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LED's Efficiency Exceeds 100% (phys.org)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The researchers [...] took advantage of small amounts of excess heat to emit more power than consumed. This heat arises from vibrations in the device’s atomic lattice, which occur due to entropy.

Basically yes.

But... this article is 13 years old.