Tiancong Zhao

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 944 citations indexed

About

Tiancong Zhao is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tiancong Zhao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 944 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tiancong Zhao's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (13 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (8 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (7 papers). Tiancong Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (13 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (8 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (7 papers). Tiancong Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Tiancong Zhao's co-authors include Minyi Xu, Zhong Lin Wang, Xiu Xiao, Xinxiang Pan, Steven L. Zhang, Yong Ma, Chuan Wang, Zhou Li, Yan Wang and Hongfa Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Nano and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tiancong Zhao

20 papers receiving 934 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Recent progress in blue energy harvesting for powering distributed sensors in ocean
    2021 216 citations Tiancong Zhao, Minyi Xu et al. Nano Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tiancong Zhao China 10 783 469 361 237 185 20 944
Yingjie Tang United States 10 1.1k 1.4× 719 1.5× 232 0.6× 220 0.9× 425 2.3× 18 1.2k
Jianlong Wang China 17 925 1.2× 606 1.3× 302 0.8× 228 1.0× 247 1.3× 51 1.0k
Taili Du China 17 582 0.7× 371 0.8× 216 0.6× 198 0.8× 168 0.9× 47 704
Da Zhao China 18 800 1.0× 405 0.9× 321 0.9× 244 1.0× 205 1.1× 36 914
Islam Hassan Canada 16 1.2k 1.5× 814 1.7× 413 1.1× 266 1.1× 284 1.5× 28 1.4k
Abdelsalam Ahmed United States 16 1.3k 1.6× 845 1.8× 412 1.1× 323 1.4× 294 1.6× 19 1.4k
Shan Lu China 11 643 0.8× 408 0.9× 336 0.9× 189 0.8× 186 1.0× 15 741
Weiming Du China 11 902 1.2× 527 1.1× 133 0.4× 336 1.4× 347 1.9× 21 1.1k
Fengben Xi China 15 1.4k 1.8× 984 2.1× 472 1.3× 392 1.7× 411 2.2× 27 1.6k
Junjie Yang China 11 663 0.8× 399 0.9× 270 0.7× 133 0.6× 100 0.5× 61 818

Countries citing papers authored by Tiancong Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tiancong Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tiancong Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tiancong Zhao. The network helps show where Tiancong Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tiancong Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tiancong Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tiancong Zhao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tiancong Zhao. Tiancong Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Zhengyu, et al.. (2025). A hydrokinetic Turbine-Based Triboelectric-Electromagnetic hybrid generator for ocean current energy harvesting. Energy Conversion and Management. 326. 119473–119473. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2025). A pendulum-based nanogenerator for high-entropy wave energy harvesting. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5480–5480. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2025). Deformable and degradable nanozymes for inhaled viral pneumonia treatment.. PubMed. 6(1). 103–105. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hong, et al.. (2024). Oxygen Self‐Supplied Nanoplatform for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy against Enterococcus Faecalis within Root Canals. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(13). e2302926–e2302926. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the wave focusing effects and energy capture of Oscillating Water Column array. Renewable Energy. 238. 121901–121901. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2024). A Pressure and Proximity Sensor Based on Laser-Induced Graphene. Sensors. 24(12). 3907–3907. 4 indexed citations
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Hu, Chao, et al.. (2023). Coupled hydrodynamic performance investigations of a hybrid system with oscillating water column and submerged breakwater. Ocean Engineering. 283. 115205–115205. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Dan, et al.. (2023). Efficiency optimization of twin vertical-axis helical hydrokinetic turbines (VAHHTs) based on Taguchi method. Applied Ocean Research. 138. 103618–103618. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, Huichao Zhu, & Hangyu Zhang. (2023). Rapid Prototyping Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on Porous Electrodes. Biosensors. 13(5). 546–546. 15 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2023). Study on the performance of spherical collision triboelectric nanogenerator. Applied Energy. 351. 121824–121824. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2023). A rotating tower-like triboelectric nanogenerator for ultrahigh charge density breakthrough. Nano Energy. 108. 108204–108204. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2023). Experimental Studies on Particle Dampers with Energy Harvesting Characteristics. Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies. 12(2). 2571–2583. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2022). A High Output Triboelectric–Electromagnetic Hybrid Generator Based on In‐Phase Parallel Connection. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(6). 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Xiangyu Liu, Yawei Wang, et al.. (2021). Flexible Seaweed-Like Triboelectric Nanogenerator as a Wave Energy Harvester Powering Marine Internet of Things. ACS Nano. 15(10). 15700–15709. 150 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tiancong, et al.. (2021). Recent progress in blue energy harvesting for powering distributed sensors in ocean. Nano Energy. 88. 106199–106199. 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Hao, Tiancong Zhao, Siyuan Wang, et al.. (2021). Sandwich-like triboelectric nanogenerators integrated self-powered buoy for navigation safety. Nano Energy. 84. 105920–105920. 84 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhiyuan, Junpeng Wang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2021). A Robust and Wearable Triboelectric Tactile Patch as Intelligent Human-Machine Interface. Materials. 14(21). 6366–6366. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hongfa, Xiu Xiao, Peng Xu, et al.. (2019). Dual‐Tube Helmholtz Resonator‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Highly Efficient Harvesting of Acoustic Energy. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(46). 158 indexed citations
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Xu, Minyi, Tiancong Zhao, Chuan Wang, et al.. (2019). High Power Density Tower-like Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Harvesting Arbitrary Directional Water Wave Energy. ACS Nano. 13(2). 1932–1939. 234 indexed citations

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