New High-Efficiency Spin Seebeck Thermoelectric Device Converts Waste Heat to Energy
Tokyo, April 25, 2016 – A thermoelectric (TE) device using cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology has been created by a team comprising NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and Tohoku University. The new technology, known as the spin Seebeck effect, has conversion efficiency 10 times higher than the conventional method *3. Thermoelectric conversion technology that converts