Uher Group Lab

Prof. Ctirad Uher’s group specializes in electrical, thermal, and magnetic transport measurements in a variety of materials systems, primarily for thermoelectric energy conversion applications. Thermoelectrics transform heat into useful electricity, and thus are utilized in wasteful industrial and automotive processes. By harvesting the wasted heat, thermoelectric devices save energy, reduce carbon emissions, and decrease the warming of the environment. Most of our operations involve intricate measurement devices to study the Seebeck and Hall effects in semiconductors on a range of temperatures from 2 K to 900 K.