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2024

2024


Awards

  • Nan Xue 40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2024)
    The ICT2024 Outstanding Poster Prize
    “First-Principles Study for High Thermoelectric Performance Iron-based Half Heusler Compounds with Thermodynamic and Mechanical Stability”

Papers

Invited talks

2025 16th International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (March 21-23, Sendai)
  • “Data-driven approach to find potential Fe-based half-Heusler thermoelectric materials for the near-room-temperature applications”
    Yuzuru Miyazaki (Invited lecture)
New Zealand–Japan Workshop on Emerging Solid-State Technology for Low-Enthalpy Energy Harvesting (November 11-12, Wellington)
  • “Defect engineering to enhance thermoelectric performance of Mg2Sn and Mg2Ge single crystals”
    Kei Hayashi (Invited lecture)

14th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Systems (CMCEE14) (August 18-22, Budapest)

  • “Laqce defect engineering for high-performance Mg2Sn and Mg2Ge thermoelectric single crystals”
    Kei Hayashi (Invited lecture)

40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (June 30- July 4, Krakow)

  • “Bond-engineering to Develop High-performance Fe-based Half-Heusler Alloys”
    Yuzuru Miyazaki (Invited lecture)

Europian Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Meeting (May 27-31, Strasbourg)

  • “Fe-based Half Heusler Thermoelectric Materials”
    Yuzuru Miyazaki (Invited lecture)

Conferences

40th International Conference on Thermoelectrics (June 30- July 4, Krakow)
  • “Enhanced p-type thermoelectric properties of Mg2Ge single crystals via lattice defect engineering”
    K. Hayashi, H. Tajeuchi, Z. Huang, N. S. Chauhan, Q. Zhang, X. Nan, H. Li, J. Pei, J. Dong, B.-P. Zhang, J.-F. Li, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in p-type Iron-based Half-Heusler VFeSb Alloys via Titanium Alloying”
    Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, X. Nan, H. Konishi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “First-Principles Study for High Thermoelectric Performance Iron-based Half-Heusler Compounds with Thermodynamic and Mechanical Stability”
    X. Nan, Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, H. Konishi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

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  • A paper has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. (February, 2024)
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  • A paper has been published in Journal of Materiomics. (January, 2024)
  • A paper has been published in Advanced Materials. (January, 2024)
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  • A paper has been published in Chemical Physics Reviews. (October, 2023)
  • A paper has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. (October, 2023)
  • Update the People page. (October, 2023)
  • Gakuto KANNO, M1 degree of Miyazaki lab., won the Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation.(September, 2023)
  • A paper has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. (September, 2023)
  • A paper has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. (September, 2023)
  • The introduction video of Miyazaki laboratory has been updated. (July, 2023)
  • Prof. Miyazaki has been elected one of the Board Member of the International Thermoelectric Society (ITS). (June, 2023)
  • Master’s degree students will join the poster session of ECT2023. (June, 2023)
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  • A book chapter has been published in Thermoelectric Energy Conversion. (January, 2021)
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  • Shuma Naito gets the Poster Award in 34th Annual International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2015. (July, 2015)
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  • New articles were published in Journal of Electronic Materials. (October, 2013)
  • Masataka Kubouchi gets the Poster Award in Tohoku University’s Chemistry Summer School 2013. (September, 2013)
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2023

2023


Awards

Papers

Invited talks

The 15th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM15) & The 13th Int’l Conference on High-Performance Ceramics (CICC-13) (5-9 Nobember 2023, Shenzhen)
  • “Lattice Defect Engineering to Develop Highly-efficient Thermoelectric Single Crystals”
    Kei Hayashi (Invited lecturer)
International Workshop Thermoelectric Materials: from materials chemistry and physics to devices (IWT2023)(April 12-14, 2023, Caen)
  • Incommensurate Nowotny Chimney-ladder Phases – Potential Thermoelectric Materials
    Y. Miyazaki, N. S. Chauhan, T. Kurosawa, and K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)
8th Annual Conference of Analytix-2023 (17-19 May 2023, Osaka)
  • “Superspace Approach to the Incommensurate Crystal Structure of Higher Manganese Silicide-Based Thermoelectric Materials”
    Y. Miyazaki (Invited lecture)

