature differences.
February 6, 2013 -
How to treat heat like light
New approach using nanoparticle alloys allows heat to be focused or reflected just like electromagnetic waves.
January 11, 2013 -
Harnessing solar energy
Novel approach yields both electricity and heat.
December 13, 2012 -
Controlling heat flow through a nanostructure
MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.
November 15, 2012 -
Double the benefits: clean energy also saves water
NREL-MIT study shows an 80 percent renewable energy standard cuts water use in half.
June 18, 2012 -
New material shares many of graphene’s unusual properties
Thin films of bismuth-antimony have potential for new semiconductor chips, thermoelectric devices.
April 24, 2012 -
Catching some rays — lots of them
New MIT design for a metamaterial could be far more efficient at capturing sunlight than existing solar cells.
March 9, 2012 -
Turning heat into power
A new kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft.
February 3, 2012 -
Here comes the sun
A new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency.
January 11, 2012 -
A novel way to concentrate sun’s heat
MIT researchers find a way to generate power without the usual mirror arrays.
December 2, 2011 -
Graphene shows unusual thermoelectric response to light
Finding could lead to new photodetectors or energy-harvesting devices.
October 7, 2011 -
Explained: Thermoelectricity
Turning temperature differences directly into electricity could be an efficient way of harnessing heat that is wasted in cars and power plants.
April 27, 2010