Lei Chen
Springfield Central,Australia
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Fellow
University of Southern Queensland
01.2024 - Current
Research Fellow
Guangzhou University
01.2022 - 12.2023
Visiting Fellow
Tongji University
07.2021 - 12.2021
Research Assistant
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
07.2016 - 02.2017
Education
PhD - Advanced Functional Materials
University of Wollongong
09.2021
Master - Condensed Matter Physics
Shanghai University
07.2016
Bachelor - Material Science and Engineering
North China Electric Power University
07.2013
Skills
- Quantum electronics
- Electronic devices
- Communication systems
- Antenna design
- Hardware description languages
- High voltage engineering
- Analog electronics
- Circuit analysis
- Renewable energy systems
- Project leadership
- Student mentoring
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
- Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
- Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
- Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
- Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].
Funding And Collaborations
The Postdoctoral Scheme of Guangzhou University, No. 62216240, 01/01/22, 12/31/23, 40000 AUD, AINSE Early Career Researcher Grant (ECRG), 10/01/24, 09/30/25, 10000 AUD, ANSTO, Topological phonons in thermoelectric Mg3SbBi single crystals, Principal Scientist, 2023, Completed, Topological phonons in thermoelectric Mg3SbBi single crystals, Principal Scientist, 2024, Completed, Anharmonic lattice dynamics in excellent-performance thermoelectric material Mg3SbBi, Principal Scientist, 2023, Completed, Vibrational density-of-states for nanoparticles embedded in a thermoelectric matrix, Principal Scientist, 2020, Completed, Monash University, Rare-earth doped topological insulators, electronic device fabrication, topological materials in spintronic application. Electron microscope techniques, DFT/AIMD simulations, Tongji University, Mg3Sb2-based thermoelectric materials, University of Wollongong, Electronic transport, thermoelectric and magnetic properties measurements, Nanchang University, Thin films deposition & characterization
Publications
- Anomalous Hall effect in Nd-doped Bi1.08Sb0.9STe2 topological insulator single crystals, Lei Chen, Weiyao Zhao, Kaijian Xing, Mengyun You, Xiaolin Wang and Ren-Kui Zheng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 26, 2024, 2638-2645, 10.1039/D3CP05850F
- High valley-degeneracy electron gas at double perovskite-strontium titanate interface, Zhao-Cai Wang#, Lei Chen# (#for co-first author), Weiyao Zhao, Shuang-Shuang Li, Ying Zhang, Jing-Shi Ying, Shu-Juan Zhang, Fu-Sheng Luo, Ting-Wei Chen, Mao Ye, Lang Chen, Dan-Feng Li, David Cortie, Julie Karel, Kirrily Rule, Xiaolin Wang, Ji-Yan Dai, and Ren-Kui Zheng, Commun Phys, 7, 2024, 106, 10.1038/s42005-024-01597-7
- Spin Reorientation Transition and Negative Magnetoresistance in Ferromagnetic NdCrSb3 Single Crystals, L Chen, W Zhao, Z Wang, F Tang, Y Fang, Z Zeng, Z Xia, Z Cheng, D L Cortie, K C Rule, X Wang and R Zheng, Materials, 16, 2023, 1736, 10.3390/ma16041736
- High mobility electron gas with quasi-two-dimensional characteristics at the interface of Cr2O3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, S Li, Z Wang, J Ying, Y Zhang, L Chen
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- For corresponding author), M Ye, S Ke, W Zhao, R Zheng, J. App. Phys., 134, 2023, 035303, 10.1063/5.0157590
- Magnetotransport and Magnetic Properties of Cr-modified Mn2Sb Epitaxial Thin Films, T Chen, S Li, F Tang, J Ying, Y Zhang, Z Wang, S Zhang, F Luo, L Chen
- Y Fang and R Zheng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 25, 2023, 5785-5794, 10.1039/d2cp05442f
