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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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Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications
TL;DR: In this article, Minnich et al. reviewed the progress made in thermoelectrics over the past two years on charge and heat carrier transport, strategies to improve the thermiolectric figure of merit, with new discussions on device physics and applications.
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Visible-Light Photocatalytic Properties of Weak Magnetic BiFeO3 Nanoparticles
Feng Gao,Xinyi Chen,Kuibo Yin,Shuai Dong,Zhifeng Ren,Fang Yuan,Tao Yu,Zhigang Zou,Jun-Ming Liu,Jun-Ming Liu +9 more
TL;DR: Polycrystalline BiFeO3 nanoparticles (size 80-120 nm) are prepared by a simple sol-gel technique as discussed by the authors, which are very efficient for photocatalytic decomposition of organic contaminants under irradiation from ultraviolet to visible frequencies.
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Enhancement of Thermoelectric Figure-of-Merit by a Bulk Nanostructuring Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis process and the relationship between the microstructures and the thermoelectric properties of the nanostructured bulk materials with an enhanced ZT value are reviewed.
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High Performance Bifunctional Porous Non-Noble Metal Phosphide Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting
Fang Yu,Fang Yu,Haiqing Zhou,Haiqing Zhou,Yufeng Huang,Jingying Sun,Fan Qin,Jiming Bao,William A. Goddard,Shuo Chen,Zhifeng Ren +10 more
TL;DR: A hybrid catalyst constructed by iron and dinickel phosphides on nickel foams that drives both the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions well in base, and thus substantially expedites overall water splitting is reported, which outperforms the integrated iridium (IV) oxide and platinum couple (1.57 V).
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Efficient solar water-splitting using a nanocrystalline CoO photocatalyst
Longb Liao,Qiuhui Zhang,Zhihua Su,Zhongzheng Zhao,Yanan Wang,Yang Li,Xiaoxiang Lu,Dongguang Wei,Guoying Feng,Qingkai Yu,Xiaojun Cai,Jimin Zhao,Zhifeng Ren,Hui Fang,Francisco Robles-Hernandez,Steven Baldelli,Jiming Bao +16 more
TL;DR: It is shown that cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanoparticles can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5% and that the high photocatalytic activity of the nanoparticles arises from a significant shift in the position of the band edge of the material.