Dr. Yatir Sadia
My lab is focused on three stages of materials design in synthesis, analysis and application for heteroanionic materials for energy applications:
1) Synthesis - using thermodynamically stable and quasi-stable techniques all of which can be done in different atmospheres, pressures and heating rates. Including but not limited to:
Solid state synthesis, Mechanical alloying, Solid-liquid synthesis, Sol gel synthesis and quick melting and quenching using arc melting, induction melting and furnace melting.
2) Analysis and characterization both for microstructure and functional properties under precise temperatures and atmospheres:
Electron/hole conductivity, Thermal (phonon) conductivity, Ionic conductivity through Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Seebeck and Sorret coefficients due to temperature gradients.
This is coupled with microstructure analysis using XRD, SEM, FIB, TEM, XPS, Raman and more.
3) All these materials and properties and tailored into applications which require electronic and ionic and thermal transport for energy conversion and transfer:
Thermoelectric materials., Ionic thermoelectric materials, Ionic conductors for high temperature batteries and fuel cells.
Fields of Interest
Heteroanionic materials
Ionic conductivity
