Dr. Yunlong Zi, Curriculum Vitae, Page 1 of 5 Dr. Yunlong Zi The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China URL: http://yunlongzi.weebly.com E-mail: yunlongzi@gmail.com Education Ph.D. in Physics, Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN, USA) Aug. 2014 Advisors: Prof. Chen Yang Dissertation title: Control and Understanding Growth of III-V Nanowire Structures B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) July 2009 Working Experience Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Nov. 2017 present Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (Advisor: Prof. Zhong Lin (Z.L.) Wang) Aug. 2014 Oct. 2017 Research Interests Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) for high-efficiency mechanical energy harvesting Self-powered system based on TENG for electronics and electrochemical process Flexible and stretchable energy harvesters Nanomaterials and nano-electronics Honors and Awards Materials Research Society (MRS) Postdoctoral Award (2017) Honored to be the first winner from Georgia Tech! One of "5 students who are Transformation Makers" of Purdue University (2013) Highlighted in Purdue homepage (04/25/2013) and banners at campus (05/2013-09/2015) Link Electronic Materials Conference travel grant winner (2012) Excellent School Work Scholarship (2007) Excellent School Work Scholarship (2006) 1 st prize in 2004 National Mathematics Olympiad (2004) Publications Totally 47 journal publications, citation 1025, h-index 19, i10-index 24. (By 09/13/2017) First-author publications: 1. A. Li*, Y. Zi*, H. Guo, Z.L. Wang, F.M. Fernández, Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Sensitive Nano-Coulomb Molecular Mass Spectrometry, Nature Nanotechnology, 12 (5), 481-487 (2017); (*equal-author contributors) 2. Y. Zi, J. Wang, S. Wang, S. Li, Z. Wen, H. Guo, Z.L. Wang #, Effective Energy Storage from a Triboelectric Nanogenerator, Nature Communications, 7:10987, (2016); (highly cited paper by Web of Science) 3. Y. Zi, S. Niu, J. Wang, Z. Wen, W. Tang, Z.L. Wang #, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Nature Communications, 6:8376,
Dr. Yunlong Zi, Curriculum Vitae, Page 2 of 5 (2015); (highly cited paper by Web of Science) 4. Y. Zi, L. Lin, J. Wang, S. Wang, J. Chen, X. Fan, P.K. Yang, F. Yi, Z.L. Wang #, Triboelectric- Pyroelectric-Piezoelectric Hybrid Cell for High-Efficient Energy-Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing, Advanced Materials, 27, 2340-2347 (2015); (highly cited paper by Web of Science) 5. Y. Zi, H. Guo, Z. Wen, M.-H. Yeh, C. Hu, Z.L. Wang #, Harvesting Low-Frequency (< 5 Hz) Irregular Mechanical Energy: A Possible Killer-Application of Triboelectric Nanogenerator, ACS Nano, 10 (4), 4797-4805 (2016); (highly cited paper by Web of Science) 6. Y. Zi, K. Jung, D.N. Zakharov, C. Yang #, Understanding Self-Aligned Planar Growth of InAs Nanowires, Nano Letters, 13 (6), 2786 2791 (2013); 7. Y. Zi #, S. Suslov, C. Yang #, Understanding Self-Catalyzed Epitaxial Growth of III-V Nanowires Towards Controlled Synthesis, Nano Letters, 17 (2), 1167 1173 (2017); ( # corresponding author) 8. Y. Zi, H. Guo, J. Wang, Z. Wen, S. Li, C. Hu, Z.L. Wang #, An Inductor-Free Auto-Power- Management Design Built-in Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Nano Energy, 31, 302-310 (2017); 9. Y. Zi, C. Wu, W. Ding, Z.L. Wang#, Maximized Effective Energy Output of Contact-Separation- Triggered Triboelectric Nanogenerators as Limited by Air Breakdown, Advanced Functional Materials, 27 (24) (2017); 10. Y. Zi, Z.L. Wang #, Nanogenerators: An Emerging Technology Towards Nanoenergy, APL Materials, 5, 074103 (2017); (invited review paper) 11. Y. Zi, Y. Zhao, D. Candebate, J. Appenzeller, C. Yang #, Synthesis of Antimony-Based Nanowires Using the Simple Vapor Deposition Method, ChemPhysChem, 13 (10), 2585-2588 (2012); (invited paper) 12. X. He*, Y. Zi*, H. Guo*, H. Zheng, Y. Xi, C. Wu, J. Wang, W. Zhang, C. Lu, Z.L. Wang #, A highly Stretchable Fiber-based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials, 27 (4) (2017); (*equal-author contributors) 13. X. He*, Y. Zi*, H. Yu*, S.L. Zhang, J. Wang, W. Ding, H. Zou, W. Zhang, C. Lu, Z.L. Wang #, An ultrathin paper-based self-powered system for portable electronics and wireless humanmachine interaction, Nano Energy, 2017, 39, 328-336; (*equal-author contributors) 14. S. Wang*, Y. Zi*, Y.S. Zhou, S. Li, F. Fan, L. Lin, Z.L. Wang #, Molecular Surface Functionalization to Enhance Power Output of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 3728-3734 (2016); (*equal-author contributors, highly cited paper by Web of Science) 15. K. Dong*, J. Deng*, Y. Zi*, Y.