3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Thermophysical and mechanical properties of UFe fabricated by spark plasma sintering
Yifan Sun, Hironobu Nakamura, Daisuke Okada +3
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011, core meltdown produced fuel debris whose safe retrieval and management require reliable thermophysical…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Lattice-to-Total Thermal Conductivity Ratio: A Phonon-Glass Electron-Crystal Descriptor for Data-Driven Thermoelectric Design
Yifan Sun, Zhi Li, Tetsuya Imamura +3
Thermoelectrics (TEs) are promising candidates for energy harvesting with performance quantified by figure of merit, . To accelerate the discovery of high- materials, effor…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Thermophysical properties of spark plasma sintered UCo: a comparison with machine learning predictions
Yifan Sun, Hironobu Nakamura, Masaya Kumagai +2
Uranium dioxide has been widely used as a nuclear fuel in commercial light water reactors due to its high uranium density and chemical stability. However, its relatively low therma…