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  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of heat transport in semimetals and wide bandgap semiconductors, and pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials

Overview

Donald T. Morelli is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Polymers and Plastics, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research topics cover a range of themes with notable emphasis on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Semiconductor materials and interfaces, and Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties.

Recent published papers by Donald T. Morelli include the following:

  • Tetrahedrite Thermoelectrics: From Fundamental Science to Facile Synthesis, 2022, Frontiers in Electronic Materials
  • Synthetic versatility, reaction pathway, and thermal stability of tetrahedrite nanoparticles, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Thermoelectric Properties of Cobalt-Doped β-FeSi2 with SiC Nanoparticle Inclusions, 2021, Journal of Electronic Materials

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel P. Weller
  • Christine D. Fasana
  • Mitchel S. Jensen
  • Graciela E. García Ponte
  • Tyler R. MacAlister

Donald T. Morelli's work has appeared in a number of publication venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Electronic Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Journal of Electronic Materials

In recognition of their contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004, with a citation recognizing their work on heat transport in semimetals and wide bandgap semiconductors as well as pioneering studies of novel thermoelectric materials.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsically minimal thermal conductivity in cubic I-V-VI2 semiconductors.

    D. T. Morelli;V. Jovovic;J. P. Heremans

  • SKUTTERUDITES : A phonon-glass-electron crystal approach to advanced thermoelectric energy conversion applications

    G. S. Nolas;D. T. Morelli;Terry M. Tritt

  • Transport properties of pure and doped mnisn (m=zr, hf)

    C. Uher;J. Yang;J. Yang;S. Hu;D. T. Morelli

  • Estimation of the isotope effect on the lattice thermal conductivity of group IV and group III-V semiconductors

    D. T. Morelli;J. P. Heremans;G. A. Slack

  • When thermoelectrics reached the nanoscale

    Joseph P. Heremans;Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Lon E. Bell;Donald T. Morelli

  • Low temperature properties of the filled skutterudite CeFe4Sb12

    Donald T. Morelli;Gregory P. Meisner

  • The effect of rare‐earth filling on the lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudites

    G. S. Nolas;G. A. Slack;D. T. Morelli;T. M. Tritt

  • Some effects of oxygen impurities on AlN and GaN

    Glen A. Slack;Leo J. Schowalter;Donald Morelli;Jaime A. Freitas

  • High Performance Thermoelectricity in Earth-Abundant Compounds Based on Natural Mineral Tetrahedrites

    Xu Lu;Donald T. Morelli;Yi Xia;Fei Zhou

  • CERIUM FILLING AND DOPING OF COBALT TRIANTIMONIDE

    Donald T. Morelli;Gregory P. Meisner;Baoxing Chen;Siqing Hu

  • Role of Lone-Pair Electrons in Producing Minimum Thermal Conductivity in Nitrogen-Group Chalcogenide Compounds

    Eric J. Skoug;Donald T. Morelli

  • LOW-TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF P-TYPE COSB3

    D. T. Morelli;T. Caillat;J. P. Fleurial;A. Borshchevsky

  • Structure and Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Fractionally Filled Skutterudites: Solid Solutions of Fully Filled and Unfilled End Members

    G. P. Meisner;D. T. Morelli;S. Hu;J. Yang;J. Yang

  • Thermopower Enhancement in PbTe with Pb Precipitates

    Joseph Heremans;Christopher Thrush;Donald Morelli

  • High Lattice Thermal Conductivity Solids

    Donald T. Morelli;Glen A. Slack

  • Thermoelectric power of bismuth nanocomposites.

    Joseph P. Heremans;Christopher M. Thrush;Donald T. Morelli;Ming Cheng Wu

  • Low-temperature transport properties of the filled skutterudites CeFe 4 − x Co x Sb 12 s

    Baoxing Chen;Jun Hao Xu;Ctirad Uher;Donald T. Morelli

  • Better thermoelectrics through glass-like crystals

    Matt Beekman;Donald T. Morelli;George S. Nolas

  • First-principles description of anomalously low lattice thermal conductivity in thermoelectric Cu-Sb-Se ternary semiconductors

    Yongsheng Zhang;Eric Skoug;Jeffrey Cain;Vidvuds Ozoliņš

  • Magnetocaloric properties of doped lanthanum manganite films

    Donald T. Morelli;Andrew M. Mance;Joseph V. Mantese;Adolph L. Micheli

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph P. Heremans
Joseph P. Heremans The Ohio State University
Ctirad Uher
Ctirad Uher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeff Sakamoto
Jeff Sakamoto University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephanie L. Brock
Stephanie L. Brock Wayne State University
Jihui Yang
Jihui Yang University of Washington
George S. Nolas
George S. Nolas University of South Florida
Gary L. Doll
Gary L. Doll University of Akron
Edgar Lara-Curzio
Edgar Lara-Curzio Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Terry M. Tritt
Terry M. Tritt Clemson University

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