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The best use of themovoltaics I've seen is

https://www.rockfordchimneysupply.com/products/thermo-self-p...

since you've got a concentrated heat source that you want to spread around. Themoelectric devices have been active research field for a long time and there is still some hope of improvement because it is a largely a matter of discovering materials with a high electrical conductivity and poor thermal conductivity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect



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