Jen, I-Lun

Assistant Professor

• TitleAssistant Professor
• E-maililunjen@yuntech.edu.tw
• OfficeEC 307
• Tel4613
• LaboratoryAdvanced Materials and Sustainable Energy Laboratory

• I-L. Jen*, W. T. Chiu*, L. Y. Lee, K. K. Wang, M. Tahara, H. Hosoda, and H. J. Wu*, Self-Doping Enables Flexible Ag₂Se Bulks for Room-Temperature Thermoelectric Generators and Coolers, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. (Accepted 2026)
• W. C. Yang, W. C. Wu, P. S. Chen, T. F. Chung, S.Y. Chang, C. Y. Chen, Y. C. Lo, C. W. Huang, Jacob C. Huang, J. S.-C. Jang*, I-L. Jen*, H. J. Wu*, Ti-rich Medium-Entropy-Alloy Thin Films as Robust Diffusion Barriers for Thermoelectric Generators, Advanced Engineering Materials, e202502462 (2025).
• Y. H. Huang Lu, I-L. Jen, C. Y. Chiang, W. Z. Hsieh, G. C. Yin, Y. F. Song, H. J. Wu*, Modulating Solid‐Solution Solubility to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance and Maintain Structural Stability in Phase‐Transition Silver Chalcogenides, Small, 202410583 (2025).
• I-Lun Jen, Cheng-Yen Lin, Kuang-Kuo Wang, Chun-Ming Wu, Chi-Hung Lee, Hsin-Jay Wu, Avoided Crossing Phonons Realizes High-Performance Single-Crystalline β-Zn₄Sb₃ Thermoelectrics, Advanced Science 12,5, 2411498 (2025).
• I-L. Jen, C. S. Lin, K. K. Wang, H.-J. Wu*, Tuning Interstitials in Fully Dense β-Zn₄Sb₃ Doubles Single-Leg Thermoelectric Efficiency, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 44, 51110–51116, (2023).
• I-L. Jen, K. K. Wang, H.-J. Wu*, Aliovalent Dilute Doping and Nano-Moire Fringe Advance the Structural Stability and Thermoelectric Performance in β-Zn₄Sb₃, Advanced Science, 9, 26, 202201802 (2022).
• P. Y. Deng†, W. T. Yen†, Y. F. Tsai†, I-L. Jen†, B. C. Chen† and H. J. Wu*, Eliciting High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials via Phase Diagram Engineering: A Review, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2100054 (2021). († equal contribution).
• M. J. Jhong, I-L. Jen, K. K. Wang, W. T. Yen, Jacob C. Huang, Jason S. C. Jang, K. C. Hsieh, and H. J. Wu, Nano-structure to Laves phase: Reduced Thermal Conductivity from Medium-Entropy AlNbV to High-Entropy AlNbVCrTi Alloys, Materialia 14, 100889 (2020).
• H. J. Wu*, P. C. Wei*, H. Y. Su, K. K. Wang, W. T. Yen, I-L. Jen and J. He, Designing Environmentally Friendly High-zT Zn₄Sb₃ via Thermodynamic Routes, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, 7564-7571 (2019).

• I-L. Jen, Y. C. Du, and H. J. Wu, 2024 “Fast synthesis on n-type Ag₂Se with improved thermoelectric performance”, TMS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Alloys and Compounds for Thermoelectric and Solar Cell Applications XII, USA.

• I-L. Jen, K. K. Wang, and H. J. Wu, “Minor Ga addition in β-Zn₄Sb₃ leads to major enhancement in thermoelectric performance”, TMS 2020 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Alloys and Compounds for Thermoelectric and Solar Cell Applications VIII, USA.