Conferences

The 15th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM15) & The 13th Int’l Conference on High-Performance Ceramics (CICC-13) (5-9 Nobember 2023, Shenzhen)
  • “Enhancing Thermoelectric Properties of P-type Mg2Sn Single Crystals through Li/Si Co-Doping and Introduction of Lattice Defects”
    Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “High Temperature X-ray Diffraction Study on Incommensurate Composite Crystal (Mn, Fe, V)Siγ
    T. Chiba, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
The 19th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ECT2023) (17-21 September 2023, Prague)
  • “Single‐phase synthesis and thermoelectric properties of nowotny chimney‐ladder FeGeγ
    T. Kurosawa, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Preparation and thermoelectric properties of nonstoichiometric full‐Heusler Mn2+xV1-xAl alloys”
    G. Kanno, K. Hayashi, Z. Huang, H. Li, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Analysis of crystal structure and Thermoelectric properties of Sr‐substituted [Ca2CoO3]pCoO2
    Y. Shimizu, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
The 39th Annual International Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT2023) (21-25 June 2023, Seatle)
  • Advancing the thermoelectric performance of single crystals: a case study of p-type Mg2Sn through lattice defect engineering”
    K. Hayashi, Z. Huang, W. Saito, J. Pei, J.F. Li, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Boron doping in n-type and p-type Mg2Sn on the generation of lattice defects leading to improved thermoelectric properties”
    Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, W. Saito, H. Takeuchi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)

Thesis

Master
  • “Development of P-type Mg2Sn Single Crystals with Multi-Scale Lattice Defects for Thermoelectric Application”

2022

2022


Awards

Papers

Invited talks

SIPS2022 Mizutani International Symposium (27-30 November 2022, Phuket)
  • “Higher Manganese Silicides: Incommensurability and Thermoelectric Properties”
    Yuzuru Miyazaki (Invited lecture)

Conferences

33rd International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-33) (13-17 November 2022, Nagoya)
  • “Carrier density control of CrSi2 partially substituted with Mn”
    K. Tasaki, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Preparation of (Mn, Fe, V)Siγ Single Crystals for Infrared Absorption Optoelectronics”
    T. Chiba, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
18th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ECT’22) (14-16 Septemper 2022, Barcelona)
  • “Reduction of Thermal Conductivity of Mg2Sn Single Crystal via Lattice-Defect Engineering through Chemical-Pressure Control”
    K. Hayashi, W. Saito, Z. Huang, K. Sugimoto, K. Ohoyama, N. Happo, M. Harada, K. Oikawa, Y. Inamura, K. Hayashi, T. Miyazaki, and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Realising enhanced thermoelectric performance in partially substituted higher manganese silicides crystals”
    N. S. Chauhan, I. Ono, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Point Defects and Thermoelectric Properties of Melt‐grown Mg2Ge Single Crystals”
    H. Takeuchi, Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Semiconducting Silicides and Related Materials, 2022 (APAC-Silicide 2022) (30 July – 1 August 2022, Online)
  • “Partially compensated (Ru, V) co-doped higher manganese silicide single crystals”
    N. S. Chauhan, I. Ono, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics 2022 (VCT 202) (20-22 July 2022, Online)
  • “Preparation and High-Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Textured Cobaltate Ceramics”
    Y. Shimizu, K. Hayashi, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

Thesis

Doctor
  • “Development of P-type Mg2Sn Single Crystals with Multi-Scale Lattice Defects for Thermoelectric Application”

2021

2021


Papers

Invited talks

Materials Research Meeting 2021 (MRM2021) (13-16 December 2021, Yokohama)
  • “Crystal Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Incommensurate Composite Crystal MnSiγ (γ~1.7)”
    Y. Miyazaki, Hiroki Nagai, Haruki Hamada, Yuta Kikuchi, Kei Hayashi (Invited lecture)
1st Japan France Virtual Workshop on thermoelectrics (VWT2021) (27-30 September 2021, online)
  • “Point defect engineering enhances thermoelectric performance of Mg2Si and Mg2Sn single crystals,”
    K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)

Conferences

Materials Research Meeting 2021 (MRM2021) (13-16 December 2021, Yokohama)
  • “Crystal structure, microstructure and thermoelectric properties of melt-grown β-Zn4Sb3
    K. Hayashi, S. Yoshioka, T. Chiba, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)

