Nikola Kanas
Position:Senior researcher
Dr Nikola Kanas, born in 1989 in Kikinda (Serbia), took his PhD degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) as a member of Department of Materials Science and Engineering. After that, Nikola continued as a post-doc in the same research group, working in the field of thermoelectrics. As part of PhD and post-doc programs, he was on the internships at Leibniz University Hannover and Technical University of Denmark (DTU), respectively. Prior to his PhD study, he completed his bachelor and master studies at Faculty of Technology in Novi Sad and afterwards, he worked in industry as a process engineer. He is currently a senior researcher at BioSense Institute Novi Sad, Department of Sensor Technologies.
Besides the national scholarships and few awards taken from abroad, Nikola was well ranked at the European PhD student speech contest, as Norwegian representative. He is an active member of the International Thermoelectric Society and the European Ceramic Society. He is a reviewer of several highly-ranked journals and involved in organization of the scientific events. Nikola’s research interests cover synthesis, processing, characterization and application of ceramics for energy technologies (mostly thermoelectrics). He has published about 14 peer-reviewed scientific papers, reaching h-factor of 7.
Center:
CST
Publications:
1. M. Bittner, N. Kanas, R. Hinterding, F. Steinbach, J. Rathel, M. Schrade, K. Wiik, M.-A. Einarsrud, A. Feldhoff, A comprehensive study on improved power materials for high-temperature thermoelectric generators, J. Power Sources. (2019) 410, 143-151.
2. N. Kanas, S. P. Singh, M. Rotan, M. Seleemi, M. Bittner, A. Feldhoff, T. Norby, K. Wiik, T. Grande, and M-A Einarsrud, Influence of processing on stability, microstructure and thermoelectric properties of Ca3Co4-xO9+δ, Eur. Ceram. Soc. (2018) 38, 1592-1599.
3. M. Bittner, N. Kanas, R. Hinterding, F. Steinbach, D. Groeneveld, P. Wemhoff, K. Wiik, M.-A. Einarsrud, A. Feldhoff, Triple-phase ceramic 2D nanocomposite with enhanced thermoelectric properties, Eur. Ceram. Soc. (2019) 39, 1237-1244.
4. S. P. Singh, N. Kanas, T. Norby, M. Johnsson, M.-A. Einarsrud, K. Wiik, Thermoelectric properties of A-site deficient La-doped SrTiO3 at 100-900 °C under reducing conditions, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. (2020) 40, 401-407.
5. N. Kanas, M. Bittner, T. D. Desissa, S. P. Singh, T. Norby, A. Feldhoff, T. Grande, K. Wiik and M.-A. Einarsrud, All-oxide thermoelectric module with in situ formed non-rectifying complex p-p-n junction and transverse thermoelectric effect, All-oxide thermoelectric module with in situ formed non-rectifying complex p-p-n junction and transverse thermoelectric effect, ACS Omega. (2018) 3, 9899-9906.