Yunlong Zi

21.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
179 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Yunlong Zi is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunlong Zi has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 101 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yunlong Zi's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (151 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (101 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (38 papers). Yunlong Zi is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (151 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (101 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (38 papers). Yunlong Zi collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yunlong Zi's co-authors include Zhong Lin Wang, Jie Wang, Hengyu Guo, Zhen Wen, Shengming Li, Chenguo Hu, Min‐Hsin Yeh, Simiao Niu, Changsheng Wu and Long Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yunlong Zi

176 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

On the Electron‐Transfer Mechanism in the Contact‐Electrification Effect

2018 784 citations Yunlong Zi, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →
Self-powered textile for wearable electronics by hybridizing fiber-shaped nanogenerators, solar cells, and supercapacitors

2016 764 citations Hengyu Guo, Jie Wang et al. profile →
Standards and figure-of-merits for quantifying the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators

2015 735 citations Yunlong Zi, Simiao Niu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Harvesting Low-Frequency (<5 Hz) Irregular Mechanical Energy: A Possible Killer Application of Triboelectric Nanogenerator

2016 685 citations Yunlong Zi, Hengyu Guo et al. profile →
Sustainably powering wearable electronics solely by biomechanical energy

2016 582 citations Jie Wang, Yi Fang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Networks of Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Harvesting Water Wave Energy: A Potential Approach toward Blue Energy

2015 556 citations Jun Chen, Yunlong Zi et al. profile →
Effective energy storage from a triboelectric nanogenerator

2016 441 citations Yunlong Zi, Jie Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Triboelectric–Pyroelectric–Piezoelectric Hybrid Cell for High‐Efficiency Energy‐Harvesting and Self‐Powered Sensing

2015 412 citations Yunlong Zi, Long Lin et al. profile →
3D Orthogonal Woven Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Effective Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and as Self‐Powered Active Motion Sensors

2017 343 citations Yunlong Zi, Zhong Lin Wang et al. profile →
Achieving ultrahigh instantaneous power density of 10 MW/m2 by leveraging the opposite-charge-enhanced transistor-like triboelectric nanogenerator (OCT-TENG)

2021 215 citations Hao Wu, Steven Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Human body IoT systems based on the triboelectrification effect: energy harvesting, sensing, interfacing and communication

2022 191 citations Qin Zhang, Chuanfu Xin et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
A method for quantitatively separating the piezoelectric component from the as-received “Piezoelectric” signal

2022 144 citations Chaojie Chen, Caofeng Pan et al. Nature Communications profile →
Self-powered electrotactile textile haptic glove for enhanced human-machine interface

