Yue Chen

Prof. Yue Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on materials physics for electrical and thermal transports, including anharmonic phonon-phonon couplings, thermal transport properties in crystalline solids, and developing first-principles interatomic potentials. His work also involves discovering novel material properties under extreme conditions, with a focus on alloys, intermetallics, thermoelectrics, and low-dimensional materials. Prof. Chen's research areas include materials computation, electron and phonon transports, thermoelectric materials, high pressure materials, and density functional theory.

Yue Chen is a researcher at The University of Hong Kong specializing in materials physics and computation. Their work focuses on enhancing thermoelectric materials through advanced computational methods and materials design. Chen's research explores the interplay between charge and phonon transport, lattice strain, and defect engineering to achieve high thermoelectric performance in materials such as SnSe, PbTe, GeTe, and Mg3Sb2. They also develop machine learning potentials for atomistic simulations, enabling efficient and accurate predictions of material properties. Their studies highlight the importance of band structure engineering, carrier scattering mechanisms, and hierarchical microstructures in optimizing thermoelectric efficiency.