New generation thermoelectric materials will be developed in Turkey

Mahmut Akşit, who accomplished his college schooling in Turkey and labored in the USA for five years, returned house as a part of the “2232 Worldwide Main Researchers Program” of TUBITAK.

Gebze Technical College (GTU) Physics Division Lecturer Akşit carries out his research in the fabric physics laboratory he established inside the college, with an R&D group of 5 folks consisting of doctoral college students and post-doctoral researchers, and almost 10 graduate college students.

With the brand new generation thermoelectric materials developed by Akşit and his workforce, it’s aimed to transform waste warmth into reusable electrical energy.

DID SCIENTIFIC STUDIES FOR 5 YEARS IN THE USA

Assistant Professor Mahmut Akşit mentioned that he graduated from Sabancı College, Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2008, and obtained his doctorate in the identical area from Cornell College in the USA in 2014.

Noting that he later began to work as a specialist materials chemist in the analysis laboratory of one of many firms that made probably the most R&D work in the world, Akşit defined that he carried out scientific research in the corporate for five years.

“WE WANT TO BE USEFUL TO OUR COUNTRY”

Expressing that he returned to Turkey two years in the past, Aksit mentioned:

“We need to be helpful to our personal nation. Beforehand, when our associates got here to Turkey, that they had loads of expertise and data, however they may not put them into motion as a result of they didn’t have a price range to ascertain a laboratory. Because of this system, we have been in a position to come and arrange our laboratory and begin working right here when our data and analysis background was contemporary. it’s the arrival of the price range that enables us to proceed with out interruption.

“We got here with a price range of 1 million 720 thousand liras”

They gave skilled researchers a price range of 1 million to ascertain their laboratories, and on prime of that, they gave a further price range of 720 thousand liras to implement our scientific research in the laboratory. We got here with a complete price range of 1 million 720 thousand liras. This encouragement by TÜBİTAK is absolutely vital. I believe this program will be a significant component in the return of scientists to Turkey and it will be very useful for Turkey in the long term.”

Akşit said that regardless of the coronavirus epidemic, they established the laboratory inside 6 months and began working, and said that the salaries of 4 doctoral college students and 1 post-doctoral researcher working in the laboratory have been coated inside the scope of this program.

“WE WASTE A LOT OF ENERGY”

Explaining that thermoelectric materials are materials that may convert warmth into electrical vitality with none mechanical elements, Akşit continued his phrases as follows:

“58 % of the vitality consumed for varied functions in the world is wasted as waste warmth with out getting used. This price is round 53 % for Turkey. Conventional car engines and thermal energy crops cleared the path in waste warmth generation. We are able to use solely 30 % of the vitality we burn in inner combustion engines for motion. , 70 % of it escapes from the exhaust.We waste an awesome a part of the vitality.

Equally, in thermal energy crops and pure fuel energy crops, we throw 70 % of the vitality into the air. Our intention is to transform waste warmth into reusable electrical energy with thermoelectric materials. We need to each improve the effectivity of thermoelectric materials and produce them extra cheaply. We got here to Turkey with the concept to discover a answer to those two issues and we’re working to appreciate this. For instance, hybrid vehicles are quite common. If the warmth from their exhaust can be transformed again into electrical energy, the vary and effectivity of the automobile will improve and it will eat much less gas.”

Akşit said that the necessity for electrical vitality is met with the thermoelectric modules that convert the warmth vitality originating from radioactivity into electrical vitality in the Mars exploration automobiles Curiosity and Perseverance.

Declaring that thermoelectric modules are used for varied purposes in pure fuel pipelines, naval platforms, telecommunication services and safety monitoring services positioned in difficult-to-reach locations on the earth, Akşit mentioned that thermoelectric materials are additionally getting used in the aviation and area business, attributable to their lightness in comparison with standard turbines. He added that it was on the plan.