围绕高效电化学能源存储与转化系统的开发，开展了从可视化平台、表界面动态解析到技术应用的研究：①构建了单颗粒尺度的表面化学价态和体相微结构的同步可视化平台，澄清了电极表面与体相之间存在多种耦合效应的事实；②提出了利用电极材料动态重构特性进行结构调控的技术策略，开发了可控制备富缺陷电极材料的新方法；③首次提出锂介导合成氨中表界面结构的设计准则，解决了选择性和反应速率难以兼得的难题，建立了高效、长寿命的锂介导合成氨系统。以第一作者在Nature、Joule、Nat. Commun.、JACS、Adv. Mater.等期刊上发表论文10篇，总引用5400余次，H因子为36。
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