A team at MIT is working on constructing thermal diodes that are able to convert heat to electricity at lower temperatures than ever before, which may eventually lead to practical uses for thermal ...

Researchers have developed a thermal diode that runs on heat instead of electricity. This could lead to heat-resistant computers that function in hot places like on Venus or deep inside the Earth.

Innovations such as quantum thermal diodes, capable of directing heat flow in a specific direction, and quantum thermal transistors, which amplify heat flows similarly to how electronic ...

Researchers have learned how to produce electricity from Earth's excess infrared radiation and waste heat through the unusual physics of quantum tunneling.

A new heat-to-energy converter has reached a record efficiency of 44% – the average steam turbine manages about 35%, for comparison. This thermophotovoltaic cell is a major step on the way to ...

Mitsubishi Electric to Launch 80x60 pixel Thermal Diode Infrared Sensor Identifies heat-source types and human behavior in wide areas and with high precision ...

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have created a diode that uses ultrafast quantum tunnelling to harvest infrared energy from the environment, a development that could eventually boost electricity ...

Electrical engineers are obviously very familiar and comfortable with the basic diode, a passive and vital component that restricts current flow to one direction only, while mechanical engineers ...

A microchip that can transform heat into electric current is now working on a lab bench at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US. Its inventors say it could harness heat from a car's ...

Sidy Ndao and Mahmoud Elzouka developed this thermal diode that may allow computers to use heat as an alternate energy source. (Karl Vogel / Nebraska Engineering) ...