Jiajia Shao
Associate ProfessorGroup: Mathematical Physics
Email: shaojiajia@bimsa.cn
Biography
Jiajia Shao obtained his PhD in Science from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019, specializing in condensed matter physics. During this period, he visited Sweden for academic exchange from September 2018 to March 2019. From June 2019 to June 2021, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanotechnology, and was promoted to a young researcher in January 2023. His main research directions include the physical fundamentals of nanogenerators, computational electromagnetics, multiphysics modeling and dynamic simulation, etc. In recent years, he has published over 80 SCI papers in journals such as Nat. Rev. Methods Primers., Sci. Adv., and Appl. Phys. Rev., with multiple Featured/Tutorials/ESI highly cited papers, co-authored 10 chapters in both Chinese and English, garnered over 7,100 Google citations, and achieved an H-index of 43 (as of May 2026). He has led or participated in 10 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He serves as a guest editor and young editorial board member for journals such as Frontiers in Materials and Nanoenergy Advances.
Research Interest
- Physical basis of nanogenerators
- Modeling and dynamic computation of multi-physics systems
- Theoretical calculation and simulation
Education Experience
- 2016 - 2019 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Condensed matter physics Ph.D
Work Experience
- 2026 - Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciencens and Applications Associate Research Fellow
- 2023 - 2026 Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems Young Researcher
- 2021 - 2022 Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems Associate Research Fellow
- 2019 - 2021 Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2018 - 2019 Luleå University of Technology Visiting Scholar
Honors and Awards
- 2018 Elsevier outstanding reviewer
Academic Service
- 2023 - Nanoenergy Advance Editorial board member
- 2022 - Chinese Physical Society Member
- 2020 - Frontires in Materials Guest Editor
Publication
- [1] X Guo, S Wang, D Wei, C Zhang, S Dai, L Ding, ZL Wang, J Shao, Figure-of-merit for tribovoltaic nanogenerators, Matter (2026)
- [2] J Zhu, X Pan, Y Shi, B Sun, ZB Zhang, L Ding, ZL Wang, J Shao, Electromagnetic radiation from a magnet-based mechanical antenna, Nano Energy, 111837 (2026)
- [3] Y Wei, X Li, B Sun, L Yang, J Shao, ZL Wang, D Wei, Triboelectric-induced polarization directing molecular self-assembly without chemical functionalization, Nano Energy, 111991 (2026)
- [4] T An, X Pan, Z Wang, K Jin, Y Xie, X Meng, G Nie, Z Wang, X Sun, R Chen, ..., Designing Nonplanar Electron Acceptors for High-Performance Organic Photodetectors: Mechanism Analysis and Application in Gesture Recognition, ACS nano, 19(31), 28268-28279 (2025)
- [5] C Su, J Shao, Z Yu, AM Hasan, C Bao, CR Bowen, C Li, ZL Wang, Y Yang, Miniature and cost‐effective self‐powered triboelectric sensing system toward rapid detection of puerarin concentration, InfoMat, 7(2), e12624 (2025)
- [6] J You, J Shao, Y He, B Sun, KW See, ZL Wang, X Wang, Interface triboelectricity, EcoEnergy, 3(1), 105-130 (2025)
- [7] J Shao, S Niu, SRP Silva, M Willatzen, Theory of nanogenerators and Maxwell’s equations for a mechano-driven system, Mrs Bulletin, 50(3), 283-294 (2025)
- [8] X Pan, J Gravesen, M Willatzen, X Guo, ZL Wang, J Shao, Triboelectric-enabled self-powering mechanical antenna, Cell Reports Physical Science, 6(6) (2025)
- [9] H Monluc, D He, X Pan, J Zhang, L Ding, J Shao, ZL Wang, J Bai, Dynamic modelling of charge transport in solid–liquid systems, Nano Energy, 111536 (2025)
- [10] Y Zhao, J Shao, J Zhang, X Guo, B Sun, ZL Wang, S Dai, The universal model for metal–semiconductor tribovoltaic nanogenerators, Applied Physics Reviews, 12(4) (2025)
