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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Overview

Yunlong Zi is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with substantial contributions to biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work focuses on topics including advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, tactile and sensory interactions, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, innovative energy harvesting technologies, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, and green IT and sustainability.

Yunlong Zi has authored multiple research papers, notable among which are:

  • Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications, 2023, ACS Nano
  • Achieving ultrahigh instantaneous power density of 10 MW/m2 by leveraging the opposite-charge-enhanced transistor-like triboelectric nanogenerator (OCT-TENG), 2021, Nature Communications
  • Human body IoT systems based on the triboelectrification effect: energy harvesting, sensing, interfacing and communication, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Multi-Mode Water-Tube-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator Designed for Low-Frequency Energy Harvesting with Ultrahigh Volumetric Charge Density, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Insulating materials for realising carbon neutrality: Opportunities, remaining issues and challenges, 2022, High Voltage

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Nano Energy
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Advanced Science
  • ACS Nano

Collaboration is reflected in frequent co-authors including Xin Xia, Haoyu Wang, Jingjing Fu, Guoqiang Xu, and Lingyun Wang.

Best Publications

  • On the Electron-Transfer Mechanism in the Contact-Electrification Effect.

    Cheng Xu;Cheng Xu;Yunlong Zi;Yunlong Zi;Aurelia Chi Wang;Haiyang Zou

  • Self-powered textile for wearable electronics by hybridizing fiber-shaped nanogenerators, solar cells, and supercapacitors

    Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Min-Hsin Yeh;Min-Hsin Yeh;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Jie Wang

  • Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators

    Yunlong Zi;Simiao Niu;Jie Wang;Zhen Wen

  • Harvesting Low-Frequency (<5 Hz) Irregular Mechanical Energy: A Possible Killer Application of Triboelectric Nanogenerator

    Yunlong Zi;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Min-Hsin Yeh

  • Sustainably powering wearable electronics solely by biomechanical energy.

    Jie Wang;Shengming Li;Fang Yi;Yunlong Zi

  • Networks of triboelectric nanogenerators for harvesting water wave energy: a potential approach toward blue energy.

    Jun Chen;Jin Yang;Jin Yang;Zhaoling Li;Xing Fan

  • Effective energy storage from a triboelectric nanogenerator

    Yunlong Zi;Jie Wang;Sihong Wang;Shengming Li

  • Triboelectric–Pyroelectric–Piezoelectric Hybrid Cell for High‐Efficiency Energy‐Harvesting and Self‐Powered Sensing

    Yunlong Zi;Long Lin;Jie Wang;Sihong Wang

  • 3D Orthogonal Woven Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Effective Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and as Self-Powered Active Motion Sensors

    Kai Dong;Kai Dong;Jianan Deng;Yunlong Zi;Yi-Cheng Wang

  • Stretchable-Rubber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator and Its Application as Self-Powered Body Motion Sensors

    Fang Yi;Fang Yi;Long Lin;Simiao Niu;Po Kang Yang

  • A Flexible Fiber-Based Supercapacitor-Triboelectric-Nanogenerator Power System for Wearable Electronics.

    Jie Wang;Jie Wang;Xiuhan Li;Yunlong Zi;Sihong Wang

  • Molecular surface functionalization to enhance the power output of triboelectric nanogenerators

    Sihong Wang;Yunlong Zi;Yu Sheng Zhou;Shengming Li

  • Multifunctional TENG for Blue Energy Scavenging and Self-Powered Wind-Speed Sensor

    Yi Xi;Yi Xi;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Yunlong Zi;Xiaogan Li

  • A Highly Stretchable Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics

    Xu He;Xu He;Yunlong Zi;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Haiwu Zheng;Haiwu Zheng

  • A highly shape-adaptive, stretchable design based on conductive liquid for energy harvesting and self-powered biomechanical monitoring

    Fang Yi;Xiaofeng Wang;Simiao Niu;Shengming Li

  • All-in-One Shape-Adaptive Self-Charging Power Package for Wearable Electronics

    Hengyu Guo;Min-Hsin Yeh;Min-Hsin Yeh;Ying-Chih Lai;Yunlong Zi

  • Triboelectric nanogenerators for sensitive nano-coulomb molecular mass spectrometry.

    Anyin Li;Yunlong Zi;Hengyu Guo;Zhong Lin Wang;Zhong Lin Wang

  • A Water‐Proof Triboelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator for Energy Harvesting in Harsh Environments

    Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Yunlong Zi;Min-Hsin Yeh

  • Harvesting Broad Frequency Band Blue Energy by a Triboelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Nanogenerator

    Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Yunlong Zi;Min-Hsin Yeh

  • Raising the Working Temperature of a Triboelectric Nanogenerator by Quenching Down Electron Thermionic Emission in Contact-Electrification.

    Cheng Xu;Cheng Xu;Aurelia Chi Wang;Haiyang Zou;Binbin Zhang

  • A Flexible, Stretchable and Shape‐Adaptive Approach for Versatile Energy Conversion and Self‐Powered Biomedical Monitoring

    Po Kang Yang;Po Kang Yang;Po Kang Yang;Long Lin;Fang Yi;Fang Yi;Xiuhan Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Jie Wang
Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hengyu Guo
Hengyu Guo Chongqing University
Zhen Wen
Zhen Wen Soochow University
Changsheng Wu
Changsheng Wu National University of Singapore
Long Lin
Long Lin Georgia Institute of Technology
Wenbo Ding
Wenbo Ding Tsinghua University
Chenguo Hu
Chenguo Hu Chongqing University
Yi Xi
Yi Xi Chongqing University
Min-Hsin Yeh
Min-Hsin Yeh National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

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