Zhifeng Ren

Paul C. W. Chu and May P. Chern Endowed Chair in Condensed Matter Physics

Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH)

Department of Physics and TcSUH

Science Center 466

University of Houston

Houston, 77204

Tel: (713)7438217

Email: zren@uh.edu

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Education

Ph.D: Condensed Matter Physics

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 87-90

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 84-87

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Sichuan Institute of Technology, Chengdu, China. 80-84

Research Interests

High performance thermoelectric materials: nanostructuring approach to reduce thermal conductivity and to improve thermoelectric properties for waste heat conversion into electricity;

Solar energy conversion: electricity and heat co-generation by thermoelectric materials;

Nanosheet for enhanced oil recovery: synthesis and characterizations of high performance nanosheet for enhanced oil recovery; 

Catalysts: synthesis and testing of efficient catalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions; 

Thermal management: efficient cooling materials, thermal storage, high thermal conductivity; 

Superconductivity: synthesis and characterizations of new superconductors.

Mechanics of carbon nanotubes and other nanowires, and nanocomposites: deformation and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and other nanowires by high resolution transmission electron microscope; 

Flexible transparent electrodes: fabrication and understanding of flexible transparent electrodes; 

Bio agent delivery and bio sensors: carbon nanotubes spearing for molecular delivery into cells with high viability, nano cavities for sensitive bio sensing;