2023 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
His scientific interests lie mostly in Nanotechnology, Thermoelectric effect, Thermoelectric materials, Thermal conductivity and Carbon nanotube. Zhifeng Ren combines subjects such as Carbon, Photovoltaic system and Chemical engineering with his study of Nanotechnology. His studies deal with areas such as Optoelectronics, Phonon scattering, Nanocomposite and Grain boundary as well as Thermoelectric effect.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Electricity, Engineering physics, Thermoelectric generator and Hot pressing. His research on Thermal conductivity also deals with topics like
Thermoelectric effect, Nanotechnology, Thermoelectric materials, Optoelectronics and Condensed matter physics are his primary areas of study. His Thermoelectric effect study incorporates themes from Analytical chemistry, Thermal conductivity, Doping and Hot pressing. His work deals with themes such as Phonon and Electrical resistivity and conductivity, which intersect with Thermal conductivity.
His Nanotechnology research incorporates themes from Chemical engineering and Electrode. His Thermoelectric materials course of study focuses on Thermoelectric generator and Energy conversion efficiency. The concepts of his Carbon nanotube study are interwoven with issues in Carbon and Chemical vapor deposition.
His primary scientific interests are in Thermoelectric effect, Thermoelectric materials, Thermal conductivity, Chemical engineering and Condensed matter physics. His Thermoelectric effect study combines topics in areas such as Optoelectronics, Figure of merit and Doping. Zhifeng Ren has researched Doping in several fields, including Effective mass, Nanotechnology and Atmospheric temperature range.
His Thermoelectric materials study deals with Engineering physics intersecting with Electricity and Electronic band structure. His research integrates issues of Band gap, Phonon, Anharmonicity and Semiconductor in his study of Thermal conductivity. He has researched Condensed matter physics in several fields, including Impurity, Electrical resistivity and conductivity and Density functional theory.
Zhifeng Ren focuses on Thermoelectric effect, Thermoelectric materials, Catalysis, Chemical engineering and Doping. His Thermoelectric effect study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Nanotechnology, Optoelectronics, Figure of merit, Energy conversion efficiency and Condensed matter physics. He performs multidisciplinary study in Nanotechnology and Soft robotics in his work.
The Condensed matter physics study combines topics in areas such as Thermal conductivity and Grain boundary. His Thermoelectric materials study combines topics in areas such as Power factor, Work, Seebeck coefficient, Engineering physics and Thermoelectric generator. His Chemical engineering research incorporates themes from Hydrogen evolution, Electrocatalyst, Overpotential and Nitride.
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Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review
Erik T Thostenson;Zhifeng Ren;Tsu-Wei Chou.
Composites Science and Technology (2001)
High-Thermoelectric Performance of Nanostructured Bismuth Antimony Telluride Bulk Alloys
Bed Poudel;Qing Hao;Yi Ma;Yucheng Lan.
Science (2008)
New Directions for Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials**
Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Gang Chen;Ming Y. Tang;Ronggui Yang.
Advanced Materials (2007)
Synthesis of Large Arrays of Well-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Glass
Z. F. Ren;Z. P. Huang;J. W. Xu;J. H. Wang.
Science (1998)
Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects
A. J. Minnich;M. S. Dresselhaus;Z. F. Ren;G. Chen.
Energy and Environmental Science (2009)
Multiferroicity: the coupling between magnetic and polarization orders
K. F. Wang;J. M. Liu;Z. F. Ren.
Advances in Physics (2009)
Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications
Mona Zebarjadi;Keivan Esfarjani;M S Dresselhaus;Z. F. Ren.
Energy and Environmental Science (2012)
Enhanced thermoelectric figure-of-merit in nanostructured p-type silicon germanium bulk alloys.
Giri Joshi;Hohyun Lee;Yucheng Lan;Xiaowei Wang.
Nano Letters (2008)
Glucose Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanotube Nanoelectrode Ensembles
Yuehe Lin;Fang Lu;Yi Tu;Zhifeng Ren.
Nano Letters (2004)
High-performance flat-panel solar thermoelectric generators with high thermal concentration
Daniel Kraemer;Bed Poudel;Hsien Ping Feng;J. Christopher Caylor.
Nature Materials (2011)
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