Electrochemical devices that either generate electrical energy via chemical reactions or trigger reactions with electricity have been explored for a variety of applications. Among them, sensors and energy storage devices attract tremendous research interest in recent years, mainly due to the rapidly expanding market of wearable and portable devices for applications in clinical diagnosis, physiological monitoring, environmental detection and robotics. To realize performance enhancement of varies electrochemical devices, including sensor stability and energy storage capacity, novel and unique hierarchical nanostructures were designed and synthesized. Nanostructured electrochemical sensors demonstrated effective enzymes immobilization and enhanced devices robustness, which is highly desirable towards stable and reliable noninvasive health monitoring. Meanwhile, scalable and printable approach was developed to integrate high performance electrochemical devices into monolithically integrated self-powered systems. The as-developed nanostructured electrochemical devices in conjunction with printable approach show great potency in fabrication of various wearable integrated self-powered devices for personalized healthcare monitoring applications.
Dr. Yuanjing Lin received her bachelor’s degree from Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Nankai University, with the Outstanding Graduate Award in 2014. In the same year, she was enrolled in Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where she received her PhD degree in 2018. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California, Berkeley, and is also affiliated to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. She has been the awardee of National Scholarship, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, Overseas Research Award from HKUST, the Best Poster Award in 2018 Nature Conference on Flexible Electronics and the 8th International Forum for Young Scientists in Nano and Renewable Energy Technology, etc. Her research interests mainly focus on using nanostructured materials and novel fabrication techniques to realize printable and wearable electrochemical sensors, energy storage devices for their applications in self-powered systems, health monitoring, environment monitoring, intelligent robotics, etc.
Prof. Zhiyong Fan