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Solid-state devices get energy boost

Cath Everett

20 November 2009 • 2 min read

Massachusetts Institute of Technology hopes for commercialisation of quantum-dot devices

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a way to boost the energy efficiency of solid-state devices by harvesting the currently wasted heat they generate for conversion...

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