Copper Oxide Thermoelectric Generator Can Light LED

[Allwestconstruction]

Hi Nyle

I am getting some strange readings on the multimeter

4 wires together, copper and steel, one set heated, no cold added

Goes pos up to 1.4 then goes neg to 12.4

Any ideas what is happening?

From Rookie

Thanks

[Masalmeh321]

Thank you for making this video, it's amazing. And you're right, it's NOT well-known.

[boxa888]

@Masalmeh321 look up copper oxide nano wire solar panels, there spectrum absorbtion combined with zinc metals and a few others make large spectrum absorbtion, meaning more energy produced per area, and on top of that the wires are arranged in a formation like the villi in the intestines which increases the surface area to increase the energy absorbtion. this could be some serious technology if done correctly! thanks nyle!

[TheCerberusInferno]

How many watts do i need for lighting LED ?

[ObiTrev]

1:50 it's just like when Spock made a communicator out of light bulbs!

[Phantasm911]

Would current be produced if one wire is submerged in liquid nitrogen and the other wire at room temperature?

[boxa888]

nyle, what about strips being used, thats got to increase the surface area to bring about higher currents and voltage. great work! you always make amazing stuff! thanks for helping the world out!!!

[electrodacus]

Thanks seems interesting but way to inefficient for my taste.

It may be good to measure high temperatures.

[nylesteiner]

@electrodacus

Efficiency is not the issue here. I am fascinated with this interesting phenomenon that is not very well known about. This is not a demonstration on how to save the world from energy shortages.

[electrodacus]

@nylesteiner I also have a video about peltier elements used as generators. I use hot tap water for the hot side.

[boxa888]

@nylesteiner actually this seems good enough to hook up to a solar collector from a satellite dish. theoretically 20 of these stacked in a insulated case, even a ceramic to hold the heat higher than the out side should produce 40 volts from what you are saying, and there has to be some current with that as well. thank you, such simplicity is key to saving the world lol. u should do a stacked video of this, im sure it would be jaw dropping results!!.

[PayWithLawv]

@nylesteiner dude this is friggin crazy! thx for showing me this. have you tried with larger diameter of wire other othermethods? nice job bro!

[imatelly]

have you ever seen someone do this durring a cold winter having the cold side outside and the hot sides inside the house,or do you think this would work?

[ZPTpl]

Great job! You insipred me, and I create termocopule like yours. On my site (details on channel) you can find article with photos and movie. I made some mistake, I didn't start recording when I started experiment, so I lost best moments.

On my channel some other stuff that should interest you.

Regards, nice channel and job!

[SmileysRevenge100]

I wonder if there's a way you can combine this with a Rubens Tube.

[karrek20]

This is absolutely amazing! Sir, where do you get the information that leads you to such things as turning a CdS cell into a MOSFET or using copper oxide as a solar cell or thermoelectric cell as you have done here?

[professorbill1]

Great photography! Straightforward explanation. Thanks for sharing!

[smartpartzzkidd]

im assuming that the uneven nature of the oxide layer is allowing a transfer of electrons between the pure coper layer, i wonder if a piece of well patina d wire will do it with a bare copper wire

[Panamax35]

It can also produce hundreds of thousands of micro-volts. LOL

Very interesting, so, is it a photovoltaic cell operating in the infrared region? I am amazed at how much juice this makes. Using the same kind of metal does seem to indicate it is a semiconductor effect. I am interested to understand more of how this works.

FYI the backgrounds in your videos are always interesting. I like the old music synthesizer chassis in this one.

[robot797]

great for camping to charge your mobile from the campfire

[Zone51]

I though that thermoelectric effect occures only at the junction of two kings of metal (copper-iron for example) with a gradient temperature (Seebeck effect)). It's very interesting to see that only one metal is needed. But with the Seebeck coefficient should be 0! Maybe it's a quantum phenomea (semi-conductors)...