UW's De Sousa Oliveira Receives DOE Grant to Study Thermoelectric Performance
August 09, 2023
August 09, 2023
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Thermoelectrics are a class of materials and devices that convert a temperature difference into electricity and vice versa. In other words, thermoelectrics can generate electricity from a heat source. To achieve maximum efficiency, thermoelectrics must be excellent electrical conductors but poor thermal conductors. These properties are interconnected and difficult to disentangle.
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Thermoelectrics are a class of materials and devices that convert a temperature difference into electricity and vice versa. In other words, thermoelectrics can generate electricity from a heat source. To achieve maximum efficiency, thermoelectrics must be excellent electrical conductors but poor thermal conductors. These properties are interconnected and difficult to disentangle.
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