Schematic of power generation by the thermoelectric permanent magnet. (IMAGE)

National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Schematic of power generation by the thermoelectric permanent magnet.

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Schematic of power generation by the thermoelectric permanent magnet, and a photograph of the artificially tilted multilayer consisting of a SmCo5-type magnet and Bi0.2Sb1.8Te3.
The thermoelectric permanent magnet can be easily installed onto a heat source made of magnetic materials with its magnetic force, and is capable of generating power by transverse thermoelectric conversion.
The artificially tilted multilayer structure developed in this research has sufficient magnetic force to attach it onto a magnetic wall surface (background of the photograph) or to hang paper clips from it.

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Fuyuki Ando, National Institute for Materials Science; Ken-ichi Uchida, National Institute for Materials Science

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