From Powering Space Travel to Powering Green Technologies (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

From Powering Space Travel to Powering Green Technologies

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Thermoelectric materials and technology have powered spacecraft for decades. But, thanks to advances in efficiency discovered at the Ames Laboratory, thermoelectric materials may have new, broader “green” energy applications.

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U.S. Dept. of Energy's Ames Laboratory

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