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Dr. Wang receives Albert Einstein World Award of Science
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Research

Our current research is in following directions:

  1. Nanogenerators and self-powered nanosystems (2005 – today)
  2. Piezotronics for smart systems (2006 – today)
  3. Piezo-phototronics for energy science and optoelectronics (2009 – today)
  4. Hybrid cells for energy harvesting (2008 – today)

For more information, please go to our research and publication pages.

Dr. ZL Wang

Dr. Wang is a pioneer and world leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology for his outstanding creativity and productivity. Dr. Wang has made innovative contributions to the synthesis, discovery, characterization and understanding of fundamental physical properties of oxide nanobelts and nanowires, as well as applications of nanowires in energy sciences, electronics, optoelectronics and biological science. His discovery and breakthroughs in developing nanogenerators establish the principle and technological road map for harvesting mechanical energy from environment and biological systems.

Nano Energy, a New Journal

Nano Energy is a new journal edited by Dr. Wang. Please click here for more information.


Recent News

Apr. 2025: 7th NENS 2025. http://www.nens.cn

Feb. 2025: A new book titled "Recent Advances in Maxwell's Equations", writen by Prof. Er-ping Li and Prof. Zhong Lin Wang was published by Springer in February 2025. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75786-0

Feb. 2025: Recently, we were invited to present a comprehensive review on "Recent Advances in Piezotronics and Piezo-phototronics" in MRS Bulletin released by the Materials Research Society of America. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/s43577-024-00856-w

Nov. 2024: An article titled "General Solutions of the Maxwell’s Equations for a Mechano-driven Media System (MEs-f-MDMS)" and authored solely by Dr. Wang, was published in the international journal Journal of Physics Communications. It provides new perspectives for understanding and predicting electromagnetic phenomena in dynamic media. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2399-6528/ad8d2f

Oct. 2024: Highly Ranked Scholar - Lifetime: Wang is ranked at the top in Materials Science, Energy, Nanotechnology and many fields:Overall (All Fields) #6,Engineering and Computer Science #1,Materials Science and Engineering #1,Nanosensor #1,Piezoelectricity #1,Energy technology #2,Nanostructure #2,Nanowire #2,Energy #3, Energy harvesting #3, Transmission electron microscopy: #6, Nanotechnology: #9, Sensor: #12, ... . https://scholargps.com/scholars/63497616769745/zhong-lin-wang

April 2024: The contact-electro catalysis was first reported by us in 2022. It has attracted a great attention recently. Here is a comprehensive review of CEC: “Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC)”, Chemical Soc. Review;https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CS00736G

Sept. 2023: 2022 Edition of the Ranking of Top Scientists worldwide, Wang is ranked #1 in Materials Science [https://research.com/scientists-rankings/materials-science], #9 in all fields [https://research.com/scientists-rankings/best-scientists] according to research.com.

Sept. 2023: Scholar ranking: Dr. Wang achieved the Number 1 in lifetime ranking among all scholars worldwide in Materials Science and Engineering.

Highlights

"Energy Scavengers: Static Electricity Could Power the world"

By: World Cultural Council
Discover Magazine

"2019 Albert Einstein World Award of Science Ceremony"

By: World Cultural Council
Youtube

"2019 Albert Einstein World Award of Science"

By: World Cultural Council
CGTN

"2018 ENI Awards Ceremony"

By: Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana Quirinale
Youtube

"Prof. Wang's introduction on nanogerator for 2018 Eni Award"

By: Eni Video Channel
Youtube

"Tutorial Videos by Prof. Zhong Lin Wang"

By: Zhong Lin Wang
Youtube