Publications

Powell, A., Vaqueiro, P., Tippireddy, S., Prado-Gonjal, J. (2025). Exploiting chemical bonding principles to design high-performance thermoelectric materials. Nature Reviews Chemistry.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-025-00695-6 

Lamba, N., Guralnik, B., Prado-Gonjal, J., Powell, A. V., Pryds, N., Hansen, O., Petersen, D. H., Beltrán-Pitarch, B. (2024). Eliminating resistance measurement error due to thermoelectric effects in micro four-point probe measurements. Journal of Applied Physics, 136(24). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0244261

Caro-Campos, I., González-Barrios, M. M., Dura, O. J., Fransson, E., Plata, J. J., Ávila, D., Fdez Sanz, J., Prado-Gonjal, J.,  Márquez, A. M. (2024). Challenges Reconciling Theory and Experiments in the Prediction of Lattice Thermal Conductivity: The Case of Cu-Based Sulvanites. Chemistry of Materials.    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01343 

González-Barrios, M., Tabuyo-Martínez, M., Ávila-Brande, D., Prado-Gonjal, J. (2024). Perspective on Crystal Structures, Synthetic Methods, and New Directions in Thermoelectric Materials. Small Structures.  https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202400136 

Prado-Gonjal, J., García-Calvo, E., Gainza, J., Durá, O.J., Dejoie, C., Nemes, N. M., Martínez, J.L., Alonso, J.A., Serrano-Sánchez, F. (2024). Optimizing Thermoelectric Properties through Compositional Engineering in Ag-Deficient AgSbTe2 Synthesized by Arc Melting. ACS Applied Electronic Materials.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c01653 

Prado Gonjal, J., Vaqueiro, P., Kowalczyk, R., Smith, R. I., Powell, A. V. (2023).  Lithium-Filled Skutterudites by Intercalation at Ambient Temperature. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie.  https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202300087

González-Barrios, M. M., Tabuyo-Martínez, M., Jiménez, V. C., Durá, Ó. J., Alonso, J. A., Ávila-Brande, D., & Prado-Gonjal, J. (2022). Microwave-assisted synthesis of thermoelectric oxides and chalcogenides. Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.01.096 

Gainza, J., Serrano‐Sánchez, F., Rodrigues, J. E., Prado‐Gonjal, J., Nemes, N. M., Biskup, N., ... & Alonso, J. A. (2020). Unveiling the Correlation between the Crystalline Structure of M‐Filled CoSb3 (M= Y, K, Sr) Skutterudites and Their Thermoelectric Transport Properties. Advanced Functional Materials, 2001651. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001651

Prado-Gonjal, J., Gainza, J., Aguayo, I., Dura, O. J., Perez, S. R., Serrano-Sánchez, F., Nemes, N. M., Fernández-Diaz, M.T., Alonso, J. A.  & Morán, E. (2020). High thermoelectric performance of rapidly microwave-synthesized Sn1-δS. Materials Advances, 1, 845-853. DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00301H  

Prado-Gonjal, J., López, C. A., Pinacca, R. M., Serrano-Sánchez, F., Nemes, N. M., Dura, O. J., ... & Alonso, J. A. (2020). Correlation between Crystal Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Sr1−xTi0.9Nb0.1O3−δ Ceramics. Crystals, 10(2), 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10020100 

Gainza, J., Serrano-Sánchez, F., Prado-Gonjal, J., Nemes, N. M., Biskup, N., Dura, O. J.,Martínez, J.L., Fauth, F., & Alonso, J. A. (2019). Substantial thermal conductivity reduction in mischmetal skutterudites MmxCo4Sb12 prepared under high-pressure conditions, due to uneven distribution of the rare-earth elements. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(14), 4124-4131. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC06461J  

Beltrán-Pitarch, B., Prado-Gonjal, J., Powell, A. V., Martinez-Julian, F., & García-Cañadas, J. (2019). Complete Characterization of Thermoelectric Materials by Impedance Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123, 20, 12608–12613.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02131 

Beltrán-Pitarch, B., Prado-Gonjal, J., Powell, A. V., & García-Cañadas, J. (2019). Experimental conditions required for accurate measurements of electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, and dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) using Harman and impedance spectroscopy methods. Journal of Applied Physics, 125(2), 025111. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5077071 

Prado-Gonjal, J., Phillips, M., Vaqueiro, P., Min, G., & Powell, A. V. (2018). Skutterudite thermoelectric modules with high volume-power-density: scalability and reproducibility. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(11), 6609-6618. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01548 

Serrano-Sánchez, F., Prado-Gonjal, J., Nemes, N. M., Biskup, N., Dura, O. J., Martínez, J. L., Fernández-Diaz, M.T. & Alonso, J. A. (2018). Thermal Conductivity Reduction by Fluctuation of the Filling Fraction in Filled Cobalt Antimonide Skutterudite Thermoelectrics. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(11), 6181-6189. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01227 

Serrano-Sánchez, F., Funes, M., Nemes, N. M., Dura, O. J., Martínez, J. L., Prado-Gonjal, J., Fernández-Diaz, M.T. & Alonso, J. A. (2018). Low lattice thermal conductivity in arc-melted GeTe with Ge-deficient crystal structure. Applied Physics Letters, 113(8), 083902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043359 

Beltrán-Pitarch, B., Prado-Gonjal, J., Powell, A. V., Ziolkowski, P., & García-Cañadas, J. (2018). Thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, and dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) determination of thermoelectric materials by impedance spectroscopy up to 250° C. Journal of Applied Physics, 124(2), 025105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5036937 

Serrano-Sánchez, F., Prado-Gonjal, J., Nemes, N. M., Biskup, N., Varela, M., Dura, O. J., Martínez, J.L, Fernández-Díaz, M.T., Fauth, F. & Alonso, J. A. (2018). Low thermal conductivity in La-filled cobalt antimonide skutterudites with an inhomogeneous filling factor prepared under high-pressure conditions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(1), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA08545A 

Prado-Gonjal, J., Serrano-Sánchez, F., Nemes, N. M., Dura, O. J., Martínez, J. L., Fernández-Díaz, M. T., Fauth, F. & Alonso, J. A. (2017). Extra-low thermal conductivity in unfilled CoSb3-δ skutterudite synthesized under high-pressure conditions. Applied Physics Letters, 111(8), 083902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4993283 

Yang, Z., Prado-Gonjal, J., Phillips, M., Lan, S., Powell, A., Vaqueiro, P., Gao, M., Stobard, R. & Chen, R. (2017). Improved thermoelectric generator performance using high temperature thermoelectric materials. SAE Technical Paper, 2017-01-0121. https://doi.org/10.4271/2017-01-0121

Prado-Gonjal, J., Vaqueiro, P., Nuttall, C., Potter, R., & Powell, A. V. (2017). Enhancing the thermoelectric properties of single and double filled p-type skutterudites synthesized by an up-scaled ball-milling process. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 695, 3598-3604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.11.404 

Guélou, G., Vaqueiro, P., Prado-Gonjal, J., Barbier, T., Hébert, S., Guilmeau, E., Kockelmann, W. & Powell, A. V. (2016). The impact of charge transfer and structural disorder on the thermoelectric properties of cobalt intercalated TiS2. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(9), 1871-1880. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TC04217H