Publications of Ruben Bueno Villoro

Zavanelli, D.; Isotta, E.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Zhang, S.; Scheu, C.; Bux, S.; Snyder, G. J.: Metallic grain boundary resistance in the high temperature thermoelectric La₃Te₄. Journal of materiomics 11 (6), 101116 (2025)

Jang, K.; Dey, P.; Dutta, B.; Park, H.; Son, J.-H.; Jang, J.-I.; Bhat, M. K.; Jang, H.; Kim, H.; Choi, J. et al.; Zhang, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Berkels, B.; Kim, B.; Choi, P.-P.; Oh, M.-W.; Jung, Y. S.; Han, J. W.; Scheu, C.; Jung, C.: Improved thermal stability of NbCoSn half-Heusler compounds via Sb doping-induced complementary point defect evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal 518, 164845 (2025)

Zavanelli, D.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Hatami Naderloo, R.; Perez Rodriguez, N.; Zhang, S.; He, R.; Scheu, C.; Snyder, G. J.: Identifying insulating to metallic complexion transitions in NbFeSb. Physical Review Materials 9 (4), 045402 (2025)

Hatami Naderloo, R.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Mattlat, D. A.; Ying, P.; Song, S.; Bayesteh, S.; Nielsch, K.; Scheu, C.; Ren, Z.; Zhu, H. et al.; Zhang, S.; He, R.: Performance advancements in P-type TaFeSb-based thermoelectric materials through composition and composite optimizations. Energy & Environmental Science 18, pp. 738 - 749 (2025)

Isotta, E.; Jiang, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Nagahiro, R.; Maeda, K.; Mattlat, D. A.; Odufisan, A. R.; Zevalkink, A.; Shiomi, J.; Zhang, S. et al.; Scheu, C.; Snyder, G. J.; Balogun, O.: Heat Transport at Silicon Grain Boundaries. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (40), 2405413 (2024)

Sailler, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Bayesteh, S.; Schlörb, H.; Cichocka, O. M.; Nielsch, K.; Zhang, S.; Pérez, N.: Grain boundary chemistry and increased thermoelectric performance in Bi₂Se₃–Fe₃O₄ nanocomposites. Materials Today Physics 46, 101477 (2024)

Ying, P.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Bahrami, A.; Wilkens, L.; Reith, H.; Mattlat, D. A.; Pacheco, V.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.; Nielsch, K. et al.; He, R.: Performance Degradation and Protective Effects of Atomic Layer Deposition for Mg-based Thermoelectric Modules. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (45), 2406473 (2024)

Jung, C.; Jang, K.; Park, H.; Jang, J.; Jang, H.; Kang, B.; Park, K.; Zhang, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Park, S. et al.; Ryu, H. J.; Jung, Y. S.; Oh, M.-W.; Scheu, C.; Yi, S.-H.; Choi, P.-P.: Enhanced thermoelectric properties of NbCoSn half-Heuslers through in-situ nanocrystallization of amorphous precursors during the consolidation process. Journal of Materials Science & Technology 165, pp. 39 - 48 (2023)

Ai, X.; Lei, B.; Cichocka, M. O.; Giebeler, L.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Zhang, S.; Scheu, C.; Pérez, N.; Zhang, Q.; Sotnikov, A. et al.; Singh, D. J.; Nielsch, K.; He, R.: Enhancing the thermoelectric properties via modulation of defects in p-type MNiSn-based (M = Hf, Zr, Ti) half-Heusler materials. Advanced Functional Materials 33 (48), 2305582 (2023)

Bueno Villoro, R.; Naderloo, R. H.; Mattlat, D. A.; Jung, C.; Nielsch, K.; Scheu, C.; He, R.; Zhang, S.: Composite design of half-Heusler thermoelectrics: Selective doping of grain boundary phases in NbFeSb by InSb. Materials Today Physics 38, 101240 (2023)

Bueno Villoro, R.; Wood, M.; Luo, T.; Bishara, H.; Abdellaoui, L.; Zavanelli, D.; Gault, B.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Fe segregation as a tool to enhance electrical conductivity of grain boundaries in Ti(Co,Fe)Sb half Heusler thermoelectrics. Acta Materialia 249, 118816 (2023)

Bueno Villoro, R.; Zavanelli, D.; Jung, C.; Mattlat, D. A.; Naderloo, R. H.; Pérez, N. A.; Nielsch, K.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; He, R. et al.; Zhang, S.: Grain Boundary Phases in NbFeSb Half-Heusler Alloys: A New Avenue to Tune Transport Properties of Thermoelectric Materials. Advanced Energy Materials 13 (13), 2204321 (2023)

Zubair, M.; Felten, M.; Hallstedt, B.; Vega-Paredes, M.; Abdellaoui, L.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Lipinska-Chwalek, M.; Ayeb, N.; Springer, H.; Mayer, J. et al.; Berkels, B.; Zander, D.; Korte-Kerzel, S.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Laves phases in Mg–Al–Ca alloys and their effect on mechanical properties. Materials and Design 225, 111470 (2023)

Gomell, L.; Tsai, S.-P.; Roscher, M.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Konijnenberg, P. J.; Zaefferer, S.; Scheu, C.; Gault, B.: In-situ nitriding of Fe₂VAl during laser surface remelting to manipulate microstructure and crystalline defects. Physical Review Materials 6 (8), 085405 (2022)

Luo, T.; Serrano Sanchez, F. M.; Bishara, H.; Zhang, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Kuo, J. J.; Felser, C.; Scheu, C.; Snyder, G. J.; Best, J. P. et al.; Dehm, G.; Yu, Y.; Raabe, D.; Fu, C.; Gault, B.: Dopant-segregation to grain boundaries controls electrical conductivity of η-type NbCo(Pt)Sn half-Heusler alloy mediating thermoelectric performance. Acta Materialia 217, 117147 (2021)

Abdellaoui, L.; Chen, Z.; Yu, Y.; Luo, T.; Hanus, R.; Schwarz, T.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Snyder, G. J.; Raabe, D. et al.; Pei, Y.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Parallel Dislocation Networks and Cottrell Atmospheres Reduce Thermal Conductivity of PbTe Thermoelectrics. Advanced Functional Materials 31 (20), 2101214 (2021)

Abdellaoui, L.; Zhang, S.; Zaefferer, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Baranovskiy, A.; Cojocaru-Mirédin, O.; Yu, Y.; Amouyal, Y.; Raabe, D.; Snyder, G. J. et al.; Scheu, C.: Density, distribution and nature of planar faults in silver antimony telluride for thermoelectric applications. Acta Materialia 178, pp. 135 - 145 (2019)

Dreval, L.; Distl, B.; Hübner, J.-M.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Kahrobaee, Z.; Schmitt, L.-Y.; Iljenko, S.; Shiriaev, V.; Prokopenko, R.: Iron-Niobium-Vanadium. MSI Eureka, 10.38583.1.0 (2019)

Scheu, C.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Abdellaoui, L.; Mattlat, D. A.; Jung, C.; Gault, B.; Zhang, S.: New insights into thermoelectric materials through length-bridging characterization. Transverse Effects in Thermoelectric Systems 819. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany (2024)

Jung, C.; Jang, K.; Zhang, S.; Bueno Villoro, R.; Choi, P.-P.; Scheu, C.: Sb-doping induced order to disorder transition enhances the thermal stability of NbCoSn1-xSbx half-Heusler semiconductors. The 20th International Microscopy Congress, PS-07.2. Microscopy of Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Busan, Republic of Korea (2023)