从事光功能材料的设计合成及其在能源与环保等交叉领域的应用基础研究。以第一作者或通讯作者发表Energ. Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano 等期刊论文71篇，ESI高被引论文3篇。近两年代表作：

1        Simultaneous and efficient utilization of photogenerated electrons and holes: a case of single-atom Pd-anchored CdS twins，Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/d4ee03092c

2        Yuchen Guo, Jiaming Sun, Yuan Tang, Xiaofang Jia, Yu Nie, Zikang Geng, Chunyang Wang, Junying Zhang*, Xin Tan, Dichang Zhong, Jinhua Ye*, Tao Yu*, Efficient interfacial electron transfer induced by hollow-structured ZnIn2S4 for extending hot electron lifetimes, Energy & Environmental Science, 2023, 16(8): 3462-3473.

3        Yuchen Guo, Jiaming Sun, Zikang Geng, Junying Zhang, Xin Tan, Jinhua Ye, Tao Yu Reinforced Interfacial Cd-Se Bond Coupling Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Pyruvic Acid Synthesis, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 32(14):2401285

4        Yuan Tang, Yan Sun, Yanfang Li, Yuchen Guo, Boxin Liu, Xin Tan, Zhuofeng Hu, Dichang Zhong, Jinhua Ye, Tao Yu, Photothermal Effect of Cu NCs on CdS Homojunction Boosting Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Seawater, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 10.1002/adfm.202405527

5        Chunyang Wang, Yuan Tang, Zikang Geng, Yuchen Guo, Xin Tan, Zhuofeng Hu*, Tao Yu*. Modulating Charge Accumulation via Electron Interaction for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution: A Case of Fabricating Palladium Sites on ZnIn₂S₄ Nanosheets. ACS Catalysis,2023,13，11687，

6        Yuan Tang, Xiaofang Jia, Yuchen Guo, Zikang  Geng, Chunyang Wang, Lequan Liu, Junying Zhang*, Wanqian Guo, Xin Tan, Tao Yu*, Jinhua Ye, Surface Unsaturated Sulfur Modulates Pt Sub-Nanoparticles on Tandem Homojunction CdS for Efficient Electron Extraction, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 202203827.