Half Heusler alloys have electronic transport properties that make them desirable candidates for thermoelectric applications. However, their thermal conductivity is extremely high, thereby restricting their usage. One way to reduce thermal conductivity is to introduce disorder into the lattice that enhances phonon scattering. Sometimes these disordered Half Heuslers are stabilized by configurational entropy and hence also called high entropy materials. In this project, using density functional theory based calculations, we plan to explore such High entropy Half Heuslers for thermoelectric applications.
Basics of quantum mechanics/ quantum chemistry, solid state physics/chemistry and statistical mechanics.
Programing, exposure to linux operating system. These are desirable and not mandatory.
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