Hmm, might be a replacement for a steam turbine eventually. With direct heat to electricity, there would be no need for the middle man of steam.
MMMM, tell Al Gore........Carbon good!
If its more efficient, then it’ll be done.
Eventually, who knows? What we know of it right now is that its advantage is energy density per pound, and its disadvantage is energy efficiency. Nothing in that profile competes effectively with steam turbines in a stationary, or I would think even a shipborne, application. So at present the prospect is for mobile, handheld, possibly laptop applications. Note that the researcher is quoted as referring to sub-handheld application as the first possibility . . .