Zhen FAN (樊贞)
Zhen FAN, PhD, Professor
樊贞，博士，研究员，博士生导师
广东省青年珠江学者、广东省杰青
个人简介 (Summary)
樊贞，博士，研究员，博导，广东省青年珠江学者、广东省杰出青年基金获得者。2011年本科毕业于上海交通大学，2015年获新加坡国立大学博士学位，2016年至今先后担任华南师范大学副研究员、研究员。
研究方向为信息功能材料、器件及类脑计算应用。该方向涉及材料、微电子、物理、人工智能等多学科交叉融合，符合国家重大需求，也是当前研究热点。在该方向的主要学术贡献包括：
(1)研制出感存算一体铁电光伏传感器网络，实现零能耗图像感知与实时处理。
(2)研制出全铁电储备池计算系统，实现准确、低功耗的时序信息处理。
(3)提出拓扑相变忆阻器性能调控新方法，实现神经元和突触应用。
在Nat. Commun. (2篇)、Adv. Mater. (2篇)、Neural Networks、Phys. Rev. Appl. (3篇)等多领域权威期刊上发表第一或通讯作者论文49篇，其中ESI热点论文1篇、高被引论文2篇。论文引用总计4300次，H因子32。授权国家发明专利4件。获批主持国家自然科学基金项目3项、广东省杰出青年基金项目1项。荣获广东省青年珠江学者、斯坦福大学评选的2021和2022年度全球前2%顶尖科学家、2022年度中国新锐科技人物闪耀潜力奖、中国电子元器件关键材料与技术专业委员会2020年度学术新秀奖、J. Adv. Dielectr.期刊优秀青年编委、J. Materiomics期刊优秀审稿人等奖励荣誉。担任广州市智能光电材料与类脑器件重点实验室副主任。
教育及工作经历 (Education Background and Work Experience)
2020 - Now Professor, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2020 - 现在 研究员，华南师范大学，广州，中国
2016 - 2020 Associate Professor, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2016 - 2020 副研究员，华南师范大学，广州，中国
2011 - 2015 PhD Student, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2011 - 2015 博士研究生，新加坡国立大学，新加坡
2007 - 2011 Undergraduate Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
2007 - 2011本科生，上海交通大学，上海，中国
部分发表论文 (Selected Journal Articles)
2023年：
49. Haoyue Deng, Zhen Fan*, Shuai Dong, Zhiwei Chen, Wenjie Li, Yihong Chen, Kun Liu, Ruiqiang Tao, Guo Tian, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu. A physics-based predictive model for pulse design to realize high-performance memristive neural networks. APL Mach. Learn. 1, 046110(2023)
48. Xingyu Liu, Zhen Fan*, Yuhui Zheng, Jiajia Zha, Yong Zhang, Siyuan Zhu, Zhang Zhang, Xuyan Zhang,Fei Huang, Tong Liang, Chunxia Li, Qianming Wang*, and Chaoliang Tan*. Controlled Synthesis of Lead-Free Double Perovskite Colloidal Nanocrystals for Nonvolatile Resistive Memory Devices. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15(48), 55991-56002(2023)
47. Sifan Kong, Muyun Li, Yongqi Xiang, Yitong Wu, Zhen Fan*, Huan Yang*, Qingyue Cai, Menglong Zhang, Yong Zhang and Honglong Ning*. Machine learning-guided investigation for a high-performance electrochromic device based on ammonium metatungstate-iron(II) chloride-heavy water electrochromic liquid. J. Mater. Chem. C 11,12776-12784(2023)
46. Kanyu Yang, Zhuoqun Yin, Jiayi Wu, Haoyue Deng, Zhengchun Yang*, Zhen Fan*, Jinshi Zhao. Ultra-low power resistive random-access memory based on VO2/TiO2 nanotubes composite film. Vacuum 216,112472(2023)
45. Zhiwei Chen, Wenjie Li, Zhen Fan*, Shuai Dong, Yihong Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao & Jun-Ming Liu.All-ferroelectric implementation of reservoir computing. Nat.Commun. 14,3585(2023)
44. Shuai Dong, Zhen Fan*, Yihong Chen, Kaihui Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu. Performance estimation for the memristor-based computing-in-memory implementation of extremely factorized network for real-time and low-power semantic segmentation. Neural Networks 160, 202-215 (2023).