- [11] J Zhang, J Shao, H Monluc, D Wei, J You, L Ma, L Ding, ZL Wang, S Dai, Dynamic Modeling of a Stream-Current-Based Microfluidic Nanogenerator, ACS nano, 19(48), 41330-41341 (2025)
- [12] JS ERPING Li, ZHONGLIN WANG, Chapter 1, Classical Maxwell’s Equations, New Advances in Maxwell’s Equations and Applications, 1, 1-28 (2024)
- [13] J Liu, Z Yang, S Li, Y Du, Z Zhang, J Shao, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, D Wei, Nonaqueous contact-electro-chemistry via triboelectric charge, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(46), 31574-31584 (2024)
- [14] C Li, Y Bai, J Shao, H Meng, Z Li, Strategies to improve the output performance of triboelectric nanogenerators, Small Methods, 8(10), 2301682 (2024)
- [15] X Guo, J You, D Wei, J Shao, ZL Wang, A generalized model for tribovoltaic nanogenerator, Applied Physics Reviews, 11(2) (2024)
- [16] C Li, R Luo, Y Bai, J Shao, J Ji, E Wang, Z Li, H Meng, Z Li, Molecular doped biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator with optimal output performance, Advanced Functional Materials, 34(29), 2400277 (2024)
- [17] H Zhao, H Wang, H Yu, Q Xu, X Li, J Guo, J Shao, ZL Wang, M Xu, W Ding, Theoretical modeling of contact-separation mode triboelectric nanogenerators from initial charge distribution, Energy & Environmental Science, 17(6), 2228-2247 (2024)
- [18] Y Wei, X Li, Z Yang, J Shao, ZL Wang, D Wei, Contact electrification at the solid–liquid transition interface, Materials Today, 74, 2-11 (2024)
- [19] B Sun, X Guo, Y Zhang, ZL Wang, J Shao, A generalized model for a triboelectric nanogenerator energy harvesting system, Nano Energy, 126, 109637 (2024)
- [20] EP Li, ZL Wang, New Advances in Maxwell's Equations and Applications, Springer (2024)
- [21] JS ERPING Li, ZHONGLIN WANG, Chapter 6, Electromagnetism of Moving Observers in Free-Space, New Advances in Maxwell’s Equations and Applications, 1, 199-233 (2024)
- [22] Z Yu, Y Zhang, M Willatzen, J Shao, ZL Wang, Momentum transfer in triboelectric nanogenerators, Advanced Physics Research, 3(4), 2300115 (2024)
- [23] J Shao, ZL Wang, Displacement current theory of triboelectric nanogenerators, Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 1-64 (2023)
- [24] J Gravesen, M Willatzen, J Shao, ZL Wang, Quantitative Calculation of Output Power and Spherical Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Handbook of Triboelectric Nanogenerators, 203-241 (2023)
- [25] ZL Wang, J Shao, Recent progress on the Maxwell's equations for describing a mechano-driven medium system with multiple moving objects/media, Electromagnetic Science, 1(2), 1-16 (2023)
- [26] T Cheng, J Shao, ZL Wang, Triboelectric nanogenerators, Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3(1), 39 (2023)
- [27] X Li, S Li, X Guo, J Shao, ZL Wang, D Wei, Triboiontronics for efficient energy and information flow, Matter, 6(11), 3912-3926 (2023)
- [28] ZL Wang, Y Yang, J Zhai, J Wang, Handbook of triboelectric nanogenerators, Springer Nature (2023)
- [29] ZL WANG, JJ SHAO, Theory of Maxwell’s equations for a mechano-driven media system for a non-inertia medium movement system, SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica, 53(6), 803-819 (2023)
- [30] X Bai, Y Nan, K Yang, B Deng, J Shao, W Hu, X Pu, Zn ionophores to suppress hydrogen evolution and promote uniform Zn deposition in aqueous Zn batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 33(42), 2307595 (2023)
- [31] J Gravesen, M Willatzen, J Shao, ZL Wang, Modeling and optimization of a spherical triboelectric generator, Nano Research, 16(9), 11925-11931 (2023)
- [32] J You, J Shao, Y He, X Guo, KW See, ZL Wang, X Wang, Simulation model of a non‐contact triboelectric nanogenerator based on electrostatic induction, EcoMat, 5(10), e12392 (2023)
