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New Semiconductor Coolers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-a-lotta-cooling dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "A new thermoelectric material is 2.4X as efficient as best existing materials. The new solid state heat pumps can provide 700 watts of cooling (nearly one horsepower) with just one square centimeter. These new materials have the potential to replace current heat sinks, thermoelectric generators and mechanical heat pumps. You can also read an article in nature."

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  1. NPR information by queequeg1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was a brief bit on NPR about this a few days ago. NPR recording

  2. More Links by Alien54 · · Score: 5, Informative
    On the nature site, they also have full text with all the gory scientific details, and a PDF.

    a couple of them in fact. (look to the bottom of the page)

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