Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Can the room temp be used to charge a battery ..... is this possible... i just thought of working on this, since i have holidays .... but i doubt whether this would be an idiotic thought to venture upon .....

krish wrote:Can the room temp be used to charge a battery ..... is this possible ... i just thought of working on this, since i have holidays .... but i doubt whether this would be an idiotic thought to venture upon .....

Hi,

You sound like you are interested in thermopiles, which generate electricity from a difference in temperature, using the Seebeck effect. Here is a great historical review of them:

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/P ... ectric.htm


It looks like this could be an interesting project!

Best regards,

Barrett L. Tomlinson