Harvesting low-grade thermal energy from three-dimensional complex shaped objects or human body requires a generator device with low rigidities of bending, in-plane shear, and tensile deformation so ...

Small proof of concept generating just under one volt in cloudy conditions. The Seebeck effect (part of the broader thermoelectric effect) is how a difference in temperature can be directly converted ...

A self-contained device, the PG-1 from Tellurex Corp., Traverse City, Mich. (tellurex.com), generates electricity when heat is properly applied. (The company suggests using canned fuel as a heat ...

Two radically different thermo-electric energy harvesters emerged from the US this week. One is a thermo-acoustic proof-of-concept from Penn State University, the other the latest iteration of ...

Engineers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have developed a new type of thermoelectric generator that produces an electric current through a temperature gradient. By ...