Research Overview

Our long-term vision is to address the global energy challenge through the discovery and engineering of functional materials for solid-state energy harvesting. Our work integrates both experimental and computational techniques across three interconnected domains:

1. Thermoelectrics: From Materials Discovery to Device Integration

Electron band Phonon modes
Thermoelectric materials convert heat directly into electricity and offer a solid-state solution to waste heat recovery and micro-power generation. Our group develops thermoelectric materials across all length scales — from band structure tuning to materials synthesis and device-level engineering.

2. Materials for Water-Energy Nexus

Evapolectrics Global RH
Recognizing the ever-growing importance of water and electricity in our daily lives, we intend to explore hybrid platforms with water evaporation to realize simultaneous ambient energy harvesting and freshwater cogeneration.

3. Computational Design of Energy Materials

Band structure Band shift
Our research leverages first-principles calculations to understand and predict structure-property relationships in energy materials. Computational work guides experimental synthesis, helps uncover design rules for efficient charge and heat transport, and supports workflow automation and high-throughput screening to accelerate discovery.