- Topological Insulator VxBi1.08-xSn0.02Sb0.9Te2S as a Promising n-type Thermoelectric Material, L Chen, W Zhao, M Li, G Yang, L Guo, A Bake, P Liu, D Cortie, R Zheng, Z Cheng, X Wang, J. Alloys Compd, 918, 2022, 165550, 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.165550
- Magnetotransport and Berry Phase Tuning in Gd-doped Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator Single Crystals, L Chen, S Li, W Zhao, A Bake, D Cortie, X Wang, J Karel, H Li, R Zheng, Phy. Rev. Mater., 6, 2022, 054202, 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.054202
- Graphene inclusion induced ultralow thermal conductivity and improved figure of merit in p-type SnSe, L Chen, W Zhao, M Li, G Yang, S M K Nazrul Islam, D. R. G. Mitchell, Z Cheng and X Wang, Nanoscale, 12, 2020, 12760-12766, 10.1039/D0NR01949F
- Semiconductor/Piezoelectrics Hybrid Heterostructures with Highly Effective Gate-Tunable Electrotransport and Magnetic Behaviors, L Chen, W Zhao, J Wang, G Gao, J Zhang, Y Wang, X Li, S Cao, X Li, H Luo, and R Zheng, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 2016, 26932-26937, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b07814
- Tuning the Weak Ferromagnetic States in Dysprosium Orthoferrite, S Cao, L Chen#, W Zhao, K Xu, G Wang, Y Yang, B Kang, H Zhao, P Chen, A Stroppa, R Zheng, J Zhang, W Ren, J Íñiguez, and L. Bellaiche, Sci. Rep, 6, 2016, 37529, 10.1038/srep37529
- Efficient production of syngas and lactic acid via CrB MBene/Cd0.8Zn0.2S Schottky heterojunction photocatalysis, Jiliang Ma, Aohua Li, Qiong Liu, Lei Chen, Min Hong, Runcang Sun, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 367, 2025, 125101, 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125101
- Phonon softening and electron-phonon coupling in the topological nodal-line semimetal ZrGeSe, Weiyao Zhao, Lei Guo, Enamul Haque, David Cortie, Lei Chen, Bahadir Salmankurt, Xiaolin Wang, Ren-Kui Zheng, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Julie Karel and Kirrily C. Rule, Phys. Rev. Materials, 8, 2024, 034201, 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.034201
- Fingerprint oscillations in a bulk-insulating 3D topological insulator, Weiyao Zhao, Kaijian Xing, Lei Chen, Thi-Hai-Yen Vu, Golrokh Akhgar, Yahua He, Abdulhakim Bake, Xiaolin Wang, and Julie Karel, Appl. Phys. Rev., 11, 2024, 011419, 10.1063/5.0168129
- Giant Berry Curvature in Amorphous Ferromagnet Co2MnGa, Weiyao Zhao, Yao Zhang, Yuefeng Yin, Kaijian Xing, Shengqiang Zhou, Abdulhakim Bake, Golrokh Akhgar, David Cortie, Lei Chen, Xiaolin Wang, Kirrily C. Rule, Nikhil V. Medkehar, Simon Granville, and Julie Karel, Matter, Accepted
- Coexistence of Logarithmic and SdH Quantum Oscillations in Ferromagnetic Cr-doped Tellurium Single Crystals, S Zhang, L Chen, S Li, Y Zhang, J Yan, F Tang, Y Fang, L Fei, W Zhao, J Karel, Y Chai and R Zheng, J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 35, 2023, 245701, 10.1088/1361-648X/acc5ca
- Magnetotransport, spin reorientation, and anomalous ferrimagnetic-to-antiferromagnetic phase transition in epitaxial Mn2Sb alloy thin films, T Chen, S Liu, Y Zhang, F Tang, J Ying, S Li, L Chen, F Luo, S Zhang, Y Fang, S Ke, W Zhao, and R Zheng, Acta Materialia, 259, 2023, 119257, 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119257
- Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulating State in Tb0.02Bi1.08Sb0.9Te2S Single Crystals, L Guo, W Zhao, Q Li, M Xu, L Chen, A Bake, T Vu, Y He, Y Fang, D Cortie, S Mo, M Edmonds, X Wang, S Dong, J Karel, and R Zheng, Phy. Rev. B, 107, 2023, 125125, 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.125125
- Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement in Commercial Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Materials by Introducing Gradient Cu-Doped Grain Boundaries, S Li, W Zhao, Y Cheng, L Chen, M Xu, K Guo, and F Pan, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15, 2023, 1167–1174, 10.1021/acsami.2c18575
- Emerging Weak Antilocalization Effect in Ta0.7Nb0.3Sb2 Semimetal Single Crystals, M Xu, L Guo, L Chen, Y Zhang, S Li, W Zhao, X Wang, S Dong, R Zheng, Front. Phys., 18, 2023, 13304, 10.1007/s11467-022-1198-6
- Giant Linear Magnetoresistance in Half-Metallic Sr2CrMoO6 Thin Films, Z Wang, L Chen, S Li, J Ying, F Tang, G Gao, Y Fang, W Zhao, D Crotie, X Wang and R Zheng, npj Quantum Mater., 6, 2021, 1-8, 10.1038/s41535-021-00354-1
- Colossal Magnetoresistance in Ti Lightly Doped Cr2Se3 Single Crystals with a Layered Structure, S Zhang, J Yan, F Tang, J Wu, W Dong, D Zhang, F Luo, L Chen, Y Fang, T Zhang, Y Chai, W Zhao, X Wang, R Zheng, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 2021, 58949-58955, 10.1021/acsami.1c18848
- Massive Dirac Fermions and Strong Shubnikov–de Haas Oscillations in Single Crystals of the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Doped with Sm and Fe, W Zhao, C Trang, Q Li, L Chen, Z Yue, A Bake, C Tan, L Wang, M Nancarrow, M Edmonds, D Cortie, X Wang, Phys. Rev. B, 104, 2021, 085153, 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.085153
- Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance and Mechanical Strength of n-type BiTeSe Materials Produced via a Composite Strategy, G Yang, L Sang, D Mitchell, F. Yun, KW See, AJ Ahmed, S. Sayyar, A Bake, P. Liu, L Chen, Z. Yue, D. Cortie and X. Wang, J. Chem. Eng., 428, 2021, 131205, 10.1016/j.cej.2021.131205
- Electronic Transport Properties of Nb1–xTaxSb2 Single-Crystal Semimetals Grown by a Chemical Vapor Transport Based High-Throughput Method, L. Guo, M. Xu, L Chen, X. Huang, X.-Y. Shi, J.-S. Ying, T. Zhang, W. Zhao, S. Dong, R.-K. Zheng, Cryst. Growth Des., 21, 2020, 653-662, 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01457
- Magnetotransport Properties of Square-Net Compounds of NbSiSb and NbGeSb Single Crystals, L Guo, W Zhao, N Ding, X Shi, M Xu, L Chen, G Gao, S Dong and R Zheng, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 32, 2020, 435701, 10.1088/1361-648X/aba385
- Magnetotransport and Magnetic Properties of the Layered Noncollinear Antiferromagnetic Cr2Se3 Single Crystals, J Wu, C Zhang, J Yan, L Chen, L Guo, T Chen, G Gao, L Fei, W Zhao, Y Chai, R Zheng, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 32, 2020, 475801, 10.1088/1361-648X/abaeab
- Quantum Oscillations of Robust Topological Surface States up to 50 K in Thick Bulk-Insulating Topological Insulator, W Zhao, L Chen, Z Yue, Z Li, D Cortie, M Fuhrer, and X Wang, npj Quantum Mater., 4, 2019, 1-6, 10.1038/s41535-019-0195-7
- Electronic Transport Evidence for Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals of ZrGeSe Single Crystals, L Guo, TW Chen, C Chen, L Chen, Y Zhang, GY Gao, J Yang, XG Li, W Zhao, S Dong, and R Zheng, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 1, 2019, 869-876, 10.1021/acsaelm.9b00061
- Quantum Oscillations in Iron-Doped Single Crystals of the Topological Insulator Sb2Te3, W Zhao, D Cortie, L Chen, Z Li, Z Yue, and X Wang, Phys. Rev. B, 99, 2018, 165133, 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.165133
- Reversible and Nonvolatile Ferroelectric Control of Two-Dimensional Electronic Transport Properties of ZrCuSiAs-Type Copper Oxyselenide Tin Films with a Layered Structure, X Zhao, G Gao, J Yan, L Chen, M Xu, W Zhao, Z Xu, L Guo, Y Liu, X Li, Y Wang, and R Zheng, Phys. Rev. Mater., 2, 2018, 055003, 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.055003
