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

The No. 1 nuisance with smartphones and smartwatches is that we need to charge them every day. As warm-blooded creatures, however, we generate heat all the time, and that heat can be converted into ...

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 ...