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Functional Materials Engineering Lab
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The lab develops materials with the aim of putting thermoelectric conversion materials into practical use.

AboutAbout the lab
Aiming at the practical use of thermoelectric conversion materials
The Functional Materials Engineering Lab focuses on developing materials for thermoelectric conversion elements, which are key to putting thermoelectric conversion technology into practical use.
Its fields of specialty are applied physical properties, inorganic materials, and materials design, and its listed keywords also include thermoelectric materials and first-principles calculations.
The lab is part of the Materials Engineering Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Ocean Engineering, College of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University.
Key terms
- Thermoelectric conversion materials
- Materials used in elements that convert between heat and electricity
- First-principles calculations
- A method of calculating the properties of materials from the basic laws of quantum mechanics, without relying on experimental data
ResearchResearch themes
With the aim of putting thermoelectric conversion materials into practical use, the lab focuses on developing materials for thermoelectric conversion elements. Its keywords are thermoelectric materials, applied physical properties, inorganic materials, materials design, and first-principles calculations.
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- Associate ProfessorHiroshi Nakatsugawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for Lunar Surface Operations (rtg-beautyshot)” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Practical use of thermoelectric conversion materials: “Thermoelectric Seebeck power module” Gerardtv / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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