Shi Zhicheng
Basic Information：
Title: Professor
Department: Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation: Ocean University of China
Positions:
Ph.D. Supervisor.
Taishan Scholar Young Expert (Shandong Province).
Outstanding Youth Fund Recipient (Shandong Province).
Leader of Youth Innovation Team in Universities (Shandong Province).
Visiting Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2017–2018).
Professional Memberships:
Young Director, Metamaterials Branch, Chinese Materials Research Society.
Committee Member, Dielectric Polymer Composites Committee, Chinese Society for Composite Materials.
Committee Member, Electronic Components Key Materials and Technology Committee, Chinese Functional Materials Society for Instrumentation.
Council Member, Shandong Silicate Society.
Youth Editorial Board Member, Nano-Micro Letters.
E-Mail: zcshi@ouc.edu.cn
Research Interests
Design and preparation of dielectric materials.
Applications in pulsed energy storage, flexible sensing/actuation, vibration/noise reduction, and electromagnetic protection.
Nanocomposites for high-performance capacitive energy storage.
Advanced functional materials for industrial applications.
Biography
Education:
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University (2008–2013).
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (2004–2008).
Professional Experience:
Professor, Ocean University of China (2022–Present).
Associate Professor, Ocean University of China (2016–2021).
Lecturer/Postdoctoral Fellow, Ocean University of China (2013–2015).
Visiting Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2017–2018).
Honors and Awards:
Shandong Natural Science Award (Second Prize, 2024, 2017).
Ministry of Education Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award (Second Prize, 2023).
China Materials Research Society Science and Technology Award (Second Prize, 2018).
Top 1% Highly Cited Author, Royal Society of Chemistry (2021).
Top 2% Global Scientist (2021–2024).
Outstanding Teacher Award, Ocean University of China.
Outstanding Graduate Thesis Advisor, Ocean University of China.
Projects
Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program, Youth Program).
Principal Investigator, Shandong Outstanding Youth Fund.
Principal Investigator, Shandong Higher Education Youth Innovation Team Project.
Principal Investigator, Ocean University of China Outstanding Young Scientist Cultivation Program (Class A).
Research Output
Patents:
1. Zhicheng Shi, Shuimiao Xia, Houmeng Du, Xinshuai Li. A Method for Synergistically Improving the Breakdown Strength and Dielectric Constant of Polymer Dielectrics. Patent No.: ZL202210034372.0, Granted: 2023-02-16.
2. Zhicheng Shi, Wenqiang Zhang, Peng Yin, Liang Sun. A Barium Titanate/Polyetherimide Dielectric Composite Material and Its Preparation Method. Patent No.: ZL202011152571.9, Granted: 2021-12-28.
3. Zhicheng Shi, Liang Sun, Wenqiang Zhang, Peng Yin. An Asymmetric Trilayer All-Polymer Dielectric Composite Material and Its Preparation Method. Patent No.: ZL202011476097.5, Granted: 2021-09-28.
4. Zhicheng Shi, Xiaotong Zhu, Jie Yang, Heng Zuo. Preparation Method of Polymer-Based High-Dielectric Composite Material Using Core-Shell Structured 3D Framework. Patent No.: ZL201910057398.5, Granted: 2020-03-06.
5. Zhicheng Shi, Jing Wang, Fan Mao. A Preparation Method for Laminated-Structured Composite Material with High Dielectric Constant and Low Loss. Patent No.: ZL201610596950.4, Granted: 2018-09-28.
6. Zhicheng Shi, Jing Wang, Fan Mao. A Low-Temperature Preparation Method for High-Dielectric Composite Materials. Patent No.: ZL201510818328.9, Granted: 2017-11-14.
7. Zhicheng Shi, Yujie Yang, Qingyang Tang, Xiaohan Bie. A Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Dielectric Composite Material Based on Gold/Glass Fiber Cloth. Patent No.: ZL202310258763.5, Granted: 2023-09-28.
Selected Publications:
1. Guafei Liu, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Significantly Enhancing the High-temperature Breakdown and Capacitive Performances of Dielectric Polymers via Incorporating Alumina Nanotubes as Equivalent Crosslinking Points. Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 2425001.
2. Zengliang Ren, Zhicheng Shi*, et al.Remarkably Boosted High-Temperature Electrostatic Energy Storage of Polyetherimide Film Induced by TiO2@Au@AlOx@Au Core-shell Nanofibers. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2417156.
3. Zengliang Ren, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Core-shell TiO2@Au nanofibers derived from a unique physical coating strategy for excellent capacitive energy storage nanocomposites. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2401907.
4. Liang Sun, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Asymmetric Trilayer All-Polymer Dielectric Composites with Simultaneous High Efficiency and High Energy Density: A Novel Design Targeting Advanced Energy Storage Capacitors. Advanced Functional Materials,2021, 31, 2100280.
5. Zhicheng Shi, Runhua Fan*, et al. Random Composites of Nickel Networks Supported by Porous Alumina Toward Double Negative Materials. Advanced Materials,2012, 24, 2349–2352.
6. Zhicheng Shi, Runhua Fan*, et al. Preparation of Iron Networks Hosted in Porous Alumina with Tunable Negative Permittivity and Permeability. Advanced Functional Materials,2013, 23, 4123–4132.
7. Qifa He, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Polymer dielectrics for capacitive energy storage: From theories, materials to industrial capacitors. Materials Today, 2023, 68, 298-333.
8. Shuimiao Xia, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Achieving remarkable energy storage enhancement in polymer dielectrics via constructing an ultrathin Coulomb blockade layer of gold nanoparticles. Materials Horizons, 2023, 10, 2476.
9. Zelong Chang, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Remarkably boosted high-temperature energy storage of a polymer dielectric induced by polymethylsesquioxane microspheres. Materials Horizons, 2025, 12, 284-292.
10. Zelong Chang, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Achieving Significantly Boosted Dielectric Energy Density of Polymer Film via Introducing a Bumpy Gold/Polymethylsilsesquioxane Granular Blocking Layer. Small, 2024, 2407299.
11. Shuimiao Xia, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Enhancing high-temperature energy storage properties of polyetherimide dielectrics by constructing hierarchical Coulomb blockade layers of gold nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025,506, 160247.
12. Linwei Zhu, Zhicheng Shi*, et al.. Polymer nanocomposites with a “hilly-like” SiO2/Au interlayer towards excellent high-temperature energy storage performance. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 504, 158708.
13. Peng Yin, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Constructing dual interfacial gold nanodot interlayers in sandwich-structured BaTiO3/P(VDF-HFP) composites for high energy storage density. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 8406–8415.
14. Xuyuan Fan, Zhicheng Shi*, et al.Pinning and elongating of electric treeing induced by wrinkled nanosheets in polymer dielectrics towards significantly enhanced high-temperature energy storage performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 7096–7107.
15. Peng Yin, Zhicheng Shi*, et al. Remarkably boosting capacitive energy storage of layer-structured nanocomposites via the incorporation of Au quantum dots. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 687, 230–237.
Teaching Courses
Undergraduate: Thin Film Materials and Technology, Material Processing
Graduate: Material Physical Properties, Laboratory Safety and Protection
Academic Service
Reviewer for Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Materials Horizons, etc.
Recruitment
Open to motivated students with backgrounds in materials science, physics, electrical engineering, or chemistry.
