Electrochemical cell converts waste heat into electricity

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 05:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Picture a device that can produce electricity using nothing but the ambient heat around it. Thanks to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science today, this scenario is a step closer – a team from MIT has created an electrochemical cell which uses different temperatures to convert heat to electricity.

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