Thermoelectric material developed
Converts waste heat into electricity at twice conventional efficiency Potential for super-efficient generators and motor vehicles
A group of Osaka University researchers (headed by Associate professor Ken KUROSAKI and Professor Shinsuke YAMANAKA of the Graduate School of Engineering) and researchers at Osaka Prefecture University, California Institute of Technology, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory succeeded in developing a new thermoelectric material capable of generating electric energy from thermal energy. The material they developed is almost double the efficiency of heretofore conventional materials.
This development will be applied to recovering the energy in exhaust heat and reusing it as high-quality electric energy. Applications include super-efficient generators and motor vehicles.
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To learn more about this important discovery, please read the full research report entitled " Chalcopyrite CuGaTe2: A High-Efficiency Bulk Thermoelectric Material " at this page of the Wiley Online Library website.
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