Program

More than half of the primary energy that we consume is lost as waste heat. In the 20th century, humankind learned to achieve unprecedented control over charge carriers (electrons), spins, and photons, however, advanced control over phonons and thermal energy is still not satisfactory and remains one of the important scientific challenges for the 21st century. Thermoelectrics, which can reliably and compactly convert heat to electricity through solid-state devices using the Seebeck effect without scaling is a promising technology in this regard. (1) Recent advancements in classical and novel materials and (2) theoretical understanding of the thermoelectric phenomena, (3) discovery and implementation of enhancement principles which challenge the conventional tradeoff between the Seebeck effect and electrical conductivity and the paradoxical requirement of conducting electricity but not heat, (4) processing of materials (bulk, thin film, heterostructures, nanostructures, and nanocomposites), (5) development of measurement technologies for thermal conductivity, Seebeck effect, power generation, (6) advances in applicative technology and device design, and applications, ranging from energy harvesting for IoT to mid-high and high temperatures, and refrigeration, all indicate the approach of the breakthrough to the first wide scale application of thermoelectric power generation and further utilization of thermoelectric refrigeration. In this symposium, we call for papers which deal with these different aspects of thermoelectrics.

• Recent advancements in classical and novel materials
• Theoretical understanding of the thermoelectric phenomena
• Discovery and implementation of enhancement principles which challenge the conventional tradeoff between the Seebeck effect and electrical conductivity and the paradoxical requirement of conducting electricity but not heat
• Processing of materials (bulk, thin film, heterostructures, nanostructures, and nanocomposites)
• Development of measurement technologies for thermal conductivity, Seebeck effect, power generation
• Advances in applicative technology and device design, and applications, ranging from energy harvesting for IoT to mid-high and high temperatures, and refrigeration

• Huaizhou Zhao, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Thermoelectric Modules for Near Room-temperature Uses Based on N-type Mg3Sb1.5Bi0.5 Materials and P type Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3
• Johannes de Boor, German Aerospace Center Towards Magnesium-Silicide Based Thermoelectric Generators: Material Optimization, Contact Development and Prototypes
• Xiaoyuan Zhou, Chongqing University Study on Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Tetrahedrite and Chalcopyrite based compounds
• In Chung, Exceptional Thermoelectric Performance of Polycrystalline SnSe Materials Exceptional Thermoelectric Performance of Polycrystalline SnSe Materials
• Teruyuki Ikeda, Ibaraki University A high-throughput approach to thermoelectric materials with enhanced properties in complex material systems
• Kuei-Hsien Chen, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica CoGe1.5Te1.5 Skutterudites for Thermoelectric Performance
• Ernst Bauer, Technische Universität Wien From bulk to film: largely enhanced thermoelectric performance in full Heusler systems
• Jan-Willem Bos, Heriot-Watt University Combined use of Alloying and Interstitials to Enhance the Performance of TiNiSn-based Half-Heuslers
• Zhigang Chen, University of Southern Queensland Link the relationship between structure and thermoelectric property through atomic observation
• Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*Star New horizons in Thermoelectric Materials: inorganic-organic hybrids and machine learning for inorganic crystals
• Ling Chen, Beijing Normal University How Far Can Chemists Go Toward High ZT
• Tsunehiro Takeuchi, Toyota Technological Institute New concept to effectively increase ZT and development of high-performance Si- Ge based thermoelectric materials
• franck Gascoin, CRISMAT laboratory Ionic Pnictides for High Temperature Applications
• Peng Jiang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Optical Properties of Thermoelectric Materials
• Theodora Kyratsi, University of Cyprus Magnesium Silicide Based Thermoelectric Materials
• Hirokazu Takaki, University of Tsukuba First-Principles Thermoelectric Calculations of Magnetic Semiconductors
• Yoshiyuki Nonoguchi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology Thermoelectric Materials Made from Molecularly-doped Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube Networks
• Holger Kleinke, University of Waterloo Thermoelectric Properties of Ternary Thallium Tellurides
• Masao Ogata, University of Tokyo Effect of Phonon Drag on Seebeck Coefficient Based on Linear Response Theory: Application to FeSb2
• Taishi Takenobu, Nagoya University Thermoelectric Properties of van der Waals Materials
• Ivana Savic, Tyndall National Institute First Principles Simulations of Thermoelectric Transport in n-type PbTe
• Slavko Bernik, Jožef Stefan Institute Could ZnO Meet the Expectations for Thermoelectric Properties - What Needs to Be Done?
• Naohito Tsujii, National Institute for Materials Science Enhanced Thermoelectric Property by use of Magnetic Interaction
• Priyanka Jood, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Ag2Se and PbTe thermoelectrics- High performance materials and modules for room temperature to mid-temperature applications
• Jong-Soo Rhyee, Kyung Hee University Topological and Anderson transition in thermoelectricity
• Dario Narducci, University of Milano Bicocca Silicon Reloaded: Novel Perspectives of Si as a Thermoelectric Material
• Yanzhong Pei, Tongji University Phonon dispersion and scattering in thermoelectrics
• Prashun Gorai, Colorado School of Mines Beyond the Known: Computational Discovery of New n-type Zintl Thermoelectric Materials
• Philippe Jund, University of Montpellier Defects And Their Influence On The Thermoelectric Properties Of Materials: An Ab Initio Study
• Pengfei Qiu, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Investigation on the stability of liquid-like thermoelectric materials and modules
• Yaniv Gelbstein, Ben-Gurion University Chalcogenides based thermoelectric materials for power generation

• Takao MORI National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
• Michihiro OHTA National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• Lidong CHEN Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Franck GASCOIN CRISMAT
• Yuri GRIN Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
• Yuzuru MIYAZAKI Tohoku University
• Michitaka OHTAKI Kyushu University
• Jong-Soo RHYEE Kyung Hee University
• Jeff SNYDER Northwestern University
• Tsunehiro TAKEUCHI Toyota Technological Institute
• Takahiro YAMAMOTO Tokyo University of Science

• Michihiro OHTA, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Email: ohta.michihiro@aist.go.jp