Personal profile
Wu Hao is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology. His research focuses on surface and interface charge regulation technology and novel micro-energy devices. In the past five years, he has published papers as the first/corresponding author in journals such as Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and Advanced Materials. He has been granted 13 Chinese invention patents and 2 US invention patents. His research achievements have been featured in the Nature journal. He has been invited to serve as a reviewer for journals such as Nature.
Research Group Website: https://www2.scut.edu.cn/wuhao/.
Research directions
Electromechanical micro-energy conversion, energy harvesting, self-powered sensing, surface wettability, and solid-liquid interface charge regulation, etc.
Education and Work Experience
2022-present South China University of Technology - School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
2021-2022 City University of Hong Kong - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
2020-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2016-2020 Twente University, Netherlands - Department of Applied Physics, PhD
2013-2016 South China Normal University Engineer
Representative paper results
1. H. Zheng#, H. Wu#, Z. Yi#, Y. Song, W. Xu, X. Yan, X. Zhou, S. Wang, Z. Wang* (2023) Remote-Controlled Droplet Chains-Based Electricity Generators. Advanced Energy Materials. doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202203825 (2023) (IF: 29.698, Q1)
2. H. Wu, S. Wang, Z. Wang*, Y. Zi*. Achieving Ultrahigh Instantaneous Power Density of 10 MW/m2 by Leveraging the Opposite-Charge-Enhanced Transistor-Like Triboelectric Nanogenerator (OCT-TENG), Nature Communications, 12, 5470 (2021) (First quartile, IF: 17.694)
3. H. Wu*, N. Mendel, D. van den Ende, G. Zhou*, F. Mugele*. Energy harvesting from drops impacting onto charged surfaces, Physical Review Letters, 125.7, 078301 (2020). (IF: 9.185, Q1, PRL Editor’s Suggestion, Selected as Research highlight by Nature: Nature 584, 499 (2020))
4. H. Wu*, N. Mendel, S. van der Ham, L. Shui, G. Zhou, F. Mugele*, Charge Trapping-based Electricity Generator (CTEG): An Ultra-Robust and Highly Efficient Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting from Water Droplets, Advanced Materials, 32.33, 2001699 (2020). (IF: 32.086, Q1, Inside Front Cover)
5. H. Wu, Z. Wang, Y. Zi*. Multi-mode water-tube-based triboelectric nanogenerator designed for low-frequency energy harvesting with ultrahigh volumetric charge density, Advanced Energy Materials, 11.16, 2100038 (2021). (IF: 29.698, Q1)
6. G. Yang#, H. Wu#,*, Y. Li, D. Wang, Y. Song, Y. Zhou, J. Hao, Y., Z. Wang*, G. Zhou*. Direct ink writing of fluoropolymer/CNT-based superhydrophobic and corrosion-resistant electrodes for droplet energy harvesters and self-powered electronic skins. Nano Energy, 86, 106095 (2021). (IF:19.069, Q1)
7．H. Wu, Z. Chen, G. Xu, J. Xu, Z. Wang* and Y. Zi*, Fully Biodegradable Water Droplet Energy Harvester Based on Leaves of Living Plants. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12.50, 56060−56067 (2020). (IF: 10.383)
8. H. Wu*, R. Dey, I. Siretanu, D. van den Ende, L. Shui, G. Zhou, F. Mugele*, Electrically controlled localized charge trapping at amorphous fluoropolymer–electrolyte interfaces, Small, 16.2, 1905726 (2020). (IF: 15.153, Q1).
Contact Information
E-mail：haowu@scut.edu.cn
