About the Project
"We have a vacancy for a PhD student to work on the synthesis and characterisation of new materials for thermoelectric applications. The work will involve synthetic solid state chemistry of new sulfides and oxysulfides, characterisation using X-ray and neutron diffraction and measurements of physical properties (electronic and thermal).
There is a need for improved ways of generating power, to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and thermoelectric power generation allows useful electrical power to be extracted from waste heat. To enable implementation of thermoelectric power generation, new thermoelectric materials with higher conversion efficiencies are needed. The focus of our work is on designing improved materials for thermoelectric energy recovery, to overcome the limitations of existing materials.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Paz Vaqueiro ([Email Address Removed]) .
Please see http://www.reading.ac.uk/chemistry/research/chem-materials.aspx for more information about the Department of Chemistry and our research."
Funding Notes
Applicants should have a first or upper second class honours degree in chemistry, physics, material science or a related discipline.
References
"A. V. Powell and P. Vaqueiro, “Chalcogenide thermoelectric materials”, Chapter 2 in Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, RSC Energy & Environment Series N. 17 (2016).
G. Guélou, P. Vaqueiro, J. Prado-Gonjal, T. Barbier, S. Hébert, E. Guilmeau, W. Kochlemann and A. V. Powell, “The impact of charge transfer and structural disorder on the thermoelectric properties of cobalt intercalated TiS2”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 1871 (2016).
P. Vaqueiro, R. A. R. Al Orabi, S. D. N. Luu, G. Guélou, A. V. Powell, R. I. Smith, J.-P. Song, D. Wee and M. Fornari, “The role of copper in the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric oxychalcogenides: do lone pairs matter?”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 31735 (2015).
G. Guélou, A.V. Powell and P. Vaqueiro, “Ball milling as an effective route for the preparation of doped bornite: synthesis, stability and thermoelectric properties”, J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 10624 (2015).
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http://www.personal.reading.ac.uk/~qf906281/
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