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For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat
(Nanowerk News) There's a known rule-breaker among materials, and a new discovery by an international team of scientists adds more evidence to back up the metal's nonconformist reputation. According to a new study led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and at the University of California, Berkeley, electrons in vanadium dioxide can conduct electricity without conducting heat.
The findings, to be published in the Jan. 27 issue of the journal Science ("Anomalously low electronic thermal conductivity in metallic vanadium dioxide"), could lead to a wide range of applications, such as thermoelectric systems that convert waste heat from engines and appliances into electricity.
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The findings, to be published in the Jan. 27 issue of the journal Science ("Anomalously low electronic thermal conductivity in metallic vanadium dioxide"), could lead to a wide range of applications, such as thermoelectric systems that convert waste heat from engines and appliances into electricity.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Nano