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Research Areas

Energy conversion and storage, thermoelectric, high-entropy refractory alloys, metal alloy/ceramic synthesis and processing

Education

• Ph.D. in Materials Sciences and Engineering (Highest honor) (Advisor: Ralf Riedel)
  • Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
• M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Shengming Zhou)
  • Chinese Academy of Science, China
• B.S. in Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Engineering
  • Central South University, China

Publications

1. W. Li,* S. Ghosh, N. Liu, B. Poudel,* 鈥淗alf-Heusler Thermoelectrics: Advances from Materials Fundamental to Device Engineering鈥�, Joule, 8,1274-1311 (2024)
2. S. Ghosh,* Y. Xia, A. Nozariasbmarz, L. Raman, H. Lee, S. Sharma, Y. Zhang, N. Liu, J. Gray, S.Priya, W. Li,* B. Poudel,* 鈥淗igh Entropy Engineered p-type Half-Heusler Thermoelectric鈥�, Joule, accepted, 10.1016/j.joule.2024.08.008 (2024) 
3. R. Amaral, N. Liu, B. Poudel, W. Li, Z. Liu, 鈥淎b-initio CALPHAD modeling of NaNH2BH3 for solid-state H2 storage applications鈥�, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 166, 150807 (2025)
4. L. Raman,* A. Debnath, E. Furton, S. Lin, A. Krajewski, S. Ghosh, N. Liu, M. Ahn, B. Poudel, S. Shang, S. Priya, Z-K. Liu, A. M. Beese, W. Reinhart, W. Li,* 鈥淒ata-driven inverse design of MoNbTiVWZr refractory multicomponent alloys: Microstructure and mechanical properties鈥�, J. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 918, 147475 (2024)
5. H. Zhu,^鈥�* W. Li,^鈥�* A. Nozariasbmarz, H. Kang, N. Liu, Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, S. Priya, B. Poudel,* 鈥淗alf-Heusler alloys as Emerging High Power Density Thermoelectric Cooling Materials鈥�, Nat. Comm., 14:3300 (2023) 
6. W. Li,^* B. Poudel, R. Kishore, N. Liu, A. Nozariasbmarz, Y. Zhang, S. Priya,^* 鈥淭owards High Conversion Efficiency of Thermoelectric Modules Through Synergistical Optimization of Layered Materials鈥�, Adv. Mater., 35, 2210407 (2023) 

Funding

Current Grants

1. DOE APRA-E Phase 2, 鈥淒esign, Manufacturing, and Characterization of Ultrahigh Temperature Refractory Alloys for Turbine Applications鈥�, Co-PI

Previous Grants

1. MRI Seed Grant, 鈥淣on-equilibrium Manufacturing of Nanostructured Multiphase High Entropy Alloys for Solid State Hydrogen Storage鈥�, PI
2. IEE Seed Grant, 鈥淎dditive Manufacturing of Elastocaloric Cooling Shape Memory Alloy: From Materials and Device Fabrication to System-level Analysis for High-Performance Buildings鈥�, PI
3. Murata Sponsored Research, 鈥淩einforcement of barium titanate with carbon fiber core by FAST鈥�, Co-PI
4. NSF IUCRC (Laird Thermal Systems), 鈥淗igh Performance Thermoelectric Bismuth Telluride materials by Spin Melting Technique鈥�, Co-PI
5. DOE APRA-E, 鈥溾�淒esign and Manufacturing of Ultrahigh Temperature Refractory Alloys鈥�, Co-PI

Research Projects

Thermoelectric

Integration of materials innovation to decouple electron-phonon coupling and device engineering to improve materials鈥� figure-of-merit (zT) and conversion efficiency to convert waste heat into useful electricity for sustainable energy.

Refractory Materials

Design and Manufacture structural refractory metallic alloys through compositional and microstructural approach to enhance their mechanical performance towards high Temperature Applications in space, gas turbine and related areas.

Energy Storage

Design and synthesis solid-state materials for hydrogen storage, such as complex perovskite metal hydrides, to improve their hydrogen capacity, thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors, and reversibility for sustainable energy applications.   

News

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Research Group

Undergraduate Students

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Postdocs

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