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Dr Yuan Wang
Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow & Honorary Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
yuan.wang@uq.edu.au
Publications
Journal Articles
(44)
Journal Articles
Lu, Ting
,
Ma, Huangshui
,
Li, Mingquan
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Li, Meng
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Song, Pingan
,
Huo, Siqi
,
Chen, Zhi-Gang
and
Hong, Min
(
2026
).
Impurity band engineering and hierarchical defect scattering enable high zT in Co-doped AgSbTe2
.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
,
14
(
18
),
10755
-
10763
. doi:
10.1039/d5ta09240j
Lu, Ting
,
Chen, Lei
,
Shi, Xiao‐Lei
,
Liu, Weidi
,
Li, Meng
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Zeng, Xuesen
,
Song, Pingan
,
Bell, John
,
Snyder, Gerald Jeffery
,
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
and
Hong, Min
(
2025
).
Advances in synthesis of high‐performance thermoelectric materials
.
Small Structures
,
6
(
8
)
2400694
,
1
-
40
. doi:
10.1002/sstr.202400694
Lu, Yancen
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Ng, Chi-Ho
,
Bermingham, Michael
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2025
).
Quantitative analysis of the correlation between dual-deposition parameters and porosity in wire arc additive manufactured Ti-22V-4Al alloys
.
Smart Materials in Manufacturing
,
3
100090
,
1
-
10
. doi:
10.1016/j.smmf.2025.100090
Liu, Ting
,
Chen, Xingrui
,
Wang, Fanshuo
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Shi, Zhiming
,
Chen, Wenyi
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2025
).
Contrasting the mechanisms of high corrosion resistance in ultra-high purity Mg-Sr alloys in Hanks' and NaCl solutions
.
Electrochimica Acta
,
518
145716
,
1
-
19
. doi:
10.1016/j.electacta.2025.145716
Wang, Yuan
and
Dargusch, Matthew S.
(
2025
).
Optimisation and material considerations of piezoelectric implants for cardiac applications
.
Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
,
34
101211
,
101211
. doi:
10.1016/j.cossms.2024.101211
Lin, Tongen
,
Yuan, Fangfang
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Dargusch, Matthew
and
Wang, Lianzhou
(
2025
).
Cation disordered rocksalt cathode materials for high-energy lithium-ion batteries
.
Energy and Environment Nexus
,
1
(
1
)
e012
. doi:
10.48130/een-0025-0011
Dargusch, Matthew
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Sha, Chuhan
,
Yang, Nan
,
Chen, Xingrui
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Otte, Joseph
,
Johnston, Sean
,
Lau, Cora
,
Allavena, Rachel
,
Mardon, Karine
,
McCaroll, Ingrid
and
Cairney, Julie
(
2024
).
Insights into heat treatments of biodegradable Mg-Y-Nd-Zr alloys in clinical settings: Unveiling roles of β' and β1 nanophases and latent in vivo hydrogen evolution
.
Acta Biomaterialia
,
190
,
605
-
622
. doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2024.10.047
Wang, Yuan
,
Ng, Chi-Ho
,
Bermingham, Michael
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2024
).
Machine learning driven instance segmentation providing new porosity insights into wire arc directed energy deposited Ti-22V-4Al
.
Additive Manufacturing
,
90
104323
,
104323
. doi:
10.1016/j.addma.2024.104323
Dargusch, Matthew S.
,
Soro, Nicolas
,
Demir, Ali Gokhan
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Abdal-hay, Abdalla
,
Alali, Aya Q.
,
Ivanovski, Saso
,
Previtali, Barbara
and
Kent, Damon
(
2024
).
Optimising degradation and mechanical performance of additively manufactured biodegradable Fe–Mn scaffolds using design strategies based on triply periodic minimal surfaces
.
Smart Materials in Medicine
,
5
(
1
),
127
-
139
. doi:
10.1016/j.smaim.2023.10.003
Liu, Ting
,
Chen, Xingrui
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Shi, Zhiming
,
Chen, Wenyi
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2024
).
New insights on the high-corrosion resistance of UHP Mg-Ge alloys tested in a simulated physiological environment
.
Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
,
12
(
3
),
1026
-
1044
. doi:
10.1016/j.jma.2024.03.002
Liu, Ting
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Hong, Min
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Shi, Wei
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2023
).
Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants
.
Nano Today
,
52
101945
,
1
-
30
. doi:
10.1016/j.nantod.2023.101945
Almathami, Sharifah
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Yang, Nan
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Mardina, Zahrina
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2023
).
Exploring the influence of biologically relevant ions on the corrosion behavior of biodegradable zinc in physiological fluids
.
ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
,
9
(
5
),
2301
-
2316
. doi:
10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00901
Wang, Yuan
,
Hong, Min
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
,
Liu, Ting
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2023
).
Expedient secondary functions of flexible piezoelectrics for biomedical energy harvesting
.
Bioactive Materials
,
22
,
291
-
311
. doi:
10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.10.003
Li, Meng
,
Xu, Sheng-Duo
,
Lyu, Wan-Yu
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Liu, Ji-Xing
,
Yin, Yu
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2023
).
Unravelling effective-medium transport and interfacial resistance in (CaTe)x(GeTe)100-x thermoelectrics
.
Chemical Engineering Journal
,
452
(
Part 1
)
139269
,
1
-
8
. doi:
10.1016/j.cej.2022.139269
Hong, Min
,
Li, Meng
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Shi, Xiao‐Lei
and
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
(
2023
).
Advances in versatile GeTe thermoelectrics from materials to devices
.
Advanced Materials
,
35
(
2
)
2208272
,
1
-
48
. doi:
10.1002/adma.202208272
Xu, Shengduo
,
Li, Meng
,
Dai, Yuchen
,
Hong, Min
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Lyu, Wanyu
,
Liu, Ting
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Zou, Jin
,
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2022
).
Realizing a 10°C cooling effect in a flexible thermoelectric cooler using a vortex generator
.
Advanced Materials
,
34
(
41
)
2204508
,
1
-
10
. doi:
10.1002/adma.202204508
Li, Meng
,
Xu, Sheng‐Duo
,
Hong, Min
,
Lyu, Wan‐Yu
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Dargusch, Matthew
,
Zou, Jin
,
Cheng, Hui‐Ming
and
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
(
2022
).
Roles of anion sites in high‐performance GeTe thermoelectrics
.
Advanced Functional Materials
,
32
(
48
)
2208579
,
1
-
8
. doi:
10.1002/adfm.202208579
Kawami, Youichirou
,
Tran, Xuan Quy
,
Aso, Kohei
,
Yamamoto, Tomokazu
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Li, Meng
,
Yago, Anya
,
Matsumura, Syo
,
Nogita, Kazuhiro
and
Zou, Jin
(
2022
).
Understanding micro and atomic structures of secondary phases in Cu‐doped SnTe
.
Small
,
18
(
42
)
2204225
,
1
-
12
. doi:
10.1002/smll.202204225
Wang, Yuan
,
Venezuela, Jeffrey
and
Dargusch, Matthew
(
2021
).
Biodegradable shape memory alloys: progress and prospects
.
Biomaterials
,
279
121215
,
1
-
28
. doi:
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121215
Li, Meng
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Xu, Sheng‐Duo
,
Hong, Min
,
Lyu, Wan‐Yu
,
Liu, Ji‐Xing
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Dargusch, Matthew
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
(
2021
).
Optimizing electronic quality factor toward high‐performance Ge1−x−y Tax SbyTe thermoelectrics: the role of transition metal doping
.
Advanced Materials
,
33
(
40
)
2102575
,
1
-
8
. doi:
10.1002/adma.202102575
Wang, Lijun
,
Hong, Min
,
Kawami, Youichirou
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Nguyen, Van Thuong
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Yue, Luo
,
Zheng, Shuqi
,
Zhu, Zhonghua
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Crowding-out effect strategy using AgCl for realizing a super low lattice thermal conductivity of SnTe
.
Sustainable Materials and Technologies
,
25
e00183
,
e00183
. doi:
10.1016/j.susmat.2020.e00183
Wang, Lijun
,
Hong, Min
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Yue, Luo
,
Zheng, Shuqi
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Hierarchical structuring to break the amorphous limit of lattice thermal conductivity in high-performance SnTe-based thermoelectrics
.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
,
12
(
32
)
acsami.0c09781
,
36370
-
36379
. doi:
10.1021/acsami.0c09781
Hong, Min
,
Lyu, Wanyu
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Correction to Establishing the golden range of Seebeck coefficient for maximizing thermoelectric performance
.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
,
142
(
23
),
10568
-
10568
. doi:
10.1021/jacs.0c05548
Wang, Yuan
,
Hong, Min
,
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Xu, Sheng-Duo
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Gao, Han
,
Lu, Siyu
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/PEDOT:PSS-Based Flexible Thermoelectric Film and Device
.
