Professor Zhifeng Ren
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
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;