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Name: Dr. Zhifeng Ren
Title: Paul C. W. Chu and May P. Chern Endowed Chair in Condensed Matter Physics and Director of The Texas Center for Superconductivity
Email: zren@uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-8217
Office Location: HSC – 466
Classification: Research Faculty
Department/Affiliation: Physics – PHYS
Ren Research Group: https://sites.google.com/nsm.uh.edu/ren/home
Department Webpage: Profile on PHYS Website
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Research Interests: High performance thermoelectric materials: nanostructure approach to reduce thermal conductivity and to improve thermoelectric properties for waste heat conversion into electricity; Catalysts for water splitting: synthesis and testing of efficient catalysts for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions; Nanosheet for enhanced oil recovery: synthesis and characterizations of high performance nanosheet for enhanced oil recovery; Thermal management: efficient cooling materials, thermal storage, high thermal conductivity; Superconductivity: synthesis and characterizations of new superconductors; Solar energy conversion: electricity and heat co-generation by thermoelectric materials; Flexible transparent electrodes: fabrication and understanding of flexible transparent electrodes; Carbon nanotubes and nanocomposites: deformation and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and other nanowires by high resolution transmission electron microscope.
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