Yinglu Tang, Chair Metals for Space Exploration, TU Delft, The Netherlands
figure-of-merit zT, which is dependent on material properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient etc. By phase diagram assisted defect engineering, thermoelectric properties were enhanced [...] methodology of property design could be applied to other structural materials for space applications. Yinglu studied thermoelectric materials during her PhD at Caltech and postdoc at EMPA, Switzerland, focusing [...] Thermoelectrics for space applications - from defect study to structural design Thermoelectric materials have been used in Radioisotrope Thermoelectric generators (RTG) as auxiliary power for space exploration