Physics Department Personnel

Dr. Zhifeng Ren

Professor of Physics

617-552-2832
Higgins Hall 230G
renzh@bc.edu
Dr Ren's Group Website

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

Areas of Research

Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials: synthesis, characterization, and applications of semiconducting nanoparticles such as Si, Ge, SiGe, Bi, Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, CoSb3, PbTe, PbSe, etc.

Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: power generation and cooling devices using high ZT thermoelectric materials.

Solar Energy Harvesting: solar energy conversion using nanoscale coaxial cable arrays and thermoelectric materials.

Carbon Nanotubes: synthesis, characterization, functionalization, properties, and applications.

Field Emission: low voltage electron emissive materials.

Ceramics: powder, thin and thick film processing and characterization of various ceramics including carbides, oxides, nitrides, borides, etc.

Publications

• For Dr. Ren's list of publications visit his group's website.

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