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Zhifeng Ren
Researcher at Texas Center for Superconductivity
Publications - 726
Citations - 84970
Zhifeng Ren is an academic researcher from Texas Center for Superconductivity. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermoelectric effect & Thermoelectric materials. The author has an hindex of 122, co-authored 695 publications receiving 71212 citations. Previous affiliations of Zhifeng Ren include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & University of Cincinnati.
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Concentrating solar thermoelectric generators with a peak efficiency of 7.4
Daniel Kraemer,Qing Jie,Kenneth McEnaney,Feng Cao,Weishu Liu,Lee A. Weinstein,James Loomis,Zhifeng Ren,Gang Chen +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported a solar thermoelectric generator with an efficiency of 9.6% at an optically concentrated normal solar irradiance of 211'kW'm−2 and a system efficiency of 7.4% after considering optical concentration losses.
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Enhanced Field Emission of ZnO Nanowires
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Routes for high-performance thermoelectric materials
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize the recent advances in bulk thermoelectric materials with reduced lattice thermal conductivity by nano-microstructure control and also newly discovered materials with intrinsically low lattice therm conductivity.
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Discovery of TaFeSb-based half-Heuslers with high thermoelectric performance
Hangtian Zhu,Jun Mao,Yuwei Li,Jifeng Sun,Yumei Wang,Qing Zhu,Guannan Li,Qichen Song,Jiawei Zhou,Yuhao Fu,Ran He,Tian Tong,Zihang Liu,Wuyang Ren,Wuyang Ren,Li You,Li You,Zhiming Wang,Jun Luo,Andrei Sotnikov,Jiming Bao,Kornelius Nielsch,Gang Chen,David J. Singh,Zhifeng Ren +24 more
TL;DR: The authors apply the inverse design approach to identify and experimentally realize TaFeSb-based half Heuslers with high thermoelectric performance and demonstrate that the TaFe Sb- based half-Heuslers are highly promising for thermoelectedric power generation.
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Recent progress and future challenges on thermoelectric Zintl materials
TL;DR: In this paper, the 2D layered CaAl 2 Si 2 -type Zintl phases are discussed in more detail, from fundamental crystal structure and electronic band structure to the approaches that have been successfully used to enhance the thermoelectric performance.