Running an LED in Reverse Could Cool Future Computers

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  • TBMG-34635
Published June 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Researchers devised a method in which running a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed was able to cool another device nanometers away. They harnessed the chemical potential of thermal radiation — a concept more commonly used to explain how a battery works.