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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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A highly flexible semi-tubular carbon film for stable lithium metal anodes in high-performance batteries
TL;DR: In this article, a semi-tubular carbon film was used to prevent the growth of dendrites in Li-metal batteries with high Coulombic efficiency of 99.5% for over hundreds of cycles and thousands of operation hours.
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Orientation Control of Graphene Flakes by Magnetic Field: Broad Device Applications of Macroscopically Aligned Graphene
Feng Lin,Feng Lin,Zhuan Zhu,Xufeng Zhou,Wenlan Qiu,Chao Niu,Jonathan Hu,Keshab Dahal,Yanan Wang,Yanan Wang,Zhenhuan Zhao,Zhenhuan Zhao,Zhifeng Ren,Dimitri Litvinov,Zhaoping Liu,Zhiming Wang,Jiming Bao,Jiming Bao +17 more
TL;DR: Owing to a large diamagnetism, graphene flakes can respond and be aligned to magnetic field like a ferromagnetic material, which opens up enormous applications of graphene.
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High thermoelectric power factor in Cu–Ni alloy originate from potential barrier scattering of twin boundaries
Jun Mao,Jun Mao,Yumei Wang,Yumei Wang,Hee Seok Kim,Zihang Liu,Zihang Liu,Udara Saparamadu,Fei Tian,Keshab Dahal,Jingying Sun,Shuo Chen,Weishu Liu,Zhifeng Ren +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a nanoscale twins were introduced into the microstructure of constantan alloy to enhance the thermoelectric performance of Cu56Ni42Mn2 alloy.
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Thermoelectric properties and efficiency measurements under large temperature differences
TL;DR: This work measures the Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity of a single element or leg, as well as the conversion efficiency, under a large temperature difference of 2-160 degrees C.
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High thermoelectric performance of superionic argyrodite compound Ag8SnSe6
Lin Li,Yuan Liu,Jiyan Dai,Aijun Hong,Min Zeng,Zhibo Yan,Jun Xu,Dong Zhang,Dan Shan,Shilei Liu,Zhifeng Ren,Jun-Ming Liu +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, a superionic argyrodite compound Ag8SnSe6 was reported as a promising mid-temperature thermoelectric material because of its high ZT and good thermal stability up to 550 °C.