A conversation with Prof. Zhong Lin Wang, energy harvester.

PSW: You started your research career in electron microscopy and materials structure. How did you end up in energy harvesting, capture, and recycling? ZLW: My original training was in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). My advisor told me, “Why don't you start with a small particle?”At that time, it was not called a “nanoparticle,” it was just a “small particle.” I was using TEM to look at the tiny little particles, looking at the surface oxidation of cobalt particles.

[1]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting wind energy and as self-powered wind vector sensor system. , 2013, ACS nano.

[2]  Long Lin,et al.  Strain-gated piezotronic transistors based on vertical zinc oxide nanowires. , 2012, ACS nano.

[3]  Long Lin,et al.  Robust triboelectric nanogenerator based on rolling electrification and electrostatic induction at an instantaneous energy conversion efficiency of ∼ 55%. , 2015, ACS nano.

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[7]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Piezo-phototronic effect enhanced visible/UV photodetector of a carbon-fiber/ZnO-CdS double-shell microwire. , 2013, ACS nano.

[8]  A. Javey.  The 2008 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience: carbon nanotubes. , 2008, ACS nano.

[9]  Yong Ding,et al.  Conversion of Zinc Oxide Nanobelts into Superlattice-Structured Nanohelices. , 2005 .

[10]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Optical Properties of Amorphous ZnO, CdO, and PbO Nanoclusters in Solution , 1999 .

[11]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Dual-mode triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting water energy and as a self-powered ethanol nanosensor. , 2014, ACS nano.

[12]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Lead-free NaNbO3 nanowires for a high output piezoelectric nanogenerator. , 2011, ACS nano.

[13]  Chenguo Hu,et al.  Single-electrode-based rotating triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting energy from tires. , 2014, ACS nano.

[14]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Ordered Self-Assembling of Tetrahedral Oxide Nanocrystals , 1997 .

[15]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  GaN nanobelt-based strain-gated piezotronic logic devices and computation. , 2013, ACS nano.

[16]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Enhancing sensitivity of a single ZnO micro-/nanowire photodetector by piezo-phototronic effect. , 2010, ACS nano.

[17]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Woven structured triboelectric nanogenerator for wearable devices. , 2014, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

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[19]  Yan Zhang,et al.  Optimizing the power output of a ZnO photocell by piezopotential. , 2010, ACS nano.

[20]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Optimizing performance of silicon-based p-n junction photodetectors by the piezo-phototronic effect. , 2014, ACS nano.

[21]  Long Lin,et al.  Self-powered magnetic sensor based on a triboelectric nanogenerator. , 2012, ACS nano.

[22]  Zhong Lin Wang.  Triboelectric nanogenerators as new energy technology for self-powered systems and as active mechanical and chemical sensors. , 2013, ACS nano.

[23]  Weiqing Yang,et al.  Harvesting broadband kinetic impact energy from mechanical triggering/vibration and water waves. , 2014, ACS nano.

[24]  Sumio Iijima,et al.  High resolution electron microscopy , 2008 .

[25]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Hybrid nanogenerator for concurrently harvesting biomechanical and biochemical energy. , 2010, ACS nano.

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[28]  Peng Bai,et al.  Personalized keystroke dynamics for self-powered human--machine interfacing. , 2015, ACS nano.

[29]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Correction to Strain-Gated Piezotronic Transistors Based on Vertical Zinc Oxide Nanowires , 2012 .

[30]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Highly Oriented Molecular Ag Nanocrystal Arrays , 1996 .

[31]  J. M. Cowley,et al.  Electron microscopy of atoms in crystals , 1977 .

[32]  Wei Tang,et al.  Contact electrification field-effect transistor. , 2014, ACS nano.

[33]  Zhaoying Zhou,et al.  Microsystems and Nanotechnology , 2012 .

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[35]  Zhong Lin Wang.  Triboelectric nanogenerators as new energy technology and self-powered sensors - principles, problems and perspectives. , 2014, Faraday discussions.

[36]  G. Zhu,et al.  Muscle‐Driven In Vivo Nanogenerator , 2010, Advanced materials.

[37]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Contact Electrification Field-Effect , 2014 .

[38]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Piezotronic effect on the sensitivity and signal level of Schottky contacted proactive micro/nanowire nanosensors. , 2013, ACS nano.

[39]  Weiqing Yang,et al.  Harvesting energy from the natural vibration of human walking. , 2013, ACS nano.

[40]  Youfan Hu,et al.  Designing the electric transport characteristics of ZnO micro/nanowire devices by coupling piezoelectric and photoexcitation effects. , 2010, ACS nano.

[41]  Zhong Lin Wang,et al.  Carbon nanotube quantum resistors , 1998, Science.

[42]  W. D. Heer,et al.  Electrostatic deflections and electromechanical resonances of carbon nanotubes , 1999, Science.

[43]  Yong Ding,et al.  Piezo-phototronic effect enhanced visible and ultraviolet photodetection using a ZnO-CdS core-shell micro/nanowire. , 2012, ACS nano.