Adding sodium produces material that is most efficient at converting heat to electricity

Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 14:20 in Physics & Chemistry

In the production of power, nearly two-thirds of energy input from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat. Industry is hungry for materials that can convert this heat to useful electricity, but a good thermoelectric material is hard to find.

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