Chemical Engineering Journal
,
397
125360
,
125360
. doi:
10.1016/j.cej.2020.125360
Liu, Taoyi
,
Bao, Deyu
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Gao, Han
,
Zhou, Dali
,
Han, Guang
,
Tang, Jun
,
Huang, Zhong-Yue
,
Yang, Lei
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Exploring thermoelectric performance of Ca3Co4O9+δ ceramics via chemical electroless plating with Cu
.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
,
821
153522
,
153522
. doi:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.153522
Hong, Min
,
Lyu, Wanyu
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2020
).
Establishing the golden range of Seebeck coefficient for maximizing thermoelectric performance
.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
,
142
(
5
)
jacs.9b13272
,
2672
-
2681
. doi:
10.1021/jacs.9b13272
Wang, Yuan
,
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Li-Jun
,
Li, Meng
,
Wang, Hao
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type Bi2Te3 by suppressing Te vacancy through non-equilibrium fast reaction
.
Chemical Engineering Journal
,
391
123513
,
123513
. doi:
10.1016/j.cej.2019.123513
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Feng, Tianli
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Xu, Shengduo
,
Matsumura, Syo
,
Pantelides, Sokrates T.
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Correction to “Strong phonon–phonon interactions securing extraordinary thermoelectric Ge1–xSbxTe with Zn-alloying-induced band alignment”
.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
,
141
(
41
),
16512
-
16512
. doi:
10.1021/jacs.9b10240
Wang, Yuan
,
Liu, Weidi
,
Gao, Han
,
Wang, Lijun
,
Li, Meng
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Hao
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
High porosity in nanostructured n-Type Bi2Te3 obtaining ultralow lattice thermal conductivity
.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
,
11
(
34
)
acsami.9b12079
,
31237
-
31244
. doi:
10.1021/acsami.9b12079
Wang, Yuan
,
Yang, Lei
,
Shi, Xiao‐Lei
,
Shi, Xun
,
Chen, Lidong
,
Dargusch, Matthew S.
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi‐Gang
(
2019
).
Flexible thermoelectric materials and generators: challenges and innovations
.
Advanced Materials
,
31
(
29
)
1807916
,
e1807916
. doi:
10.1002/adma.201807916
Xu, Shengduo
,
Hong, Min
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Ge, Lei
,
Bai, Yang
,
Wang, Lianzhou
,
Dargusch, Matthew
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
High-performance PEDOT:PSS flexible thermoelectric materials and their devices by triple post-treatments
.
Chemistry of Materials
,
31
(
14
)
acs.chemmater.9b01500
,
5238
-
5244
. doi:
10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01500
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Xu, Shengduo
,
Shi, Xun
,
Chen, Lidong
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Nanoscale pores plus precipitates rendering high-performance thermoelectric SnTe1-xSex with refined band structures
.
Nano Energy
,
60
,
1
-
7
. doi:
10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.03.031
Moshwan, Raza
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Xu, Shengduo
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Enhancing thermoelectric properties of InTe nanoprecipitate-embedded Sn1–xInxTe microcrystals through anharmonicity and strain engineering
.
ACS Applied Energy Materials
,
2
(
4
)
acsaem.9b00399
,
2965
-
2971
. doi:
10.1021/acsaem.9b00399
Deng, Yi
,
Zhang, Kewei
,
Yang, Yuanyi
,
Shi, Xiuyuan
,
Yang, Lei
,
Yang, Weizhong
,
Wang, Yuan
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Ce/Mn dual-doped LaAlO3 ceramics with enhanced far-infrared emission capability synthesized via a facile microwave sintering method
.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
,
774
,
434
-
442
. doi:
10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.049
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Feng, Tianli
,
Sun, Qiang
,
Xu, Shengduo
,
Matsumura, Syo
,
Pantelides, Sokrates T.
