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The copper plates conducted heat rapidly to and from the bismuth telluride, thus maintaining the temperature difference.
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The second desideratum, of low thermal and high electrical conductivity, was achieved by dividing the bismuth telluride into pellets a few nanometres across.
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The third objective, efficient design, involved sandwiching the nanostructured bismuth telluride between two copper plates and then enclosing the upper plate (the one coated with the light-absorbing oxides) and the bismuth telluride in a vacuum.
ECONOMIST: Solar power