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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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106
Citations
34533
World Ranking
134
National Ranking
17

Materials Science

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106
Citations
35932
World Ranking
826
National Ranking
252

Overview

Ya Yang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a substantial body of research contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Polymers and Plastics.

The main topics addressed in Ya Yang's research include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions

Ya Yang has published frequently in several journals, with notable counts in:

  • Nano Energy
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Chris Bowen
  • Bingbing Zhang
  • Zhong Lin Wang
  • Weiqi Qian
  • Kui Wu

Among the recent notable publications by or related to Ya Yang are:

  • Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications (2023) in ACS Nano
  • Hierarchically patterned self-powered sensors for multifunctional tactile sensing (2020) in Science Advances
  • A flexible ultra-sensitive triboelectric tactile sensor of wrinkled PDMS/MXene composite films for E-skin (2020) in Nano Energy
  • Structure, Performance, and Application of BiFeO3 Nanomaterials (2020) in Nano-Micro Letters
  • Recent Advances in Pyroelectric Materials and Applications (2021) in Small

Best Publications

  • Toward large-scale energy harvesting by a nanoparticle-enhanced triboelectric nanogenerator.

    Guang Zhu;Zong-Hong Lin;Qingshen Jing;Peng Bai

  • Harmonic-resonator-based triboelectric nanogenerator as a sustainable power source and a self-powered active vibration sensor.

    Jun Chen;Guang Zhu;Weiqing Yang;Qingshen Jing

  • Human Skin Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Biomechanical Energy and as Self-Powered Active Tactile Sensor System

    Ya Yang;Hulin Zhang;Hulin Zhang;Zong-Hong Lin;Yu Sheng Zhou

  • Pyroelectric nanogenerators for harvesting thermoelectric energy.

    Ya Yang;Wenxi Guo;Ken C. Pradel;Guang Zhu

  • Triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting wind energy and as self-powered wind vector sensor system.

    Ya Yang;Guang Zhu;Hulin Zhang;Jun Chen

  • Single-Electrode-Based Sliding Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Displacement Vector Sensor System

    Ya Yang;Hulin Zhang;Jun Chen;Qingshen Jing

  • Progress in nanogenerators for portable electronics

    Zhong Lin Wang;Guang Zhu;Ya Yang;Sihong Wang

  • Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications.

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  • A Review of Structure Construction of Silk Fibroin Biomaterials from Single Structures to Multi-Level Structures.

    Yu Qi;Hui Wang;Kai Wei;Ya Yang

  • Triboelectric nanogenerators as flexible power sources

    Yang Wang;Yang Wang;Ya Yang;Ya Yang;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Harvesting Vibration Energy in Full Space and as Self‐Powered Acceleration Sensor

    Hulin Zhang;Hulin Zhang;Ya Yang;Yuanjie Su;Jun Chen

  • Scavenging Wind Energy by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

    Bo Chen;Bo Chen;Ya Yang;Ya Yang;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • A Self‐Powered Triboelectric Nanosensor for Mercury Ion Detection

    Zong-Hong Lin;Guang Zhu;Yu Sheng Zhou;Ya Yang

  • Hierarchically patterned self-powered sensors for multifunctional tactile sensing

    Yang Wang;Heting Wu;Lin Xu;Lin Xu;Hainan Zhang

  • Triboelectric nanogenerator built inside shoe insole for harvesting walking energy

    Te-Chien Hou;Te-Chien Hou;Ya Yang;Hulin Zhang;Jun Chen

  • A single-electrode based triboelectric nanogenerator as self-powered tracking system.

    Ya Yang;Yu Sheng Zhou;Hulin Zhang;Ying Liu

  • BaTiO3 Nanotubes-Based Flexible and Transparent Nanogenerators.

    Zong-Hong Lin;Ya Yang;Jyh Ming Wu;Ying Liu

  • Broadband Vibrational Energy Harvesting Based on a Triboelectric Nanogenerator

    Jin Yang;Jin Yang;Jun Chen;Ya Yang;Hulin Zhang

  • Enhanced triboelectric nanogenerators and triboelectric nanosensor using chemically modified TiO2 nanomaterials.

    Zong-Hong Lin;Yannan Xie;Ya Yang;Sihong Wang

  • Super-Flexible Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting from Gentle Wind and as an Active Deformation Sensor

    Sangmin Lee;Sung-Hwan Bae;Long Lin;Ya Yang

  • A flexible ultra-sensitive triboelectric tactile sensor of wrinkled PDMS/MXene composite films for E-skin

    Ya-Wei Cai;Xiao-Nan Zhang;Gui-Gen Wang;Gui-Zhong Li

  • Triboelectric nanogenerator as self-powered active sensors for detecting liquid/gaseous water/ethanol

    Hulin Zhang;Hulin Zhang;Ya Yang;Yuanjie Su;Jun Chen

  • Flexible Hybrid Energy Cell for Simultaneously Harvesting Thermal, Mechanical, and Solar Energies

    Ya Yang;Hulin Zhang;Guang Zhu;Sangmin Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Hulin Zhang
Hulin Zhang Taiyuan University of Technology
Yue Zhang
Yue Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Zong-Hong Lin
Zong-Hong Lin National Tsing Hua University
Yu Sheng Zhou
Yu Sheng Zhou Georgia Institute of Technology
Yuanjie Su
Yuanjie Su University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Sangmin Lee
Sangmin Lee Chung-Ang University
Guang Zhu
Guang Zhu University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Qingshen Jing
Qingshen Jing University of Cambridge
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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