43. Wenjie Li, Zhen Fan*, Qicheng Huang, Jingjing Rao, Boyuan Cui, Zhiwei Chen, Zhuosheng Lin, Xiaobing Yan, Guo Tian, Ruiqiang Tao, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, and Jun-Ming Liu. Polarization-Dominated Internal Timing Mechanism in a Ferroelectric Second-Order Memristor. Phys. Rev. Appl. 19, 014054 (2023).
2022年:
42.Kaihui Chen, Zhen Fan*, Jingjing Rao, Wenjie Li, Deming Wang, Changjian Li, Gaokuo Zhong,
Ruiqiang Tao, Guo Tian, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu. Versatile SrFeOx for memristive neurons and synapses. J. Materiomics 8, 967-975 (2022).
41. Shuai Dong , Yihong Chen , Zhen Fan* , Kaihui Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu. A backpropagation with gradient accumulation algorithm capable of tolerating memristor non-idealities for training memristive neural networks. Neurocomputing, 494, 89-103 (2022).
40. Zhuosheng Lin, Zhen Fan*. A Ferroelectric Memristor-Based Transient Chaotic Neural Network for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems. Symmetry. 15, 59 (2022).
39. Jingjing Rao, Zhen Fan*, Qicheng Huang, Yongjian Luo, Xingmin Zhang, Haizhong Guo, Xiaobing Yan, Guo Tian, Deyang Chen, Zhipeng Hou. Experimental search for high-performance ferroelectric tunnel junctions guided by machine learning. J. Adv. Dielectr., 12, 2250005 (2022).
38. Xuepeng Xiang, Jingjing Rao, Chaesung Lim, Qicheng Huang, Shijun Zhao, Zhen Fan,* Jeong Woo Han*, and Yan Chen*, Manipulating the resistive switching in epitaxial SrCoO2.5 thin film-based memristors by strain engineering, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 4, 2729 (2022).
37. Xuepeng Xiang, Jingjing Rao, Zuyun He, Mengzhen Zhou, Qicheng Huang, Yuan Gao, Zhen Fan*, Xinwei Wang*, Yan Chen*, Tailoring Resistive Switching in Epitaxial SrCoO2.5 Films by Irradiation Induced Uniaxial Strain, J. Appl. Phys. 132, 035304 (2022).
36. Boyuan Cui, Zhen Fan*, Wenjie Li, Yihong Chen, Shuai Dong, Zhengwei Tan, Shengliang Cheng, Bobo Tian, Ruiqiang Tao, Guo Tian, Deyang Chen, Zhipeng Hou, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Ferroelectric photosensor network: an advanced hardware solution to real-time machine vision. Nat. Commun. 13, 1707 (2022).
35. Wenda Yang, Guo Tian*, Hua Fan, Yue Zhao, Hongying Chen, Luyong Zhang, Yadong Wang, Zhen Fan*, Zhipeng Hou, Deyang Chen, Jinwei Gao, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Minghui Qin, Xingsen Gao*, Jun-Ming Liu, Nonvolatile Ferroelectric-Domain-Wall Memory Embedded in a Complex Topological Domain Structure, Adv. Mater. 34, 2107711 (2022).
34. Yihong Chen, Zhen Fan*, Shuai Dong, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Gougu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, A Multifault-Tolerant Training Scheme for Nonideal Memristive Neural Networks, Adv. Intell. Syst. 4, 2100237 (2022).
33. Qicheng Huang, Zhen Fan,* Jingjing Rao, Tieying Yang, Xingmin Zhang, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, and Jun-Ming Liu, Significant Modulation of Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Behavior by a Giant Macroscopic Flexoelectric Effect Induced by Strain-Relaxed Epitaxy, Adv. Electron. Mater. 8, 2100612 (2022).
2021年
32. Chenglong She#, Qicheng Huang#, Cong Chen, Yue Jiang, Zhen Fan*, Jinwei Gao*, Machine learning-guided search for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with doped electron transport layers, J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 25168 (2021).