- [33] Y Nan, J Shao, D Li, X Guo, M Willatzen, Z Wang, Physical mechanisms of contact-electrification induced photon emission spectroscopy from interfaces, Nano research, 16(9), 11545-11555 (2023)
- [34] C Fan, J Shao, X Guo, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Field-circuit coupling model of triboelectric nanogenerators, Materials Today Physics, 35, 101124 (2023)
- [35] ZL WANG, JJ SHAO, From Faraday’s law to the expanded Maxwell’s equations for a mechano-driven media system that moves with acceleration, SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica, 53(3), 430-444 (2023)
- [36] X Guo, J Shao, M Willatzen, X Wang, ZL Wang, Quantifying output power and dynamic charge distribution in sliding mode freestanding triboelectric nanogenerator, Advanced Physics Research, 2(2), 2200039 (2023)
- [37] ZH Guo, HL Wang, J Shao, Y Shao, L Jia, L Li, X Pu, ZL Wang, Bioinspired soft electroreceptors for artificial precontact somatosensation, Science Advances, 8(21), eabo5201 (2022)
- [38] Z Zhang, J Shao, Y Nan, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Theory and shape optimization of acoustic driven triboelectric nanogenerators, Materials Today Physics, 27, 100784 (2022)
- [39] Y Nan, J Shao, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Understanding contact electrification at water/polymer interface, Research (2022)
- [40] L Zu, D Liu, J Shao, Y Liu, S Shu, C Li, X Shi, B Chen, ZL Wang, A self‐powered early warning glove with integrated elastic‐arched triboelectric nanogenerator and flexible printed circuit for real‐time safety protection, Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(5), 2100787 (2022)
- [41] X Guo, J Shao, M Willatzen, Y Yang, ZL Wang, Theoretical model and optimal output of a cylindrical triboelectric nanogenerator, Nano Energy, 92, 106762 (2022)
- [42] J Gravesen, M Willatzen, J Shao, ZL Wang, Modeling and optimization of a rotational symmetric spherical triboelectric generator, Nano Energy, 100, 107491 (2022)
- [43] ZL WANG, JJ SHAO, Maxwell’s equations for a mechano-driven varying-speed motion media system under slow motion and nonrelativistic approximations, SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica, 52(8), 1198-1211 (2022)
- [44] ZL WANG, JJ SHAO, Maxwell’s equations for a mechano-driven varying-speed-motion media system for engineering electrodynamics and their solutions, Scientia Sinica Technologica, 52(9), 1416-1433 (2022)
- [45] X Guo, J Shao, M Willatzen, Y Yang, ZL Wang, Three-dimensional mathematical modelling and dynamic analysis of freestanding triboelectric nanogenerators, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55(34), 345501 (2022)
- [46] J Gravesen, M Willatzen, J Shao, ZL Wang, Energy optimization of a mirror‐symmetric spherical triboelectric nanogenerator, Advanced Functional Materials, 32(18), 2110516 (2022)
- [47] W Gao, J Shao, K Sagoe-Crentsil, W Duan, Investigation on energy efficiency of rolling triboelectric nanogenerator using cylinder-cylindrical shell dynamic model, Nano Energy, 80, 105583 (2021)
- [48] J You, J Shao, Y He, FF Yun, KW See, ZL Wang, X Wang, High-electrification performance and mechanism of a water–solid mode triboelectric nanogenerator, ACS nano, 15(5), 8706-8714 (2021)
- [49] Y Nan, D Tan, J Shao, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, 2D materials as effective cantilever piezoelectric nano energy harvesters, ACS Energy Letters, 6(6), 2313-2319 (2021)
- [50] J Shao, Y Yang, O Yang, J Wang, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Designing rules and optimization of triboelectric nanogenerator arrays, Advanced Energy Materials, 11(16), 2100065 (2021)
- [51] C Jiang, L Wang, J Shao, H Jing, X Ye, C Jiang, H Wang, C Ma, Screening and identifying of α‐amylase inhibitors from medicine food homology plants: Insights from computational analysis and experimental studies, Journal of food biochemistry, 44(12), e13536 (2020)
