{"id":212053,"date":"2025-04-22T02:14:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/scientists-smashed-two-crystals-and-unlocked-double-the-power-from-heat"},"modified":"2025-04-22T02:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:14:36","slug":"scientists-smashed-two-crystals-and-unlocked-double-the-power-from-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/scientists-smashed-two-crystals-and-unlocked-double-the-power-from-heat","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Smashed Two Crystals \u2014 And Unlocked Double the Power From Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-smashed-two-crystals-and-unlocked-double-the-power-from-heat.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have found a clever way to double the efficiency of thermoelectric materials \u2014 those that convert heat into electricity \u2014 by mixing two substances with contrasting mechanical properties but similar electronic traits.<\/p>\n<p>The result is a hybrid that blocks heat at microscopic interfaces while allowing electricity to flow freely, bringing us closer to cheaper, more stable alternatives to today\u2019s gold-standard materials used in the Internet of Things and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Boosting thermoelectrics for the internet of things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have found a clever way to double the efficiency of thermoelectric materials \u2014 those that convert heat into electricity \u2014 by mixing two substances with contrasting mechanical properties but similar electronic traits. The result is a hybrid that blocks heat at microscopic interfaces while allowing electricity to flow freely, bringing us closer to cheaper, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}