Environmental News Network - Renewable Grid: Recovering Electricity From Heat Storage Hits 44% Efficiency enn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from enn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U.S. scientists have developed a thermophovoltaic cell that could be paired with inexpensive thermal storage to provide power on demand. The indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) thermophovoltaic cell absorbs most of the in-band radiation to generate electricity, while serving as a nearly perfect mirror.
Closing in on the theoretical maximum efficiency, devices for turning heat into electricity are edging closer to being practical for use on the grid, according to new research.
Extraction of Considerably Greater Energy from Heat Batteries azom.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from azom.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.