ERC Advanced Grant · 2020
Across the global energy economy only about 1/3 of primary energy is converted into useful energy services, the other 2/3 are wasted as heat in the various industrial, transportation, residential energy conversion and electricity generation processes. Given the urgent need for transitioning to a zero-carbon energy supply in order to mitigate dangerous consequences of climate change a waste of energy on this scale is scandalous. Thermoelectric waste-heat-to-electricity conversion could offer a potential solution but the performance of thermoelectric materials is currently insufficient, particularly for the majority of heat that is generated at low heat source temperatures below 300-400°C.…
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