The findings could lead to a wide range of applications, such as thermoelectric systems that convert waste heat from engines and appliances into electricity. (Source: Berkely Lab)Scientists have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat – an incredibly useful property which may pave the way for systems that convert waste heat from engines and appliances into electric power. According to researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and University of California, Berkeley in the US, electrons in vanadium dioxide can conduct electricity without conducting heat. Also Read: UC Berkeley engineers convert smartphone into microscope to detect parasite in blood“For electrons, heat is a random motion. The amount of electricity and heat that vanadium dioxide can conduct is tunable by mixing it with other materials.

Source: Indian Express January 29, 2017 13:41 UTC