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Ohio Researchers Advance Heat Reclamation Technologies

Posted by timothy on from the from-warmy-to-volty dept.

Downchuck writes "Researchers at Ohio State University claim to have synthesized a new material capable of delivering electricity directly from heat, at an efficiency far better than existing thermoelectric materials. Scott at ArsTechnica has an interesting take: 'Merge this with the new MIT solar dish and you're in business!'"

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  1. Technical point by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not possible to make electricity directly from heat. It is possible to make it from a difference in heat between two points.

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  2. Pity it sounds pretty poisonous by D4C5CE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    thallium-doped lead telluride

    An achievement made up of toxic elements, the first being rat poison, the last being the rarest there is. Chances are this won't be cheap to make nor to dispose of, and I wonder what hazards it would pose to the environment if released (vehicles do crash or get abandoned from time to time).