Thesis

Doctor
  • “Crystal Structure, Electric Structure, and Thermoelectric Properties of Half-Heusler VFeSb-Based Compounds”
  • “Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of P-type Full-Heusler Alloys”

2020

2020


Awards

Papers

Books

Invited talks

The 5th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ACT5) &The 6th Southeast Asia Conference on Thermoelectrics (SACT6) (17, 18 December 2020, online)
  • “Understanding Detailed Crystal Structures for Improving Thermoelectric Properties of Silicide-based Materials”
    Y. Miyazaki, H. Nagai, H. Nkasawa, W. Saito, M. Kubouchi, T. Takamatsu and K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)

Conferences

The 5th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ACT5) &The 6th Southeast Asia Conference on Thermoelectrics (SACT6) (17 December 2020, online)
  • “Local Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Boron-Doped Mg2Si and Mg2Sn Single Crystals”
    K. Hayashi, W. Saito, K. Sugimoto, S. Uchi, Y. Kanazawa, Y. Fukumoto, T. Yamamoto, K. Ohyama, K.i Hayashi, N. Happo, M. Hatada, K. Oikawa, Y. Inamura and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Effect of disorder on electronic structure and thermoelectrical properties of inverse full-Heusler Mn2CoAl alloys”
    H. Li,K. Hayashi,Y. Nagashima, S. Yoshioka, J. Dong, J. Li and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Influences of Mg vacancy and Ga atoms in p-type Mg2Sn1-xGax
    Z. Huang, K. Hayashi, W. Saito, J. Dong, J. Li and Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Preparation, crystal structure and thermoelectric performance of p-type quaternary half-Heusler Ti(Fe0.5+xNi0.5-x)Sb compounds”
    Z. Liu,Y. Huang, K. Hayashi and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Design and evaluation of the C40-type silicide thermoelectric modules”
    M. Ryu, T. Takamatsu, K. Hayashi and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
The 2nd International Conference on Metals and Alloys (CMA 2020)
(6-9 December 2020, online)
  • “Effects of V-substitution on Thermoelectric Properties of Pseudogap Intermetallic TiNiSi Compound”
    Y. Huang,H. Nagai, K. Hayashi,Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
The 2020 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Virtual Conference(MMM2020)
(2-6 November 2020, online)
  • “Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Mn2CoAl Inverse Full-Heusler Alloy”
    H. Li,K. Hayashi,Y. Nagashima, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics (21-23 July 2020, online)
  • “Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of Mg2Sn Single Crystals via Point Defect Engineering and Sb-doping”
    W. Saito, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in N-type Half-Heulser VFeSb Compounds with Cobalt-substitution”
    Y. Huang, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)

Thesis

Master
  • “Preparation, CrystalStructure andThermoelectricProperties of QuaternaryTi(Fe,Ni)Sb-based Half-Heusler Compounds”
  • “Fabrication and evaluation of the C40-type silicide thermoelectric modules”
Doctor
  • “Enhancing Thermoelectric Efficiency of Mg2Sn Single Crystals via Point Defect Engineering”

2019

2019


Awards

  • Yi Huang 38th International and 4th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ACT 2019) ICT2019 Poster Award (July, 2019)
    “Preparation, crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of Ru substituted half Heusler type VFeSb”
  • Our project have been approved bythe 2019 Tohoku University-Tsinghua University Joint Research Fund (April, 2019)

Papers

Invited talks

17th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ECT2019)(23-25 September 2019, Cyprus)
  • “Understanding Detailed Crystal Structures to Further Improve Thermoelectric Properties of Silicide-based Materials”
    Y. Miyazaki, H. Nagai, W. Saito, K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)
5th Asia-Pacific conference on semiconducting silicides and related materials (APAC-SILICIDE 2019) (20-23 July 2019, Miyazaki)
  • “Recent Progress in Silicide Thermoelectric Materials”
    Y. Miyazaki (Invited lecture)
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2019 Spring Meeting (27-31 May 2019, Nice)
  • “Domain Separation in Manganese Siliside Thermoelectric Material”
    Y. Miyazaki, H. Nagai, Y. Kawasaki, K. Hayashi, K. Yubuta (Invited lecture)