-C. Wang, C. Xu, H. Zou, W. Ding, Y. Dai, B. Gu, B. Sun, Z.L. Wang #, 3D Orthogonal Woven Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Effective Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and as Self-Powered Active Motion Sensors, Advanced Materials, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702648; (*equal-author contributors) 16. H. Guo*, M.-H. Yeh*, Y. Zi*, Z. Wen, J. Chen, G. Liu, C. Hu #, Z.L. Wang #, Ultralight Cut- Paper-Based Self-Charging Power Unit for Self-Powered Portable Electronic and Medical Systems, ACS Nano, 11 (5), 4475 4482 (2017); (*equal-author contributors) 17. H. Guo*, Z. Wen*, Y. Zi*, M.H. Yeh, J. Wang, L. Zhu, C. Hu, Z.L. Wang #, A Water-Proof
Dr. Yunlong Zi, Curriculum Vitae, Page 3 of 5 Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator for Energy Harvesting in Harsh Environments, Advanced Energy Materials, 6 (6) (2016); (*equal-author contributors, highly cited paper by Web of Science) 18. Z. Wen*, H. Guo*, Y. Zi*, M.-H. Yeh, X. Wang, J. Deng, J. Wang, S. Li, C. Hu, L. Zhu, Z.L. Wang #, Harvesting Broad Frequency-Band Blue Energy by a Triboelectric-Electromagnetic Hybrid Nanogenerator, ACS Nano, 10 (7), 6526 6534 (2016); (*equal-author contributors) 19. J. Wang*, Z. Wen*, Y. Zi*, P. Zhou, J. Lin, H. Guo, Y. Xu, Z.L. Wang #, All Plastic-Materials Based Self-Charging Power System Composed of Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Supercapacitors, Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (7), 1070-1076 (2016); (*equal-author contributors, highly cited paper by Web of Science) 20. J. Wang*, Z. Wen*, Y. Zi*, L. Lin, C. Wu, H. Guo, Y. Xi, Y. Xu, Z.L. Wang #, Self-Powered Electrochemical Synthesis of Polypyrrole from Pulsed Output of Triboelectric Nanogenerator as a Sustainable Energy System, Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (20), 3542 3548 (2016). (*equal-author contributors) Authored Textbook: 21. Triboelectric Nanogenerators, by Z.L. Wang, L. Lin, J. Chen, S. Niu, Y. Zi, Springer, 2016, ISBN 3319400398, 9783319400396 (responsible for 5 of 16 chapters) Full list of publications is available at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rqljr-eaaaaj Teaching & Mentoring Experience Courses TA ed at Purdue PHYS 342 Modern Physics, 2009 Fall (Undergraduate Course, 100+ students) PHYS 342 Modern Physics, 2010 Spring (Undergraduate Course, 100+ students) Students mentored at Purdue Served as a mentor of graduate students: Yiteng Zhang (Ph.D. candidate), Fan Chen (Ph.D. candidate), Cheng-Chieh Peng (Ph.D. candidate), Mawufemor Kudadze (Ph.D. candidate) Served as a tutor (General Physics, 10 lectures): Qinglan Ding (M.S. student) Scholars mentored at Georgia Tech Visiting Ph.D. students: Shengming Li (Tsinghua University, China), Zhen Wen (Zhejiang University, China), Hengyu Guo (Chongqing University, China), Xu He (Sichuan University, China), Kai Dong (Donghua University, China) Visiting scholars: Dr. Jie Wang (Associate Prof. at Xi an Jiaotong Univeristy, China), Dr. Yi Xi (Associate Prof. at Chongqing University, China), Dr. Haiwu Zheng (Associate Prof. at Henan University, China) Academic Services Service appointments for conferences: Chair, Oral Session ES4.20: Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Materials and Devices, 2017 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meetings, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Apr. 21 st, 2017 Chair, Poster Session III, ES4.16: Nanogenerators and Piezotronics, 2017 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meetings, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Apr. 20 th, 2017 Chair, Oral Session ES4.4: Triboelectric Nanogenerators II, 2017 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meetings, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Apr. 18 th, 2017 Abstract Reviewer, 2017 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 4-8, 2017