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Strong phonon–phonon interactions securing extraordinary thermoelectric ge1–xSbxTe with Zn-alloying-induced band alignment
.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
,
141
(
4
),
1742
-
1748
. doi:
10.1021/jacs.8b12624
Guo, Juncheng
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Gonzalez-Ayala, Julian
,
Roco, J. M.M.
,
Medina, A.
and
Calvo Hernández, A.
(
2019
).
Continuous power output criteria and optimum operation strategies of an upgraded thermally regenerative electrochemical cycles system
.
Energy Conversion and Management
,
180
,
654
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664
. doi:
10.1016/j.enconman.2018.11.024
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Gao, Han
,
Moshwan, Raza
,
Xu, Sheng-Duo
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Yang, Lei
,
Chen, Zhi-Gang
and
Zou, Jin
(
2019
).
Kinetic condition driven phase and vacancy enhancing thermoelectric performance of low-cost and eco-friendly Cu2−xS
.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
,
7
(
18
),
5366
-
5373
. doi:
10.1039/c9tc00819e
Deng, Yi
,
Zhang, Kewei
,
Shi, Xiuyuan
,
Dong, Taosheng
,
Yang, Lei
,
Yang, Weizhong
,
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Dargusch, Matthew
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2019
).
Exploring the underlying mechanisms behind the increased far infrared radiation properties of perovskite-type Ce/Mn co-doped ceramics
.
Materials Research Bulletin
,
109
,
233
-
239
. doi:
10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.09.042
Moshwan, Raza
,
Shi, Xiao Lei
,
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Yang, Lei
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Hong, Min
,
Auchterlonie, Graeme
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2018
).
High Thermoelectric Performance in Sintered Octahedron-Shaped Sn(CdIn)xTe1+2x Microcrystals
.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
,
10
(
45
)
acsami.8b14233
,
38944
-
38952
. doi:
10.1021/acsami.8b14233
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Liu, Weidi
,
Matsumura, Syo
,
Wang, Hao
,
Zou, Jin
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2018
).
Arrays of planar vacancies in superior thermoelectric Ge1− x − yCdxBiyTe with band convergence
.
Advanced Energy Materials
,
8
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30
)
1801837
,
1801837
. doi:
10.1002/aenm.201801837
Shi, Xiaolei
,
Wu, Angyin
,
Liu, Weidi
,
Moshwan, Raza
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Chen, Zhi-Gang
and
Zou, Jin
(
2018
).
Polycrystalline SnSe with extraordinary thermoelectric property via nanoporous design
.
ACS Nano
,
12
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11
)
acsnano.8b06387
,
11417
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11425
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10.1021/acsnano.8b06387
Shi, Xiaolei
,
Zheng, Kun
,
Hong, Min
,
Liu, Weidi
,
Moshwan, Raza
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Qu, Xianlin
,
Chen, Zhi-Gang
and
Zou, Jin
(
2018
).
Boosting the thermoelectric performance of p-type heavily Cu-doped polycrystalline SnSe via inducing intensive crystal imperfections and defect phonon scattering
.
Chemical Science
,
9
(
37
),
7376
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7389
. doi:
10.1039/c8sc02397b
Deng, Yi
,
Yang, Lei
,
Huang, Xiaobing
,
Chen, Junhong
,
Shi, Xiuyuan
,
Yang, Weizhong
,
Hong, Min
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Dargusch, Matthew S
and
Chen, Zhi-Gang
(
2018
).
Dual Ag/ZnO-decorated micro-/nanoporous sulfonated polyetheretherketone with superior antibacterial capability and biocompatibility via layer-by-layer self-assembly strategy
.
Macromolecular Bioscience
,
18
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7
)
1800028
,
e1800028
. doi:
10.1002/mabi.201800028
Shi, Xiao-Lei
,
Zheng, Kun
,
Liu, Wei-Di
,
Wang, Yuan
,
Yang, Yu-Zhe
,
Chen, Zhi-Gang
and
Zou, Jin
(
2018
).
Realizing high thermoelectric performance in n-type highly distorted Sb-doped SnSe microplates via tuning high electron concentration and inducing intensive crystal defects
.
Advanced Energy Materials
,
8
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21
)
1800775
,
1800775
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10.1002/aenm.201800775