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Ken Kurosaki

Ken Kurosaki

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
59
Citations
16463
World Ranking
2300
National Ranking
27

Overview

Ken Kurosaki is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, with significant work in advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, nuclear materials and properties, and the thermal properties of materials.

Their publication record includes work in multiple specialized subfields such as materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, inorganic chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Kurosaki's research topics cover several areas, including:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties

The scientist has published frequently in journals such as:

  • Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers detail topics in thermoelectric materials and nanocomposites. Selected papers include:

  • Flexible Thermoelectric Paper and Its Thermoelectric Generator from Bacterial Cellulose/Ag2Se Nanocomposites, 2022, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Bi2Te3-xSex by Energy Filtering Effect, 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Synthesis, microstructure, multifunctional properties of mayenite Ca12Al14O33 (C12A7) cement and graphene oxide (GO) composites, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A simple method for fabricating flexible thermoelectric nanocomposites based on bacterial cellulose nanofiber and Ag2Se, 2022, Applied Physics Letters
  • Thermoelectric materials for space explorations, 2024, Materials Advances

Kurosaki has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Yuji Ohishi
  • Masaya Kumagai
  • Yifan Sun
  • Hiroaki Muta
  • Dulyawich Palaporn

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

    Joseph P. Heremans;Vladimir Jovovic;Eric S. Toberer;Ali Saramat

  • Chalcopyrite CuGaTe(2): a high-efficiency bulk thermoelectric material.

    Theerayuth Plirdpring;Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Tristan Day

  • Thermoelectric properties of rare earth doped SrTiO3

    Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Ag9TlTe5: A high-performance thermoelectric bulk material with extremely low thermal conductivity

    Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Hiroaki Muta;Masayoshi Uno

  • Thermoelectric properties of CoSb3

    Yoshiyuki Kawaharada;Ken Kurosaki;Masayoshi Uno;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Thermophysical properties of BaZrO3 and BaCeO3

    Shinsuke Yamanaka;Masaki Fujikane;Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi;Hiroaki Muta

  • Thermoelectric properties of reduced and La-doped single-crystalline SrTiO3

    Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Thermophysical properties of SrHfO3 and SrRuO3

    Shinsuke Yamanaka;Takuji Maekawa;Hiroaki Muta;Tetsushi Matsuda

  • Thermochemical and thermophysical properties of alkaline-earth perovskites

    Shinsuke Yamanaka;Ken Kurosaki;Takuji Maekawa;Tetsushi Matsuda

  • Thermal and mechanical properties of polycrystalline BaSnO3

    Takuji Maekawa;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Thermoelectric properties of doped BaTiO3-SrTiO3 solid solution

    Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Thermoelectric properties of Ag1−xGaTe2 with chalcopyrite structure

    Aikebaier Yusufu;Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Tohru Sugahara

  • High-temperature thermoelectric properties of Nb-doped MNiSn (M = Ti, Zr) half-Heusler compound

    Hiroaki Muta;Takanori Kanemitsu;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Photoelectrochemical study of lanthanide zirconium oxides, Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd and Sm)

    Masayoshi Uno;Atsuko Kosuga;Mihoko Okui;Kentarou Horisaka

  • Thermal and mechanical properties of SrHfO3

    Shinsuke Yamanaka;Takuji Maekawa;Hiroaki Muta;Tetsushi Matsuda

  • Thermal expansion and melting temperature of the half-Heusler compounds: MNiSn (M = Ti, Zr, Hf)

    Do-young Jung;Ken Kurosaki;Chang-eun Kim;Hiroaki Muta

  • Thermal and mechanical properties of perovskite-type barium hafnate

    Takuji Maekawa;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Evaluation of thermal properties of uranium dioxide by molecular dynamics

    Kazuhiro Yamada;Ken Kurosaki;Msayoshi Uno;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Thermoelectric properties of Sn-doped TiCoSb half-Heusler compounds

    Takeyuki Sekimoto;Ken Kurosaki;Hiroaki Muta;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Effect of porosity on thermal and electrical properties of polycrystalline bulk ZrN prepared by spark plasma sintering

    Jun Adachi;Ken Kurosaki;Masayoshi Uno;Shinsuke Yamanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinsuke Yamanaka
Shinsuke Yamanaka Osaka University
Hiroaki Muta
Hiroaki Muta Osaka University
Somchai Thongtem
Somchai Thongtem Chiang Mai University
G. Jeffrey Snyder
G. Jeffrey Snyder Northwestern University
Santi Maensiri
Santi Maensiri Suranaree University of Technology
Ryoji Funahashi
Ryoji Funahashi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kunio Yubuta
Kunio Yubuta Tohoku University
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Osaka University
Eric S. Toberer
Eric S. Toberer Colorado School of Mines
Kunihito Koumoto
Kunihito Koumoto Nagoya University

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