2024

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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

• “Insights into enhanced thermoelectric performance of the n-type Mg₃Sb₂-based materials by amphoteric Al doping“
  Qiang Zhang, Huijun Li, Nagendra S. Chauhan, Lifei Wang, Wenhao Fan, Shaoping Chen, Jianfeng Fan, Yuzuru Miyazaki
  Materials Today Energy 44(4), 101656 (2024).
• “Ultralow thermal conductivity and high ZT of Cu₂Se-based thermoelectric materials mediated by TiO_2-n nanoclusters“
  Jincheng Yu, Xiaodong Liu, Haihua Hu, Yilin Jiang, Hua-Lu Zhuang, Hezhang Li, Bin Su, Jing-Wei Li, Zhanran Han, Zhengqin Wang, Lu Chen, Kei Hayashi, Yuzuru Miyazaki, B. Layla Mehdi, Jing-Feng Li
  Joule, 8(9), 2652 (2024).
• “ Sr-substitution effects on crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of misfit layered cobaltate, [Ca₂CoO₃]_pCoO₂“
  Yoshimi Shimizu, Kei Hayashi and Yuzuru Miyazaki
  Solid State Science 152, 107536 (2024).

Invited talks

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)