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Zhen Wen is affiliated with Soochow University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of research cover a range of advanced materials and applications, with notable focus on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhen Wen are:

  • Micro triboelectric ultrasonic device for acoustic energy transfer and signal communication, 2020, Nature Communications
  • An anti-freezing hydrogel based stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator for biomechanical energy harvesting at sub-zero temperature, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Recent progress in self-powered multifunctional e-skin for advanced applications, 2022, Exploration
  • Advances in self-powered triboelectric pressure sensors, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Charge-trapping-blocking layer for enhanced triboelectric nanogenerators, 2020, Nano Energy

Frequent collaborators in Zhen Wen's research activities include Xuhui Sun, Yina Liu, Chun Zhao, Lei Hao, and Zhenqiu Gao.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent including Nano Energy, Advanced Functional Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Advanced Materials.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Liquid-Metal-Based Super-Stretchable and Structure-Designable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wearable Electronics

    Yanqin Yang;Na Sun;Zhen Wen;Ping Cheng

  • Largely enhanced triboelectric nanogenerator for efficient harvesting of water wave energy by soft contacted structure

    Ping Cheng;Ping Cheng;Hengyu Guo;Hengyu Guo;Zhen Wen;Chunlei Zhang

  • A Wrinkled PEDOT:PSS Film Based Stretchable and Transparent Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wearable Energy Harvesters and Active Motion Sensors

    Zhen Wen;Yanqin Yang;Na Sun;Gengfei Li

  • Vitrimer Elastomer-Based Jigsaw Puzzle-Like Healable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics.

    Jianan Deng;Jianan Deng;Xiao Kuang;Ruiyuan Liu;Ruiyuan Liu;Wenbo Ding

  • 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

  • Electric Eel-Skin-Inspired Mechanically Durable and Super-Stretchable Nanogenerator for Deformable Power Source and Fully Autonomous Conformable Electronic-Skin Applications.

    Ying-Chih Lai;Ying-Chih Lai;Jianan Deng;Simiao Niu;Wenbo Peng

  • 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

  • Blow-driven triboelectric nanogenerator as an active alcohol breath analyzer

    Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Jun Chen;Min-Hsin Yeh;Hengyu Guo

  • 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

  • Integrating a Silicon Solar Cell with a Triboelectric Nanogenerator via a Mutual Electrode for Harvesting Energy from Sunlight and Raindrops

    Yuqiang Liu;Na Sun;Jiawei Liu;Zhen Wen

  • Micro triboelectric ultrasonic device for acoustic energy transfer and signal communication.

    Chen Chen;Chen Chen;Zhen Wen;Jihong Shi;Xiaohua Jian

  • Triboelectrification-Enabled Self-Powered Detection and Removal of Heavy Metal Ions in Wastewater

    Zhaoling Li;Zhaoling Li;Jun Chen;Hengyu Guo;Xing Fan

  • Ultralight Cut-Paper-Based Self-Charging Power Unit for Self-Powered Portable Electronic and Medical Systems.

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

  • All‐Plastic‐Materials Based Self‐Charging Power System Composed of Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Supercapacitors

    Jie Wang;Jie Wang;Zhen Wen;Yunlong Zi;Pengfei Zhou

  • Fully Packaged Blue Energy Harvester by Hybridizing a Rolling Triboelectric Nanogenerator and an Electromagnetic Generator

    Xin Wang;Xin Wang;Zhen Wen;Zhen Wen;Hengyu Guo;Changsheng Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Xuhui Sun
Xuhui Sun Soochow University
Hengyu Guo
Hengyu Guo Chongqing University
Liping Zhu
Liping Zhu Zhejiang University
Yunlong Zi
Yunlong Zi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Min-Hsin Yeh
Min-Hsin Yeh National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Jie Wang
Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhizhen Ye
Zhizhen Ye Zhejiang University
Zhaoling Li
Zhaoling Li Donghua University
Chenguo Hu
Chenguo Hu Chongqing University

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