Researchers in South Korea have created a type of paint that can capture and convert waste heat into electricity from objects of almost any shape. What they have created, is known as thermoelectric coating, and it can be painted on virtually any surface from cars to buildings in order to produce extra electricity. Considering that 90 percent of the world’s electricity is produced by heat energy, this thermoelectric coating could in itself become a new type of renewable energy generating system.
You can paint this coating onto any surface to convert heat into electricity
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