Thermoelectric generator harvests renewable energy from the cold of space As effective as solar panels are, one of their major downsides is that they only produce power during the day, so excess ...

Concentrated thermoelectric generators convert solar energy to electricity, but historically their conversion efficiency has lagged behind their potential. Now, full system efficiencies of 7.4% ...

Wearable solar thermoelectric generator created Date: September 26, 2017 Source: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Summary: Engineers have introduced a new advanced energy ...

Here we demonstrate a promising flat-panel solar thermal to electric power conversion technology based on the Seebeck effect and high thermal concentration, thus enabling wider applications.

If you look at this solar generator from [Concept Crafted Creations], you might think it’s somehow familiar. That’s because the design was visually inspired by the James Webb Space Tele… ...

Scientists in Italy have created a hybrid thermoelectric photovoltaic (HTEPV) system based on a thermoelectric generator and a wide-gap perovskite solar cell. The device is able to recover waste ...

NEXTREME THERMAL SOLUTIONS announced that it has been awarded a United States patent for the design of an innovative solar thermoelectric generator (solar Find a downloadable version of this story ...

The team’s new flat panel is eight times more efficient than previously developed solar thermoelectric generators and could make solar thermoelectric technology more cost effective on a wider scale.

Scientists have developed a new class of organic photothermal cocrystals that significantly boost the efficiency of solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs), paving the way for smarter wearable ...

High-performance nanotech materials arrayed on a flat panel platform demonstrated seven to eight times higher efficiency than previous solar thermoelectric generators, opening up solar-thermal ...

Here we demonstrate a promising flat-panel solar thermal to electric power conversion technology based on the Seebeck effect and high thermal concentration, thus enabling wider applications. The ...