Graphene Nanodevice Creates Electricity from Car Exhaust

Jun-04-16 A graphene-based nanodevice able to convert heat to electricity could greatly increase the efficiency of petroleum-based vehicles.

The “ballistic device” was developed by teams from the University of Manchester and Shandong University, and takes advantage of graphene’s extremely high electron travel rate. It is the most sensitive room-temperature rectifier yet (previous versions required extreme cold to function efficiently), and has no threshold voltage.

The team believes the rectifier could be used to harvest the heat from car exhaust and power plants, and is currently looking at ways to scale up the technology.

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