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ZF Ren

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Zhifeng Ren

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New directions for low‐dimensional thermoelectric materials

…, RG Yang, H Lee, DZ Wang, ZF Ren… - Advanced …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the recent advances in enhancing the thermoelectric figure of merit are linked to
nanoscale phenomena found both in bulk samples containing nanoscale constituents and in …

Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review

ET Thostenson, Z Ren, TW Chou - Composites science and technology, 2001 - Elsevier
Since their first observation nearly a decade ago by Iijima (Iijima S. Helical microtubules of
graphitic carbon Nature. 1991; 354:56–8), carbon nanotubes have been the focus of …

Recent advances in thermoelectric nanocomposites

W Liu, X Yan, G Chen, Z Ren - Nano Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric power generation represents a class of energy conversion technology, which
has been used in power supply of aeronautic and astronautic exploring missions, now …

Synthesis of large arrays of well-aligned carbon nanotubes on glass

ZF Ren, ZP Huang, JW Xu, JH Wang, P Bush… - Science, 1998 - science.org
Free-standing aligned carbon nanotubes have previously been grown above 700C on
mesoporous silica embedded with iron nanoparticles. Here, carbon nanotubes aligned over …

High-thermoelectric performance of nanostructured bismuth antimony telluride bulk alloys

…, X Chen, J Liu, MS Dresselhaus, G Chen, Z Ren - science, 2008 - science.org
The dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) in bismuth antimony telluride (BiSbTe)
bulk alloys has remained around 1 for more than 50 years. We show that a peak ZT of 1.4 at …

Design and construction of the BESIII detector

…, Q Qiao, G Qin, ZH Qin, JF Qiu, RG Liu, ZY Ren… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper will discuss the design and construction of BESIII, which is designed to study
physics in the τ-charm energy region utilizing the new high luminosity BEPCII double ring e + e …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke with large infarct

…, VM Pereira, Z Ren, Y Wang, Z Miao - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke with a large infarction has not
been extensively studied in differing populations. Methods We conducted a multicenter, …

Superconductivity at 55 K in Iron-Based F-Doped Layered Quaternary Compound Sm[O1–xFx]FeAs

ZA Ren, W Lu, J Yang, W Yi, XL Shen, ZC Li… - Superconductivity …, 2019 - World Scientific
We report the superconductivity in iron-based oxyarsenide Sm[O 1–x F x ]FeAs, with the
onset resistivity transition temperature at 55.0 K and Meissner transition at 54.6 K. This …

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

…, K Esfarjani, MS Dresselhaus, ZF Ren… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This review is an update of a previous review (AJ Minnich, et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2009,
2, 466) published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in …

Bulk nanostructured thermoelectric materials: current research and future prospects

AJ Minnich, MS Dresselhaus, ZF Ren… - Energy & Environmental …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoelectrics have long been recognized as a potentially transformative energy conversion
technology due to their ability to convert heat directly into electricity. Despite this potential, …