本课题组长期关注氢能源化学领域中涉及的氢能催化问题，长期从事金属基纳米催化剂的精细设计与氢能催化转化机理研究，当前重点关注氢燃料电池、水电解槽中的电极催化过程与高效催化剂结构设计。

1. 氢燃料电池催化剂开发

课题组主要面向质子交换膜燃料电池、碱性膜燃料电池，开发低铂高效催化剂体系并应用于氢燃料电池系统。部分代表性论著如下：

1. Controlling the valence-electron arrangement of nickel active centers for efficient hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206588.

2. Nitrogen-inserted nickel nanosheets with controlled orbital hybridization and strain fields for boosted hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes. Energy Environ. Sci. 2022, 15, 1234.

3. Atomic-level insight into reasonable design of metal-based catalysts for hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes. Energy Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 2620.

4. Octahedral Pd@Pt_1.8Ni core-shell nanocrystals with ultrathin PtNi alloy shells as active catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2804.

2. 电解制氢催化剂开发

课题组主要面向离子交换膜电解制氢系统，设计开发持久高活性的非铂催化剂体系。部分代表性论著如下：

1. Engineering the electrical conductivity of lamellar silver-doped cobalt(II) selenide nanobelts for enhanced oxygen evolution. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 328.

2. Isolated Pd atom anchoring endows cobalt diselenides with regulated water-reduction kinetics for alkaline hydrogen evolution. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2021, 295, 120280.

3. Electrical and structural engineering of cobalt selenide nanosheets by Mn modulation for efficient oxygen evolution. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2018, 236, 569.

4. Phosphrous-modulated cobalt selenide enable engineered reconstruction of active layers for efficient oxygen evolution. J. Catal. 2018, 368, 155.