ELEONORA ISOTTA

PhD project: Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials

Description of research: I am currently studying the thermoelectric properties of kesterite (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS) and how these relate to structural polymorphism and crystallographic disorder, aiming at engineering the crystal structure to achieve the maximum thermoelectric performance. My work involves the synthesis and characterization of structural (with a focus on X-ray diffraction and Rietveld modelling) and thermoelectric properties of bulk and thin film nanostructured samples. I am also interested in density functional theory, molecular dynamics and metamaterials.

Curriculum: Since November 2017 I have been PhD student in nanostructured thermoelectric materials at University of Trento (cycle 33, currently third year) under the supervision of Prof. Scardi and Prof. Pugno. Since September 2019 I am teaching assistant in Material Science and since February 2018 exam assistant in Solid Mechanics. Master’s degree in Energy Engineering (October 2017, with Honours) as excellence student of Collegio Bernardo Clesio. Within the Master’s Degree: Exchange at NTNU, Norway, and Master thesis internship at Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes (LOMC) Le Havre, France. Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering (with Honours). Since January 2018 I have been a member of AIT (Italian Association of Thermoelectricity), that in March 2020 has awarded me the award Best Junior Article on Thermoelectricity 2019 for the paper “Effect of the order-disorder transition on the Seebeck coefficient of nanostructured thermoelectric Cu2ZnSnS4 - E. Isotta, C. Fanciulli, N.M. Pugno, P. Scardi – Nanomaterials (2019)”.

Links

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eleonora_Isotta

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Wo1puQgAAAAJ&hl=it

Linkedin: https://it.linkedin.com/in/eleonora-isotta

Unitn: https://webapps.unitn.it/du/en/Persona/PER0145105/Pubblicazioni

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