Bueno Villoro, R.; Luo, T.; Bishara, H.; Abdellaoui, L.; Gault, B.; Wood, M.; Snyder, G. J.; Scheu, C.; Zhang, S.: Effect of grain boundaries on electrical conductivity in Ti(Co,Fe)Sb half Heusler thermoelectrics. 719. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Understanding Transport Processes on the Nanoscale for Energy Harvesting Devices, online (2021)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Effect of grain boundary phases on the thermoelectric properties of half Heusler materials. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2023)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Microstructure, thermal stability and defect phonon scattering in AgSbTe2 thermoelectrics. Master, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2019)
Bueno Villoro, R.: Effect of the processing route on the microstructure of Ag18Sb29Te53 (AST) based thermoelectrics. Bachelor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2018)
In this project we conduct together with Dr. Sandlöbes at RWTH Aachen and the department of Prof. Neugebauer ab initio calculations for designing new Mg – Li alloys. Ab initio calculations can accurately predict basic structural, mechanical, and functional properties using only the atomic composition as a basis.
The wide tunability of the fundamental electronic bandgap by size control is a key attribute of semiconductor nanocrystals, enabling applications spanning from biomedical imaging to optoelectronic devices. At finite temperature, exciton-phonon interactions are shown to exhibit a strong impact on this fundamental property.