31. Fengyuan Zhang, Hua Fan, Bing Han, Yudong Zhu, Xiong Deng, David Edwards, Amit Kumar,Deyang Chen, Xingsen Gao, Zhen Fan*, Brian J. Rodriguez*, Boosting Polarization Switching-Induced Current Injection by Mechanical Force in Ferroelectric Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 26180-26186 (2021).
30. Jiali Zhao, Kaihui Chen, Shi-En Li, Qinghua Zhang, Jia-OuWang, Er-Jia Guo, Haijie Qian, Lin Gu, Tian Qian, Kurash Ibrahim, Zhen Fan*, Haizhong Guo*, Electronic-structure evolution of SrFeO3–x during topotactic phase transformation, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 34, 064001 (2022).
29. Xuepeng Xiang, Zuyun He, Jingjing Rao, Zhen Fan*, Xinwei Wang, Yan Chen*, Applications of Ion Beam Irradiation in Multifunctional Oxide Thin Films: A Review, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 3, 1031-1042 (2021).
28. Jingjing Rao, Zhen Fan*, Lanqing Hong, Shengliang Cheng, Qicheng Huang, Jiali Zhao, Xuepeng Xiang, Er-Jia Guo, Haizhong Guo, Zhipeng Hou, Yan Chen, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, An electroforming-free, analog interface-type memristor based on a SrFeOx epitaxial heterojunction for neuromorphic computing, Mater. Today Phys. 18, 100392 (2021).
2020年
27. Yan Zhang, Zhen Fan*, Dao Wang, Jiali Wang, Zhengmiao Zou, Yushao Li, Ruiqiang Tao, Deyang Chen, Min Zeng, Xingsen Gao, Jiyan Dai, Guofu Zhou, Xubing Lu*, and Jun-Ming Liu.Enhanced Ferroelectric Properties and Insulator–Metal Transition-Induced Shift of Polarization-Voltage Hysteresis Loop in VOx-Capped Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 40510-40517 (2020).
26. Shengliang Cheng, Zhen Fan*, Jingjing Rao, Lanqing Hong, Qicheng Huang, Ruiqiang Tao, Zhipeng Hou, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Guoliang Yuan, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Highly Controllable and Silicon-Compatible Ferroelectric Photovoltaic Synapses for Neuromorphic Computing, iScience 23, 101874 (2020).
25. Junjiang Tian#, Yang Zhang#, Zhen Fan*, Haijun Wu*, Lei Zhao, Jingjing Rao, Zuhuang Chen, Haizhong Guo, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Stephen J. Pennycook, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Nanoscale Phase Mixture and Multifield-Induced Topotactic Phase Transformation in SrFeOx, ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 12, 21883 (2020).
24. Qicheng Huang, Zhen Fan*, Lanqing Hong, Shengliang Cheng, Zhengwei Tan, Guo Tian, Deyang Chen, Zhipeng Hou, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Machine Learning Based Distinguishing between Ferroelectric and Non-Ferroelectric Polarization–Electric Field Hysteresis Loops, Adv. Theory Simul. 3, 2000106 (2020).
23. Lei Zhao, Zhen Fan*, Shengliang Cheng, Lanqing Hong, Yongqiang Li, Guo Tian, Deyang Chen, Zhipeng Hou, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, An artificial optoelectronic synapse based on a photoelectric memcapacitor, Adv. Electron. Mater. 6, 1900858 (2020).
2019年
22. Junjiang Tian#, Haijun Wu#, Zhen Fan*, Yang Zhang, Stephen J. Pennycook*, Dongfeng Zheng, Zhengwei Tan, Haizhong Guo, Pu Yu, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Nanoscale topotactic phase transformation in SrFeOx epitaxial thin films for high-density resistive switching memory, Adv. Mater. 31, 1903679 (2019).
21. Junjiang Tian, Zhengwei Tan, Zhen Fan*, Dongfeng Zheng, Yadong Wang, Zoufei Chen, Fei Sun, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Depolarization-field-induced retention loss in ferroelectric diodes, Phys. Rev. Appl. 11, 024058 (2019).