- [52] J An, Z Wang, T Jiang, P Chen, X Liang, J Shao, J Nie, M Xu, ZL Wang, Reliable mechatronic indicator for self-powered liquid sensing toward smart manufacture and safe transportation, Materials Today, 41, 10-20 (2020)
- [53] J Shao, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Theoretical modeling of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), Journal of Applied Physics, 128(11) (2020)
- [54] H Liu, Y Feng, J Shao, Y Chen, ZL Wang, H Li, X Chen, Z Bian, Self-cleaning triboelectric nanogenerator based on TiO2 photocatalysis, Nano Energy, 70, 104499 (2020)
- [55] D Liu, B Chen, J An, C Li, G Liu, J Shao, W Tang, C Zhang, ZL Wang, Wind-driven self-powered wireless environmental sensors for Internet of Things at long distance, Nano Energy, 73, 104819 (2020)
- [56] F Zhan, AC Wang, L Xu, S Lin, J Shao, X Chen, ZL Wang, Electron transfer as a liquid droplet contacting a polymer surface, ACS nano, 14(12), 17565-17573 (2020)
- [57] JJ Shao, T Jiang, ZL Wang, Theoretical foundations of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), Science China Technological Sciences, 63(7), 1087-1109 (2020)
- [58] Z Wang, J An, J Nie, J Luo, J Shao, T Jiang, B Chen, W Tang, ZL Wang, A self‐powered angle sensor at nanoradian‐resolution for robotic arms and personalized medicare, Advanced Materials, 32(32), 2001466 (2020)
- [59] J Shao, D Liu, M Willatzen, ZL Wang, Three-dimensional modeling of alternating current triboelectric nanogenerator in the linear sliding mode, Applied Physics Reviews, 7(1) (2020)
- [60] Y Hao, X Zhou, J Shao, Y Zhu, The influence of multiple fillers on friction and wear behavior of epoxy composite coatings, Surface and coatings technology, 362, 213-219 (2019)
- [61] J Nie, Z Ren, Y Bai, J Shao, T Jiang, L Xu, X Chen, ZL Wang, Long distance transport of microdroplets and precise microfluidic patterning based on triboelectric nanogenerator, Advanced Materials Technologies, 4(1), 1800300 (2019)
- [62] W Zhong, L Xu, X Yang, W Tang, J Shao, B Chen, ZL Wang, Open-book-like triboelectric nanogenerators based on low-frequency roll–swing oscillators for wave energy harvesting, Nanoscale, 11(15), 7199-7208 (2019)
- [63] C Wu, TW Kim, JH Park, B Koo, S Sung, J Shao, C Zhang, ZL Wang, Self-powered tactile sensor with learning and memory, ACS nano, 14(2), 1390-1398 (2019)
- [64] J Shao, M Willatzen, T Jiang, W Tang, X Chen, J Wang, ZL Wang, Quantifying the power output and structural figure-of-merits of triboelectric nanogenerators in a charging system starting from the Maxwell's displacement current, Nano Energy, 59, 380-389 (2019)
- [65] J Shao, M Willatzen, Y Shi, ZL Wang, 3D mathematical model of contact-separation and single-electrode mode triboelectric nanogenerators, Nano Energy, 60, 630-640 (2019)
- [66] Z Ren, J Nie, J Shao, Q Lai, L Wang, J Chen, X Chen, ZL Wang, Fully elastic and metal‐free tactile sensors for detecting both normal and tangential forces based on triboelectric nanogenerators, Advanced Functional Materials, 28(31), 1802989 (2018)
- [67] J Nie, Z Ren, J Shao, C Deng, L Xu, X Chen, M Li, ZL Wang, Self-powered microfluidic transport system based on triboelectric nanogenerator and electrowetting technique, Acs Nano, 12(2), 1491-1499 (2018)
- [68] B Chen, W Tang, T Jiang, L Zhu, X Chen, C He, L Xu, H Guo, P Lin, D Li, ..., Three-dimensional ultraflexible triboelectric nanogenerator made by 3D printing, Nano energy, 45, 380-389 (2018)
- [69] TX Xiao, X Liang, T Jiang, L Xu, JJ Shao, JH Nie, Y Bai, W Zhong, ..., Spherical triboelectric nanogenerators based on spring‐assisted multilayered structure for efficient water wave energy harvesting, Advanced functional materials, 28(35), 1802634 (2018)
