Group Members

Group Leader

Dr. Zhe Cheng

Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

FIU EC3445
Miami, Florida 33174
USA
Tel: +1-305-348-1973
Email: zhcheng@fiu.edu
Dr. Cheng CV

ORCID

Before joining FIU, Professor Cheng worked in the area of advanced metallization materials for silicon solar cells at the Central Research & Development department of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) in Wilmington, Delaware.  Dr. Cheng’s expertise is in the design, synthesis, processing, and characterization of advanced functional ceramic and ceramic-metal hybrid materials for solid-state energy conversion (such as solid oxide fuel cells and solar cells) and applications under extreme conditions (such as high temperature or high pressure)

Ph.D. Students

Suprabha Das

2020 Aug –
M.S. University of Allahabad (a central university), Allahabad, India (2019)
B.S. Physics, University of Calcutta (2017)
Email: sdas014@fiu.edu
Resume
Current Project: Novel Processing of High-Temperature Nitride Ceramics
Major Publications:
1. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Li, Wenhao; Das, Suprabha; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Chowdury, Azmal Huda; Wang, Chunlei; Cheng, Zhe*.,  “Fabrication and Preliminary Testing of Silver Patterned Cathodes for Proton Conducting IT-SOFC,” Materials Advances (2024), accepted.
2. Das, Suprabha; Durygin, Andriy; Drozd, Vadym; Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Cheng, Zhe*. “Reactive Flash Sintering of TiZrN and TiAlN Ternary Metal Nitrides,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2024), 44(4), 2037. DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.11.079
3.
Das, Suprabha; Cheng, Zhe; Durygin, Andriy. “High entropy nitride ceramics and methods of synthesizing the same,” US Patent 11,691,923.
4. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Tang, Wei;  Das, Suprabha; Li, Wenhao; Durygin, Andriy; Drozd, Vadym; Zhang, Cheng; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Agarwal, Arvind; Ding, Dong; Cheng, Zhe*. “Electrical, thermal, and H2O and CO2 poisoning behaviors of PrNi0.5Co0.5O3-δ electrode for intermediate temperature protonic ceramic electrochemical cells,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022)
47 (51), 21817-21827. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.011
5. Das, Suprabha; Dubois, Diego; Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Emirov, Yusuf; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Drozd, Vadym; Durygin, Andriy; Cheng, Zhe*. “Synthesis and flash sintering of zirconium nitride powder,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2022), 105, DOI:10.1111/jace.18421 

Wenhao Li

2021 Aug –
M.S. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China (2020)
B.S. Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Sichuan University, China (2017)
Email: wli041@fiu.edu
Resume
Current Project: New electrode and electrolyte materials for intermediate temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (IT-PCSOFC)
Major Publications:
1. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Li, Wenhao; Das, Suprabha; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Chowdury, Azmal Huda; Wang, Chunlei; Cheng, Zhe*.,  “Fabrication and Preliminary Testing of Silver Patterned Cathodes for Proton Conducting IT-SOFC,” Materials Advances (2024), accepted.
2. Li, Wenhao; Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Drozd, Vadym; Durygin, Andriy; Cheng, Zhe*. “BaCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.1Y0.1O3−σ Cathode Performance for Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with BaZr0.8−xCexY0.1Yb0.1O3−δ Electrolytes,” ECS Advances (2023), 2 (4), 044502. DOI:10.1149/2754-2734/ad040c

3. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Tang, Wei;  Das, Suprabha; Li, Wenhao; Durygin, Andriy; Drozd, Vadym; Zhang, Cheng; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Agarwal, Arvind; Ding, Dong; Cheng, Zhe*. “Electrical, thermal, and H2O and CO2 poisoning behaviors of PrNi0.5Co0.5O3-δ electrode for intermediate temperature protonic ceramic electrochemical cells,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022)
47 (51), 21817-21827. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.011

Raiyan Bin Sabroj

2023 Jan –
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Bangladesh (2021)
Email: rsabr002@fiu.edu

Resume
Current Project: Flash sintering for tungsten and related materials

Kiyana Saeedian

2023 Sep –
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2016)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2014)
Email: ksaee007@fiu.edu
Resume

Current Project: Fundamentals and novel materials for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells

Md Shariful Sozal

2019 Aug –
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh (2014)

Email: msoza005@fiu.edu
Current Project: Fundamentals for hydrogen electrode reaction of intermediate temperature proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (IT-PCSOFC)
Major Publications:
1. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Li, Wenhao; Das, Suprabha; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Chowdury, Azmal Huda; Wang, Chunlei; Cheng, Zhe*.,  “Fabrication and Preliminary Testing of Silver Patterned Cathodes for Proton Conducting IT-SOFC,” Materials Advances (2024), accepted.
2. Li, Wenhao; Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Drozd, Vadym; Durygin, Andriy; Cheng, Zhe*. “BaCo0.4Fe0.4Zr0.1Y0.1O3−σ Cathode Performance for Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with BaZr0.8−xCexY0.1Yb0.1O3−δ Electrolytes,” ECS Advances (2023), 2 (4), 044502. DOI:10.1149/2754-2734/ad040c

3. Sozal, Md Shariful Islam; Tang, Wei;  Das, Suprabha; Li, Wenhao; Durygin, Andriy; Drozd, Vadym; Zhang, Cheng; Jafarizadeh, Borzooye; Wang, Chunlei; Agarwal, Arvind; Ding, Dong; Cheng, Zhe*. “Electrical, thermal, and H2O and CO2 poisoning behaviors of PrNi0.5Co0.5O3-δ electrode for intermediate temperature protonic ceramic electrochemical cells,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2022)
47 (51), 21817-21827. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.011

Undergraduate Students