20. Zhengwei Tan, Lanqing Hong, Zhen Fan*, Junjiang Tian, Luyong Zhang, Yue Jiang, Zhipeng Hou, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Jinwei Gao, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Thinning ferroelectric films for high-efficiency photovoltaics based on the Schottky barrier effect, NPG Asia Mater. 11, 20 (2019). Featured Article.
19. Shengliang Cheng, Zhen Fan*, Lei Zhao, Haizhong Guo, Dongfeng Zheng, Zoufei Chen, Min Guo, Yue Jiang, Sujuan Wu, Zhang Zhang, Jinwei Gao, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu, Enhanced photovoltaic efficiency and persisted photoresponse switchability in LaVO3/Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 perovskite heterostructures, J. Mater. Chem. C 7, 12482 (2019). Back Cover.
18. Dong Gao, Zhengwei Tan, Zhen Fan*, Min Guo, Zhipeng Hou, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Xubing Lu*, Jun-Ming Liu, All-Inorganic Flexible Ba0.67Sr0.33TiO3 Thin Films with Excellent Dielectric Properties over a Wide Range of Frequencies, ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 11, 27088 (2019).
2018年
17. Z Li, Z. Fan*, G Zhou, Nanoscale ring-shaped conduction channels with memristive behavior in BiFeO3 Nanodots, Nanomaterials 8, 1031 (2018).
16. Z. Tan, J. Tian, Z. Fan*, Z. Lu, L. Zhang, D. Zheng, Y. Wang, D. Chen, M. Qin, M. Zeng, X. Lu, X. Gao, J.-M. Liu, Polarization imprint effects on the photovoltaic effect in Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 152905 (2018).
15. Z. Huang, P. Li, Z. Fan*, H. Fan, Q. Luo, C. Chen, D. Chen, M. Zeng, M. Qin, Z. Zhang, X. Lu, X. Gao*, J.-M. Liu, Thickness dependence of photoconductance in strained BiFeO3 thin films with planar device geometry, Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 12, 1770401 (2018). Front Cover.
2017年
14. H. Fan, C. Chen, Z. Fan*, L. Zhang, Z. Tan, P. Li, Z. Huang, J. Yao, G. Tian, Q. Luo, Z. Li, X. Song, D. Chen, M. Zeng, J. Gao, X. Lu, Y. Zhao, X. Gao*, J.-M. Liu, Resistive switching and photovoltaic effects in ferroelectric BaTiO3-based capacitors with Ti and Pt top electrodes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 252901 (2017). Featured Article.
13. P. Li, Z. Huang, Z. Fan*, H. Fan, Q. Luo, C. Chen, D. Chen, M. Zeng, M. Qin, Z. Zhang, X. Lu, X. Gao*, J.-M. Liu, An unusual mechanism for negative differential resistance in ferroelectric nanocapacitors: polarization switching-induced charge injection followed by charge trapping, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 27120 (2017).
12. Z. Fan*, H. Fan*, L. Yang, P. Li, Z. Lu, G. Tian, Z. Huang, Z. Li, J. Yao, Q. Luo, C. Chen, D. Chen, Z. Yan, M. Zeng, X. Lu, X. Gao, J.-M. Liu, Resistive switching induced by charge trapping/detrapping: a unified mechanism for colossal electroresistance in certain Nb: SrTiO3-based heterojunctions, J. Mater. Chem. C 5, 7317-7327 (2017).
11. Z. Fan*, H. Fan, Z. Lu, P. Li, Z. Huang, G. Tian, L. Yang, J. Yao, C. Chen, D. Chen, Z. Yan, X. Lu, X. Gao*, and J.-M. Liu, Ferroelectric diodes with charge injection and trapping, Phys. Rev. Appl., 7, 014020 (2017).
2016年
10. J. Wu*, Z. Fan*. D. Xiao, J. Zhu, and J. Wang*, Multiferroic bismuth ferrite-based materials for multifunctional applications: ceramic bulks, thin films and nanostructures, Prog. Mater. Sci. 84, 335-402 (2016). ESI highly cited paper.
