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Old 03-09-2012, 08:55 PM   #1
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LEDs that convert heat directly into light...

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48882
For those of you in school, http://prl.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v108/i9/e097403

:O I don't know any quantum mechanics, but it is mindblowing to me that this LED is acting like a heat pump that is transferring heat energy directly to charge carriers.

Hopefully means a breakthrough in solid state cooling/power generation.
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