Faculty

HOU Qingrun Professor

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

School of Sciences Building

Beijing 100084, China

Phone:8610-62782872

Fax:8610-62781604

houqr@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Education and Employment

Education:

BS Physics, Shandong University, 1985

MS Semiconductor Physics, Graduate School of Academia Sinica, 1990

PhD Solid State Physics, The University of Hong Kong, 1999

Employment:

Dept. of Phys., Northeast Forestry University, Assistant Professor (1985-1987)

North China Research Institute of Electro-optics, Engineer (1990-1996)

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor (1999 – )

Teaching

Undergraduate Course

(1)“Modern Physics Experiments”

(2)“General Physics Experiments”

Interests

Research is in the preparation and characterization of transition metal silicides and carbides. Special attention is paid to the thermoelectronic

and mechanical properties of these materials.

Awards and Membership


Selected Publications

Author or co-author of about 30 papers published in international refereed journals. Some of them are cited by peers.

Selected Papers

Semiconductor Physics

1.W Q Shi, Q R Hou, X J Liu, et al., Light induced rapid thermal diffusion of boron atom in silicon, Chinese Phys. Lett. 9, 375 (1992).

CdZnTe and HgCdTe crystal growth

2.Q R Hou, J A Chen, L M Zhao, and X M Zhang, Vertical Bridgman seeded growth of CdZnTe crystals, Rare Metals 2, 126 (1994)

3.Q R Hou, J Y Wang, J C Deng, et al., Vertical gradient greeze growth of CdZnTe crystals with Zn/Cd reservoir, Rare Metals 4, 287 (1994)

4.Q R Hou, J Y Wang, J C Deng, et al., Vertical gradient greezing growth of HgCdTe, Rare Metals 14, 258 (1995)

Mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon films

5.Q R Hou and J Gao, Pulsed laser deposition of diamond-like carbon films under a magnetic field,J. Phys. Condensed Matter 9, 10333 (1997)

6.Q R Hou and J Gao, Micro-hardness and adhesion of boron carbon nitride coatings, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 11, 749 (1997)

7.Q R Hou, J Gao, and S J Li, Adherent SiC coatings on Ni-Cr alloys with a composition-graded intermediate layer, Appl. Phys. A 67, 367 (1998)

8.Q R Hou and J Gao, Influence of a magnetic field on deposition of DLC films, Appl. Phys. A 67, 417 (1998)

9.Q R Hou and J Gao, Enhanced adhesion of DLC films with a composition-graed intermediate layer, Appl. Phys. A 68, 343 (1999)

10.Q R Hou, J Gao, and S J Li, Adhesion and its influence on micro-hardness of DLC and SiC films, Eur. Phys. J. B 8, 493 (1999)

Thermoelectric properties of transition metal silicides

11.Q R Hou, Z M Wang, Y B Chen, and Y J He, Preparation of adherent MnSix films, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 16, 205 (2002)

12.Q R Hou, Z M Wang, and Y J He, The effect of oxygen on the formation of manganese silicide, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 16, 1135 (2002)

13. Thermoelectric properties of manganese silicide films,

Q. R. HOU, Z. M. WANG, Y. J. HE, Appl. Phys.A 80, 1807 (2005).

14. Thermoelectric properties of higher manganese silicide films with addition of carbon,

Q. R. HOU, W. ZHAO, H. Y. ZHANG, Y. B. CHEN, Y. J. HE, Phys. Status SolidiA 203, 2468 (2006).

15. Mechanical and thermoelectric properties of higher manganese silicide films

Q. R. HOU, Y. B. CHEN, Y. J. HE, Mod. Phys. Lett.B 20, 877 (2006).

16. Thermoelectric properties of higher manganese silicide films with addition of chromium,Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao,Y.B,Chen,D.Liang,X.Feng, H.Y.Zhang and Y.J.He,Appl. Phys.A86,385(2007)

17. Characterization of p- and n-type MnSi1.7films by Auger electron spectroscopy

Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao,H.Y.Zhang, Y.B,Chen and Y.J.He,Mod. Phys. Lett.B 21, 1077 (2007).

18. Thermoelectric properties of p-type higher manganese silicide films prepared by solid phase reaction and reactive deposition,

Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao,Y.B,Chen,D.Liang,X.Feng, H.Y.Zhang and Y.J.He,Phys. Stat. Sol.(a)204, 3429 (2007).

19. Thermoelectric properties of MnSi1.7films with addition of aluminum and carbon

Q.R.Hou, D.Liang, X.Feng, W.Zhao, Y.B.Chen, Y.J.He, Mod. Phys. Lett.B 21, 1447(2007).

20. Thermoelectric power of nanoscale MnSi1.7films

Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao, Y.B.Chen, and Y,.J.He,Phys. Stat. Sol.A205, 2687 (2008).

21. Preparation of n-type higher manganese silicide films by magnetron sputtering

Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao*, Y.B.Chen, and Y.J.He,Int. J. Mod. Phys.B 23, 3331(2009).

22. Influence of oxygen impurity on Seebeck coefficient of nano-scale MnSi1.7films

Q. R. Hou, Y. B. Chen, Y. J. He, Mod. Phys. Lett.B 23, 2421 (2009).

23. Preparation of n-type nano-scale MnSi1.7films by addition of iron

Q.R.Hou, W.Zhao*, Y.B.Chen, and Y.J.He,Mater. Chem. Phys.121, 103(2010).

24. Seebeck effect of nano-scale p-type silicon films above room temperature

Q. R. Hou, B. F. Gu, Y. B. Chen,Mod. Phys. Lett.B 24, 2457(2010).

25. Preparation of nano-crystalline SiC films with high Seebeck coefficient and low electrical resistivity,

Q.R.HOU, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN,NANO6(2011) 167.

26. Enhancement of thermoelectric power factor by a silicon spacer in modulation-doped Si-HMS-Si,

Q.R.HOU, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN, Y.J.HE,NANO6(2011) 481.

27. Influence of silicon addition on Seebeck coefficient of MnSi1.7films

Q. R. HOU, B.F.GU, Y. B. CHEN, Y. J. HE,

Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 25(2011) 2393.

28. Phonon-drag effect of ultra-thin FeSi2and MnSi1.7/ FeSi2films

Q.R.HOU, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN, Y.J.HE,Mod. Phys. Lett.B 25(2011) 1829.

29. Thermoelectric properties of MnSi1.7, Y.J.HE,

Q. R. HOU, Z.M.WANG, Y. B. CHEN,Proceedings of 2011 International conference on materials for renewable energy and environment, IEEE, Shanghai, China,(2011) 1343.

30. Magnetic properties of Fe0.95Co0.05Si2semiconducting film,

Y.P.HAN, X.J.WANG, Q.R.HOU, Q.W.WANG, J.X.WANG,.Mod. Phys. Lett.B 26(2012) 1250097.

31. Thermoelectric effect of silicon films with shallow- and deep-level acceptors,

Q.R.HOU, J.L.SUN, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN, Y.J.HE, Int. J. Mod. Phys.B 26(2012) 1250187.

32. Thermoelectric effect of silicon films prepared by aluminum-induced crystallization,

Q.R.HOU, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN, Y.J.HE,International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials19(2012) 957.

33. Enhancement of thermoelectric power factor of MnSi1.7films by Si addition and modulation doping,

Q.R. HOU, B.F.GU, Y.B.CHEN, Y.J.HE,Phys. Status SolidiA209(2012) 1307.