9. Z. Fan*, J. Xiao, J. Wang, L. Zhang, J. Deng, Z. Liu, Z. Dong, J. Wang, and J. Chen*, Ferroelectricity and ferroelectric resistive switching in sputtered Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 232905 (2016).
8. Z. Fan*, J. Deng, J. Wang, Z. Liu, P. Yang, J. Xiao, X. Yan, Z. Dong, J. Wang, and J. Chen*, Ferroelectricity emerging in strained (111)-textured ZrO2 thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 012906 (2016).
2015年
7. Z. Fan, K. Sun, and J. Wang*, Perovskties for photovoltaics: a combined review of organic-inorganic halide perovskites and ferroelectric oxide perovskites, J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 18809-18828 (2015).
6. Z. Fan, J. Xiao, K. Sun, L. Chen, Y. Hu, J. Ouyang, K. P. Ong, K. Zeng, and J. Wang*, Ferroelectricity in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 1155-1161 (2015). ESI hot paper.
5. Z. Fan, J. Xiao, K. Yao*, K. Zeng, and J. Wang*, Ferroelectric polarization relaxation in Au/Cu2O/ZnO/BiFeO3/Pt heterostructure, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 102902 (2015).
4. Z. Fan, W. Ji, T. Li, J. Xiao, P. Yang, K. P. Ong, K. Zeng, K. Yao*, and J. Wang*, Enhanced photovoltaic effects and switchable conduction behavior in BiFe0.6Sc0.4O3 thin films, Acta Materialia 88, 83-90 (2015).
3. Z. Fan, J. Xiao, H. Liu, P. Yang, Q. Ke, W. Ji, K. Yao*, K. P. Ong, K. Zeng, and J. Wang*, Stable ferroelectric perovskite structure with giant axial ratio and polarization in epitaxial BiFe0.6Ga0.4O3 thin films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7, 2648-2653 (2015).
2014年
2. Z. Fan, K. Yao*, and J. Wang*, Photovoltaic effect in an ITO/ZnO/BiFeO3/Pt heterostructure, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 162903 (2014).
1. Z. Fan, J. Wang, M. B. Sullivan, A. Huan, D. J. Singh, and K. P. Ong*, Structural instability of BiFeO3 (001) thin films under tensile strain, Sci. Rep. 4, 4631 (2014).
主持科研项目 (Projects)
5. 广东省杰出青年基金项目，2024-2027；
4. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，52172143，2022-2025；
3. 国家自然科学基金大科学装置联合基金培育项目，U1932125，2020-2022；
2. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，51602110，2017-2019；
1. 广东省科技创新战略专项资金面上项目，2020A1515010996，2020-2022。
联系信息 (Contact Information)
Email：fanzhen@m.scnu.edu.cn
Address: #512, Block 5, South China Normal University at Guangzhou Higher Educational Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.
地址：华南师范大学大学城校区理5栋512办公室。
Email：fanzhen@m.scnu.edu.cn
课题组成员 (Group Members)
2023级硕士生：莫林源(本科江苏大学)，李美霞(本科浙江大学)，林海鹏(本科福州大学)，胡文杰(华北水利水电大学)。
2022级硕士生：陈竞昊(本科湖南大学)，邓皓月(本科华南理工大学)，刘坤(本科湖北大学)，谭山(本科厦门大学)，区家力(本科华南农业大学)。
2021级硕士生：赵璐(本科杭州电子科技大学)，陈智威(本科南京邮电大学)，李文杰(本科华南师范大学)，崔玻源(本科华中科技大学)。
2020级硕士生：董帅(本科重庆大学)，陈开辉(本科东北大学)，陈奕宏(本科暨南大学)。
2019级硕士生：饶晶晶(本科江西理工大学)，黄啟成(本科华南师范大学)。
2018级硕士生：赵磊(本科武汉科技大学)，成声亮(本科湖南科技大学)。
2017级硕士生：田浚江(本科复旦大学)，谭政伟(本科武汉科技大学)。
本组科研氛围良好，学生均能发表一作高水平论文，共获得国家奖学金6人次，欢迎感兴趣的同学加入！