Sustainable high-temperature thermoelectric generators: a look behind the scenes

The “Thermoelectric Materials and Systems” department develops materials and systems for energy conversion. In this video, we give you a glimpse into our lab and show the entire process from material to component, including some of the challenges we faced in developing novel magnesium silicide-based thermoelectric generators. These are promising for waste heat recovery applications and are made from lightweight and highly available starting elements.