- [70] L Xu, T Jiang, P Lin, JJ Shao, C He, W Zhong, XY Chen, ZL Wang, Coupled triboelectric nanogenerator networks for efficient water wave energy harvesting, ACS nano, 12(2), 1849-1858 (2018)
- [71] TX Xiao, T Jiang, JX Zhu, X Liang, L Xu, JJ Shao, CL Zhang, J Wang, ..., Silicone-based triboelectric nanogenerator for water wave energy harvesting, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10(4), 3616-3623 (2018)
- [72] BD Chen, W Tang, C He, CR Deng, LJ Yang, LP Zhu, J Chen, JJ Shao, ..., Water wave energy harvesting and self-powered liquid-surface fluctuation sensing based on bionic-jellyfish triboelectric nanogenerator, Materials today, 21(1), 88-97 (2018)
- [73] J Wen, B Chen, W Tang, T Jiang, L Zhu, L Xu, J Chen, J Shao, K Han, ..., Harsh‐environmental‐resistant triboelectric nanogenerator and its applications in autodrive safety warning, Advanced Energy Materials, 8(29), 1801898 (2018)
- [74] BD Chen, W Tang, C He, T Jiang, L Xu, LP Zhu, GQ Gu, J Chen, JJ Shao, ..., Ultrafine capillary‐tube triboelectric nanogenerator as active sensor for microliquid biological and chemical sensing, Advanced Materials Technologies, 3(1), 1700229 (2018)
- [75] J Shao, T Jiang, W Tang, L Xu, TW Kim, C Wu, X Chen, B Chen, T Xiao, ..., Studying about applied force and the output performance of sliding-mode triboelectric nanogenerators, Nano Energy, 48, 292-300 (2018)
- [76] J Shao, T Jiang, W Tang, X Chen, L Xu, ZL Wang, Structural figure-of-merits of triboelectric nanogenerators at powering loads, Nano Energy, 51, 688-697 (2018)
- [77] Y Bai, CB Han, C He, GQ Gu, JH Nie, JJ Shao, TX Xiao, CR Deng, ..., Washable Multilayer Triboelectric Air Filter for Efficient Particulate Matter PMRemoval, Advanced Functional Materials, 28(15), 1706680 (2018)
- [78] J Nie, T Jiang, J Shao, Z Ren, Y Bai, M Iwamoto, X Chen, ZL Wang, Motion behavior of water droplets driven by triboelectric nanogenerator, Applied Physics Letters, 112(18) (2018)
- [79] C Wu, TW Kim, JH Park, H An, J Shao, X Chen, ZL Wang, Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerators Based on MoSMonolayer Nanocomposites Acting as Electron-Acceptor Layers, ACS nano, 11(8), 8356-8363 (2017)
- [80] X Chen, Y Wu, J Shao, T Jiang, A Yu, L Xu, ZL Wang, On‐skin triboelectric nanogenerator and self‐powered sensor with ultrathin thickness and high stretchability, Small, 13(47), 1702929 (2017)
- [81] JJ Shao, W Tang, T Jiang, XY Chen, L Xu, BD Chen, T Zhou, CR Deng, ..., A multi-dielectric-layered triboelectric nanogenerator as energized by corona discharge, Nanoscale, 9(27), 9668-9675 (2017)
- [82] J Shao, X Zhou, Q Liu, R Zou, W Li, J Yang, J Hu, Mechanism analysis of the capacitance contributions and ultralong cycling-stability of the isomorphous MnO 2@ MnO 2 core/shell nanostructures for supercapacitors, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(11), 6168-6176 (2015)
- [83] W Li, G He, J Shao, Q Liu, K Xu, J Hu, IP Parkin, Urchin-like MnO2 capped ZnO nanorods as high-rate and high-stability pseudocapacitor electrodes, Electrochimica Acta, 186, 1-6 (2015)
- [84] W Li, J Shao, Q Liu, X Liu, X Zhou, J Hu, Facile synthesis of porous Mn2O3 nanocubics for high-rate supercapacitors, Electrochimica Acta, 157, 108-114 (2015)
- [85] Z Wu, D Lei, G Yuan, J Shao, Y Zhang, Z Wang, Structural reliability analysis of parabolic trough receivers, Applied energy, 123, 232-241 (2014)
- [86] J Shao, W Li, X Zhou, J Hu, Magnetic-field-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of 2× 2 tunnels of MnO 2 nanostructures with enhanced supercapacitor performance, CrystEngComm, 16(43), 9987-9991 (2014)
- [87] X Zhou, J Shao, B Wan, A One-Step Electrochemical Method for the Production of TiONNanotubes, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160(6), H335-H337 (2013)
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