Dr. Yunlong Zi, Curriculum Vitae, Page 4 of 5 Serve as a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals: Advanced Materials Advanced Functional Materials Nano Energy Chemical Science Scientific Reports Carbon Small Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Serve as a member of reviewer panel: RSC Advances Serve as a reviewer for grant proposals: Water Resources Institute (WRI), University of Wisconsin Professional Societies Member, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2013-present Member, Semiconductor Technology Advanced Research Network (STARnet), Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) 2014 Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2017-present Presentations Conference Oral Presentations: 1. Y. Zi, S. Niu, Z.L. Wang, Figure-of-Merits as the Standard for Quantitatively Evaluating the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 2016 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall meetings, Boston, MA, Dec. 1 st, 2016; 2. Y. Zi, J. Wang, S. Wang, Z.L. Wang, Effective Energy Storage from a Triboelectric Nanogenerator, 2016 MRS Fall meetings, Boston, MA, Nov. 29 th, 2016; 3. Y. Zi, S. Niu, Z.L. Wang, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, invited talk, Nanoenergy and Nanosystems 2016, Beijing, China, July 13 rd, 2016; 4. Y. Zi, Z.L. Wang, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, invited talk, 2016 International Symposium of Flexible & Stretchable Electronics, Wuhan, Hubei, China, June 30 th, 2016; 5. Y. Zi, L. Lin, Z.L. Wang, Triboelectric-Pyroelectric-Piezoelectric Hybrid Cell for High- Efficient Energy-Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensing, 2015 MRS Fall meetings, Boston, MA, Nov. 30 th, 2015; 6. Y. Zi, K. Jung, D.N. Zakharov, C. Yang, Understanding Self-Aligned Planar Growth of InAs nanowires, 2013 MRS Fall meetings, Boston, MA, Dec. 5 th, 2013; 7. Y. Zi, C. Yang, GaSb Nanowires Synthesis and In Situ Doping Method, 2012 Electronic Material Conference, University Park, PA, June 20 th, 2012. Invited Oral Presentations at Institutes:
Dr. Yunlong Zi, Curriculum Vitae, Page 5 of 5 8. Y. Zi, High-Voltage Output from Triboelectric Nanogenerator: Challenges and Opportunities, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University (IU), Bloomington, IN, USA, Oct 25 th, 2017. 9. Y. Zi, Capturing Energy through Triboelectric Nanogenerators: An Emerging Power Solution, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, June 26 th, 2017. 10. Y. Zi, Capturing Energy through Triboelectric Nanogenerators: An Emerging Power Solution, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University (ZJU), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, June 22 nd, 2017. 11. Y. Zi, Capturing Energy through Triboelectric Nanogenerators: An Emerging Power Solution, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, IL, USA, March 14 th, 2017 12. Y. Zi, Capturing Energy through Triboelectric Nanogenerators: An Emerging Power Solution, Department of Electrical and System Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), St. Louis, MO, USA, March 6 th, 2017. 13. Y. Zi, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystem (BINN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, June 27 th, 2016. 14. Y. Zi, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University (THU), Beijing, China, June 27 th, 2016. 15. Y. Zi, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Department of Precision machinery and precision instrument, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, June 20 th, 2016. 16. Y. Zi, Standards and Figure-of-Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Zhuhai Forum, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), Guangzhou, China, June 18 th, 2016. 17. Y. Zi, Recent Research Progress of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, School of Microelectronics, Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China, June 14 th, 2016. Patents 1. Z.L. Wang, Y. Zi, S. Niu, Standards and Figure of Merits for Quantifying the Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, US provisional patent application 62/367,432, filed 07/27/2016, patent pending; 2. A. Li, Y. Zi, Z.L. Wang, F.M. Fernández, Rational Nano-Coulomb Ionization, US provisional patent application 62/393,431, filed 09/12/2016, patent pending; 3. H. Guo, X. He, Y. Zi, Z.L. Wang, A highly Stretchable Fiber-based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Wearable Electronics, US provisional patent application 62/479,439, filed 08/23/2016, patent pending.