Conferences

Materials Research Meeting 2019 (10-14 December 2019, Yokohama)
  • “Ru-substitution effects on the crystal and electronic structures, and thermoelectric poperties of half-Heusler type VFeSb compounds”
    Y. Huang, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Determination of dopant position of thermoelectric material B-doped Mg2Si by white neutron holography”
    K. Sugimoto, S. Uechi, Y. Kanazawa, Y. Fukumoto, T. Yamamoto, K. Ohoyama, K. Hayashi, N. Happo, M. Harada, K. Oikawa, Y. Inamura, K. Hayashi, W. Saito, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
14th International Conference on the Structure of Non-Crystalline Materials (NCM14) (3-8 November 2019, Kobe)
  • “Thermoelectric Properties and Local Structure of Boron-Doped Mg2Si and Mg2Sn”
    Kei Hayashi, Wataru Saito, Yuzuru Miyazaki, Kazuya Sugimoto, Syouichi Uechi, Yuki Kanazawa, Yohei Fukumoto, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Kenji Ohoyama, Kouichi Hayashi, Naohisa Happo, Masahide Harada, Kenichi Oikawa, Yasuhiro Inamura (Oral)
5th Asia-Pacific conference on semiconducting silicides and related materials (APAC-SILICIDE 2019) (20-23 July 2019, Miyazaki)
  • “Cross-sectional characterization of Mg2Si -Ni interface compacted by SPS method at 800°C”
    T. Ishii, H. Sugawara, M. Tokuda, H. Sato, T. Hanajiri, H. Shimoshige, S. Kurosu, K. Hayashi, I. Ando, W. Saito, and Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
38th International and 4th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ACT 2019) (30 June – 5 July 2019, Gyeongju)
  • “Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Mn2VAl Full Heusler Alloys with Different Order Degree”
    H. Li, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Crystal and electronic structures of the half Heusler type VFeSb compounds”
    Y. Huang, S. Maki, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Investigation on lattice defects in Mg2Sn single crystals prepared under different Ar partial pressure”
    W. Saito, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Computer simulation of thermoelectric properties for tilted multilayer devices based on the off diagonal thermoelectric effect”
    D. Sakuraba, N. Kodaira, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Thermoelectric properties and local structure of B doped Mg2Si single crystal”
    K. Hayashi, W. Saito, Y. Miyazaki, K. Sugimoto, S. Uechi, Y. Kanazawa, Y. Fukumoto,
    T. Yamamoto, K. Ohyama, K. Hayashi, N. Happo, M. Harada, K. Oikawa, Y. Inamura (Poster)
  • “Thermoelectric Properties of Strontium Titanium Oxyhydrides”
    D. Fukutome, T. Takamatsu, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Preparation, crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of Ru substituted half Heusler type VFeSb”
    Y. Huang, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Crystal structure evolution of Zn4Sb3 during melt grown process”
    S. Yoshioka, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

Thesis

Master
  • “Thermoelectric Properties of C40-Type Mn-Cr-Si-Al Compounds”
  • “Simulation of Power Generation and Module Fabrication for Tilted Multilayer Thermoelectric Devices”
  • “Crystal Structure and ThermoelectricProperties of Higher ManganeseSilicides Cosubstituted with V and Ge”
  • “Preparation and Characterization of(Mn,Fe)Siγ Thin Films Grown by PulsedLaser Deposition Method”
Doctor
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2018

2018


Awards

  • Yi Huang, 37th International and 16th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ECT 2018) ITS Poster Award (July, 2018)
    “Effects of Cu-substitution on Theremoelectric Properties of Pseudogap Ternary Intermetallic Compound TiNiSi”
  • Wataru Saito, 37th International and 16th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ECT 2018) ITS Poster Award (July, 2018)
    “Effect of Lattice Defects on the Seebeck Coefficient of Mg2Sn”
  • Our paper on pyroelectric energy harvesting using BaTiO3 was selected as Back Picture of Physica Status Solidi (a). (June, 2018)

