课题组紧密围绕能源化工领域的国家重大需求与行业痛点，坚持基础探索与应用导向相结合的研究思路。研究方向聚焦光、电化学能源与物质转化，涵盖光/电解水制氢、制氧及高值化学品催化剂的设计合成、电解槽的结构优化与系统集成等。通过材料设计、器件构筑、系统集成的多尺度协同攻关，着力提升太阳能/电能向化学能的转化效率与运行稳定性。
代表性论文：
1. Chen, J.#; Wang, Q.#; Zhou, W.; Liu, Z.; Ding, Y.; Zhang, F.; Wang, Y.; Shen, S.*, Synergistic Photoelectrical–Photothermal Modulation of Heterostructured p-Si Photocathode by Cascaded Interfacial Engineering for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Production. ACS Energy Letters 2026, 11 (1), 822–829.
2. Chen, J.#; Guan, X.#; Zhao, D.#; Wang, B.; Shen, S.*, Advancing Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting with Z-Scheme Heterojunctions by Interfacial Manipulation. Advanced Materials, 2026, 38, 29, e15717.
3. Wu, B.; Zhang, K.; Nga, T. T. T.; Lin, Z.; Wang, R.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Z.; Xu, L.; Kou, B.; Chen, J.*; Dong, C.-L.; Shen, S.*, Carbon–Sulfur Moiety Induced Molecular Asymmetry in Perylene Diimide for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Oxidation. Advanced Energy Materials 2026, 16 (25), e71022
4. Ren, L.; Zhang, K.; Huang, Y.-C.; Lu, Y. R.; Deng, H.; Ding, Y.; Chen, C.; Huang, B.; Hua, W.; Fu, L.; Zhao, X.; Shen, S.; Wei, J.; Chen, J.*, Tailored Interatomic Interactions in High-Entropy Alloys for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Water. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15 (13), 11022-11033.
5. Wang, Q.; Ren, L.; Zhang, J.; Chen, X.; Chen, C.; Zhang, F.; Wang, S.; Chen, J.*; Wei, J., Recent Progress on the Catalysts and Device Designs for (Photo)Electrochemical On-Site H2O2 Production. Advanced Energy Materials 2023, 13 (39), 2301543.
6. Chen, J.#; Zhou, Y.#; Fu, Y.#; Pan, J.#; Mohammed*, O. F.; Bakr, O. M.*, Oriented Halide Perovskite Nanostructures and Thin Films for Optoelectronics. Chemical Reviews 2021, 121 (20), 12112-12180.
7. Chen, J.#; Dong, C.#; Idriss, H.; Mohammed, O. F.; Bakr, O. M.*, Metal Halide Perovskites for Solar-to-Chemical Fuel Conversion. Advanced Energy Materials 2020, 10 (13), 1902433.
8. Chen, J.#; Yin, J.#; Zheng, X.#; Ait Ahsaine, H.; Zhou, Y.; Dong, C.; Mohammed, O. F.; Takanabe, K.; Bakr, O. M.*, Compositionally Screened Eutectic Catalytic Coatings on Halide Perovskite Photocathodes for Photoassisted Selective CO2 Reduction. ACS Energy Letters 2019, 4 (6), 1279-1286.
9. Chen, J.#; Luo, Z.#; Fu, Y.; Wang, X.; Czech, K. J.; Shen, S.; Guo, L.; Wright, J. C.; Pan, A.*; Jin, S.*, Tin(IV)-Tolerant Vapor-Phase Growth and Photophysical Properties of Aligned Cesium Tin Halide Perovskite (CsSnX3; X = Br, I) Nanowires. ACS Energy Letters 2019, 4 (5), 1045-1052.
10. Chen, J.; Morrow, D. J.; Fu, Y.; Zheng, W.; Zhao, Y.; Dang, L.; Stolt, M. J.; Kohler, D. D.; Wang, X.; Czech, K. J.; Hautzinger, M. P.; Shen, S.; Guo, L.; Pan, A.; Wright, J. C.; Jin, S.*, Single-Crystal Thin Films of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Epitaxially Grown on Metal Oxide Perovskite (SrTiO3). Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (38), 13525-13532.
11. Chen, J.; Fu, Y.; Samad, L.; Dang, L.; Zhao, Y.; Shen, S.*; Guo, L.; Jin, S.*, Vapor-Phase Epitaxial Growth of Aligned Nanowire Networks of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I). Nano Letters 2017, 17 (1), 460-466.
12. Chen, J.; Dong, C.-L.; Zhao, D.; Huang, Y.-C.; Wang, X.; Samad, L.; Dang, L.; Shearer, M.; Shen, S.*; Guo, L., Molecular Design of Polymer Heterojunctions for Efficient Solar–Hydrogen Conversion. Advanced Materials 2017, 29 (21), 1606198.
科研项目：
1. 国家优秀青年基金（海外）：太阳能全光谱利用，2023-2025，主持
2. 西安交通大学：青年拔尖人才支持计划A类，2023-2028，主持
3. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：无铅卤素钙钛矿基外延S型CO2还原光催化剂的构建方法及能级-晶格耦合匹配机制研究, 2024-2026, 主持
4. 陕西省秦创原引用高层次创新创业人才项目：新型集成式光伏电解水制氢系统的构筑及其能质传输过程强化，2022-2025，主持
5. 中煤集团企业委托项目：高效低成本离网制氢技术，2023-2024，主持
6. 国能集团委托项目：直接太阳能分解水制氢光催化剂与反应装置，2025-2027，主持
7. 陕西省自然科学基础研究青年项目：卤化物钙钛矿基直接Z型光催化CO2还原体系的构建与机理研究，2024-2026，主持
8. 陕西省重点研发计划：高电流密度AEM电解水制氢电解槽研发，2025-2027，参与
9. 国家重点研发计划“工程科学与综合交叉”重点专项青年项目：基于钙钛矿太阳能电池和低成本电催化剂的高效集成光解水系统，2021-2026，参与
10. 国家重点研发计划“催化科学”重点专项青年项目：表面等离激元诱导氧原子转移高选择性催化合成体系研究，2022-2027，参与