主要研究方向为单原子/纳米催化材料的优化设计、可控合成，分解水制氢的能源化利用，污染物降解等，已在《Advanced Energy Materials》、《Green chemical engineering》、《Angewandte Chemie International Edition》、《Journal of the AmericanChemical Society》、《Chemical Engineering Journal》、《Journal of Materials Chemistry A》、《Chemical Communications》和《Journal of Materials Chemistry C》等国际知名期刊上发表论文总计20余篇，其中一作和通讯作者11篇，申请发明专利1项。获得工信创新一等奖学金（中华人民共和国工业和信息化部）。
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