Prof. Chi Zhang received his Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University in 2009. After graduation, he worked in Tsinghua University as a postdoc fellow and NSK Ltd., Japan as a visiting scholar. He now is the principal investigator of Tribotronics Group in Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Chi Zhang's research interests are triboelectric nanogenerator, tribotronics, self-powered MEMS/NEMS, and applications in sensor networks, human-computer interaction and wearable electronics. He has been awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China for Excellent Young Scientist Award. He has published over 140 papers and been cited for over 6000 times with an h-index of 46.
Our research interests are nanogenerator and self-powered smart microsystems. In recent years, a series of original research have been carried out on triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), tribotronics and self-powered MEMS/NEMS. First, we have revealed the symmetry and complementarity of triboelectric nanogenerator and traditional electromagnetic generator, as well as developed the TENG with ultra-high surface charge density and output power. Second, we have initiated a new field of tribotronics by coupling triboelectricity and semiconductors, and developed a series of tribotronic functional devices for active mechanosensation. Third, we have proposed a universal power management strategy for TENG, which is promising for a complete micro-energy solution with great prospects in the fields of sustainable wearable devices and wireless sensor networks.
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