Papers

Invited talks

XVI Interstate Conference on Thermoelectrics and Their Applications (ISCTA 2018) (October 8-10 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia)
  • “Recent Progress in Manganese Silicide Thermoelectric Material”
    Y. Miyazaki (Invited lecture)
International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (CMCEE 2018) (July 22-27 2018, Singapore)
  • “Thermoelectric properties of vanadium-substituted higher manganese silicides”
    Y. Miyazaki (Invited lecture)
37th International and 16th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ECT 2018) (July 1-5 2018, Caen)
  • “Recent Progress in Silicide-based Thermoelectric Materials”
    Y. Miyazaki, H. Nagai, H. Nakasawa, W. Saito, Y. Kawasaki, T. Takamatsu, K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)
EMN Greece Meeting 2018 (May 14-18 2018, Heraklion, Greece)
  • “Design of tilted-multilayer power generation devices using the transverse thermoelectric effect”
    Y. Miyazaki, N. Kodaira, Y. Oide, K. Hayashi (Invited lecture)

Conferences

ISSP – J-PARC Joint Workshop on Science Frontier by Neutron Scattering ~ The 17th Korea-Japan meeting on Neutron Science ~ (January, 2019, Ohta)
  • “Determination of dopant position of thermoelectric material B-doped Mg2Si by white neutron holography”
    K. Sugimoto, S. Uechi, Y. Kanazawa, Y. Fukumoto, T. Yamamoto, K. Ohoyama, K. Hayashi, N. Happo, M. Harada, K. Oikawa, Y. Inamura, K. Hayashi, W. Saito, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
The 3rd Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ACT3) & The 5th Micro & Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Energy Workshop (MNHTE2018) (7-9 October 2018, Taiwan)
  • “Off-stoichiometric Effects on the Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of half-Heusler-type FeVSb compounds”
    Y. Huang, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
37th International and 16th European Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT & ECT 2018) (July 1-5 2018, Caen)
  • “High-performance thermoelectric bulk colusite by process controlled structural disordering”
    Cédric Bourgès, Y. Bouyrie, A. R. Supka, R. A. R. A. Orabi, P. Lemoine, O. Lebedev, M. Ohta, K. Suekuni, V. Nassif, V. Hardy, R. Daou, Y. Miyazaki, M. Fornari, E. Guilmeau (Oral)
  • “Structural analysis of beta- and gamma-phases of Zn4Sb3 thermoelectrics”
    K. Hayashi, A. Yokoyama, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Design and evaluation of Fe2V(Al0.9Si0.1)/Cu tilted-multilayer thermoelectric devices”
    N. Kodaira, Y. Oide, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Effects of Cu-substitution on Theremoelectric Properties of Pseudogap Ternary Intermetallic Compound TiNiSi”
    Y. Huang, H. Nagai, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Effect of Lattice Defects on the Seebeck Coefficient of Mg2Sn”
    W. Saito, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Measurements of surface potential of M/Mg2Si (M = Mg, Al, Ni) interfaces”
    I. Ando, K. Hayashi, W. Saito, Y. Hayashibara, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “High temperature X-ray diffraction study of melt grown MnSiγ
    Y. Kawasaki, H. Hamada, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Effects of Co substitution on crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of melt-grown higher manganese silicides”
    H. Nagai, H. Hamada, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
  • “Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Mo-substituted CrSi2 by Reduction-Diffusion Process”
    H. Nakasawa, T. Takamatsu, Y. Iijima, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)
International conference on modern materials & technologies (CIMTEC 2018) (June 4-14 2018, Perugia)
  • “High Electron Mobility and Stability of n-type Mg3(Sb,Bi)2
    T. Kanno, H. Tamaki, H.K. Sato, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
  • “Thermoelectric Properties of Mn2V(Al1-xSix) FullHeusler Alloys”
    H. Li, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Oral)
Intermag 2018 (April 23-27 2018, Singapore)
  • “Preparation and thermoelectric properties of Mn2V(Al1-xSix) full-Heusler compounds”
    H. Li, K. Hayashi, Y. Miyazaki (Poster)

Thesis

Master
  • “Preparation and Evaluation of Metal-Dispersed Mg2Si Composites”
  • “Effect of Thermal History on Crystal Structare and Thermoelectric Properties of Higher Manganese Sillicides”
  • “Fabrication and Generator performance on Thermoelectric C40-Type Silicides Thin Device Obtained by Melt Spinning Process”
  • “Preparation and thermoelectric properties of p-Type Half-metallic Full Heusler compounds”
Doctor
  • “Thermoelectric Properties of Transition Metal Silicides, MnSiγ and CrSi2