Nanotube cuff is ‘solar cell’ for exhaust pipes

By Richard Chasey, posted on March 11th, 2010 in Energy, Technology

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Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment

A new material based on nanotubes matches the efficiency of solar cells but scavenges power from heat leaking from hot pipes, not sunlight.

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