2025 21 citations Haoyu Wang, Jing‐jing Fu et al. profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Heat-powered IoT node: A synergistic fusion of thermoacoustic engine and triboelectric nanogenerator 2025 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dian Li, Xin Xia, Xin Li, Yunlong Zi, Guobiao Hu	2
2	Tiny bubble triboelectric nanogenerator functionalized by liquid film rupture 2024 ·Nano Energy ·(unknown), Jingtan Chen, Xin Xia, Wei Deng, Shahid Ali Khan, Xuan Zhang, Yunlong Zi, (unknown)	5
3	A Compact‐Sized Fully Self‐Powered Wireless Flowmeter Based on Triboelectric Discharge 2024 ·Small Methods ·Dong Wan, Xin Xia, Haoyu Wang, Shaoshuai He, (unknown), Jinhong Dai, Dong Guan, (unknown), Xiya Yang, Yunlong Zi	6
4	High-performance self-desalination powered by triboelectric–electromagnetic hybrid nanogenerator 2024 ·Water Research ·Jinhong Dai, Xin Xia, Dian Zhang, Shaoshuai He, Dong Wan, Fuming Chen, Yunlong Zi	13
5	An ultra thin, bright, and sensitive interactive tactile display based on organic mechanoluminescence for dual‐mode handwriting identification 2024 ·InfoMat ·(unknown), Wenlang Li, Haoyu Wang, Yuantian Zheng, Chaojie Chen, Haoran Zhang, Kai Chen, Huilin Xie, Xin Li, Shaoshuai He, Siwei Zhang, Dengfeng Peng, Cheng Yang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang, Yunlong Zi	20
6	The potential application of the triboelectric nanogenerator in the new type futuristic power grid intelligent sensing 2023 ·EcoMat ·Geng Chen, (unknown), Guoqiang Xu, Jing‐jing Fu, (unknown), Jinhong Dai, Dong Guan, Youping Tu, Chuanyang Li, Yunlong Zi	13
7	Triboelectric nanogenerator-based self-powered two-dimensional microfluidic system for biochemical reaction 2023 ·Nano Energy ·Jingjing Li, Zheng Yang, (unknown), Wanting Niu, (unknown), Hongzhi Cui, Yunlong Zi, Xiaoyi Li	12
8	High-output soft-contact fiber-structure triboelectric nanogenerator and its sterilization application 2023 ·Nanotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Caofeng Pan, Gang Cheng, Mingli Zheng, Yunlong Zi, Hongzhi Cui, Xiaoyi Li	9
9	High-fidelity dynamics of piezoelectric covered metamaterial Timoshenko beams using the spectral element method 2023 ·Smart Materials and Structures ·Guobiao Hu, Lihua Tang, Yaowen Yang, Dewen Yu, Yunlong Zi	9
10	Metal seeding growth of three-dimensional perovskite nanowire forests for high-performance stretchable photodetectors 2023 ·Nano Energy ·Daquan Zhang, Yudong Zhu, Rui Jiao, (unknown), Qianpeng Zhang, Swapnadeep Poddar, Beitao Ren, Xiao Qiu, Yang Cao, Yu Zhou, Chen Wang, Kefan Wang, Yunlong Zi, Haibo Zeng, Guijun Li, Hongyu Yu, Qingfeng Zhou, Zhiyong Fan	7
11	Optical Emission from Triboelectric Gas Discharge toward Self‐Powered Gas Sensing 2023 ·Advanced Optical Materials ·Jing‐jing Fu, Ziwu Song, Guoqiang Xu, Haoyu Wang, Xinyuan Li, (unknown), Wenbo Ding, Wei Ren, Iek Man Lei, Yunlong Zi	10
12	Soft Hydrogel Shapeability via Supportive Bath Matching in Embedded 3D Printing (Adv. Mater. Technol. 15/2023) 2023 ·Advanced Materials Technologies ·Iek Man Lei, Duo Zhang, (unknown), Ji Liu, Yunlong Zi, Yan Yan Shery Huang	3
13	Human body IoT systems based on the triboelectrification effect: energy harvesting, sensing, interfacing and communication breakdown → 2022 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Qin Zhang, Chuanfu Xin, Fan Shen, Ying Gong, Yunlong Zi, Hengyu Guo, Zhongjie Li, Yan Peng, Quan Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang	191
14	Porous‐Structure‐Promoted Tribo‐Induced High‐Performance Self‐Powered Tactile Sensor toward Remote Human‐Machine Interaction 2022 ·Advanced Science ·Li Su, (unknown), Haoyu Wang, Yunlong Zi	48
15	Achieving ultrahigh instantaneous power density of 10 MW/m2 by leveraging the opposite-charge-enhanced transistor-like triboelectric nanogenerator (OCT-TENG) breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Hao Wu, Steven Wang, Zuankai Wang, Yunlong Zi	215
16	A metal-electrode-free, fully integrated, soft triboelectric sensor array for self-powered tactile sensing 2020 ·Microsystems & Nanoengineering ·Lingyun Wang, Yiming Liu, Qing Liu, Yuyan Zhu, Haoyu Wang, Zhaoqian Xie, Xinge Yu, Yunlong Zi	65
17	Capturing Flow Energy from Ocean and Wind 2019 ·Energies ·Ying Gong, Zhengbao Yang, Xiaobiao Shan, Yubiao Sun, Tao Xie, Yunlong Zi	46
18	Thin, Skin‐Integrated, Stretchable Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Tactile Sensing 2019 ·Advanced Electronic Materials ·Yiming Liu, Lingyun Wang, Ling Zhao, Kuanming Yao, Zhaoqian Xie, Yunlong Zi, Xinge Yu	66
19	Skin‐Integrated Graphene‐Embedded Lead Zirconate Titanate Rubber for Energy Harvesting and Mechanical Sensing 2019 ·Advanced Materials Technologies ·Yiming Liu, Ling Zhao, Lingyun Wang, Huanxi Zheng, Dengfeng Li, Raudel Avila, King Wai Chiu Lai, Zuankai Wang, Zhaoqian Xie, Yunlong Zi, Xinge Yu	65
20	Stretchable‐Rubber‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator and Its Application as Self‐Powered Body Motion Sensors 2015 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Yi Fang, Long Lin, Simiao Niu, (unknown), Zhaona Wang, (unknown), Jun Chen, Yusheng Zhou, Yunlong Zi, Jie Wang, Qingliang Liao, Yue Zhang, (unknown), (unknown)	341

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