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  • IBM/Eth Zurich

    Tiny liquid battery cools chips while powering them

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    03.20.2017

    Scientists from IBM and ETH Zurich university have built a tiny "flow" battery that has the dual benefit of supplying power to chips and cooling them at the same time. Even taking pumping into account, it produces enough energy to power a chip while dissipating much more heat than it generates. The result could be smaller, more efficient chips, solar cells that store their own energy or devices used for remote monitoring that don't require external power sources.