- Extreme Magnetoresistance and SdH Oscillation in Compensated Semimetals of NbSb2 Single Crystals, L Guo, Y Liu, G Gao, Y Huang, H Gao, L Chen, W Zhao, W Ren, S Li, X Li, S Dong, and R Zheng, J. Appl. Phys., 123, 2018, 155103, 10.1063/1.5021637
- The Improved Synthesis Quality of Crystalline Lu2Ti2O7 Thin Film by Designing the Calcinations Modes, B Li, L Chen, Z Li, N Zhang, Mater. Lett., 94, 2013, 38-40, 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.12.029
Training
- 2024 International Symposium on Advanced Materials & Sustainable, 12/11/24 - 12/13/24, Hobart, Australia, Development and Applications of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTG)
- The 5th International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN) 2024, 11/04/24 - 11/08/24, Newcastle, Australia, Investigating the lattice dynamics using inelastic neutron scattering
- The 7th Workshop on Thermal Transport, 06/15/23 - 06/18/23, Xi’an, China, The Application of Inelastic Neutron Scattering in Thermoelectric Materials Study
- ANSTO Clip Day, 03/23/23 - 03/24/23, ANSTO, Lucas Heights, Australia, Studying on the Lattice Dynamics of Mg3SbBi using Time-of-Flight Inelastic Neutron Scattering
- Guangdong Physics Society Annual Conference, 12/16/22 - 12/18/22, Guangdong province, China, Exploring the Phonon States in Nano-Graphite plates via Time-of-Flight Neutron Spectrometer, Best poster award
- Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics, 07/20/22 - 07/22/22, Online, Chair of the Bi2Te3-based materials session, Topological Insulator VxBi1.08-xSn0.02Sb0.9Te2S as a Promising n-type Thermoelectric Material
- The 37th International Conference on Thermoelectrics, 07/01/18 - 07/05/18, Caen, France, Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and High ZT in Graphene Doped p-type Polycrystalline SnSe
Research
Thermoelectric materials (Bi2Te3, GeTe, CoSb3, etc.) and devices, Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG), Studying on phonon and thermal transport behavior using inelastic neutron scattering, Vibrational density-of-states for SnSe/graphene composites, Anharmonic lattice dynamics in n-type near-room temperature thermoelectric materials Mg3SbBi, Magnetic properties and spin reorientation study in RMX3 (R = rare earth elements, M = Cr, V, X = O, Sb) compounds, Magnetic and electronic transport properties of rare earth elements doped single-crystalline topological insulators (Gd doped Bi2Se3, Nd/Ce doped Bi1.1Sb0.9Te2S), Equipment purchasing, installation, calibration and maintenance, Safe operating procedure preparation and risk assessment, User training, Mg3Sb2-based materials fabricating via Tantalum tube sealing technique, Low-temperature thermal conductivity measurement, Electrical transport (PPMS), magnetic (MPMS), and thermoelectric properties measurements (both commercial and home-designed equipment), Time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering, Triple-axis inelastic neutron scattering, Single crystal growth (Optical floating zone method, Chemical vapor transport method, Flux method, Bridgman method), Thin film deposition (PLD, Magnetron sputtering), Crystal and microscopic structure characterizations (XRD, SEM, TEM, etc.), Arc melting technique
Languages
English
Professional Working
Timeline
Research Fellow
University of Southern Queensland
01.2024 - Current
Research Fellow
Guangzhou University
01.2022 - 12.2023
Visiting Fellow
Tongji University
07.2021 - 12.2021
Research Assistant
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
07.2016 - 02.2017
Master - Condensed Matter Physics
Shanghai University
Bachelor - Material Science and Engineering
North China Electric Power University
PhD - Advanced Functional Materials
University of Wollongong
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