Joakim Brorsson

Research

Joakim’s graduate research was focused on inorganic clathrates for thermoelectric applications. His main supervisor was Prof. Anders Palmqvist at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

Education

• 2021: Doctorate in Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Unlocking the potential of a caged star: Thermoelectric quaternary clathrates

• 2012: M.Sc. in Applied Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Characterisation of the self-arrangement of gold nanoparticles on surfaces based on simulations and model experiments

• 2010: B.Sc. in Applied Physics; Chalmers University of Technology
  Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Publications

• Strategic optimization of the electronic transport properties of pseudo-ternary clathrates Permalink
  J. Brorsson, A. E. C. Palmqvist, and P. Erhart
  Advanced Electronic Materials 8, 202100756 (2021)
• Order–Disorder Transition in Inorganic Clathrates Controls Electrical Transport Properties Permalink
  J. Brorsson, Y. Zhang, A. E. C. Palmqvist, and P. Erhart
  Chemistry of Materials 33, 4500 (2021)
• Investigating the Chemical Ordering in Quaternary Clathrate Ba₈Al_xGa_16-xGe₃₀ Permalink
  Y. Zhang, J. Brorsson, T. Kamiyama, T. Saito, P. Erhart, and A. E. C. Palmqvist
  Inorganic Chemistry 60, 16977 (2021)
• First-principles study of order-disorder transitions in pseudo-binary clathrates Permalink
  J. Brorsson, A. E. C. Palmqvist, and P. Erhart
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 22817 (2021)
• Efficient calculation of the lattice thermal conductivity by atomistic simulations with ab-initio accuracy Permalink
  J. Brorsson, A. Hashemi, Z. Fan, E. Fransson, F. Eriksson, T. Ala-Nissila, A. V. Krasheninnikov, H. Komsa, and P. Erhart
  Advanced Theory and Simulations 4, 2100217 (2021)
• A Computational Assessment of the Efficacy of Halides as Shape-Directing Agents in Nanoparticle Growth Permalink
  J. Löfgren, J. M. Rahm, J. Brorsson, and P. Erhart
  Physical Review Materials 4, 096001 (2020)
• Thermal conductivity in intermetallic clathrates: A first-principles perspective Permalink
  D. O. Lindroth, J. Brorsson, E. Fransson, F. Eriksson, A. Palmqvist, and P. Erhart
  Physical Review B 100, 19078 (2019)

Theses

• Unlocking the potential of a caged star: Thermoelectric quaternary clathrates Permalink
  J. Brorsson, Doctoral Thesis (2021)