主要从事零维碳材料的精准合成与多尺度调控驱动的环境与能源催化研究：
1. 电子结构调控构筑全色发光碳量子点
发展分子融合与电子能级工程结合的策略，辅以机器学习算法优化合成路径，实现了从紫外到近红外的全光谱调控，构筑出功能导向的发光碳量子点，为光学传感、显示技术与光催化奠定材料基础。
(1) Liang Wang*#, Weitao Li#, Luqiao Yin, Yijian Liu, Huazhang Guo, Jiawei Lai, Yu Han, Gao Li, Ming Li, Jianhua Zhang, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Minghong Wu*, Full-color Fluorescent Carbon Quantum Dots, Science Advances, 2020, 6, eabb6772. (高被引论文，热点论文)
(2) Huazhang Guo#, Yuhao Lu#, Zhendong Lei#, Hong Bao#, Mingwan Zhang, Zeming Wang, Cuntai Guan*, Bijun Tang*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Machine Learning-Guided Realization of Full-Color High-Quantum-Yield Carbon Quantum Dots, Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 4843. (高被引论文)
(3) Liang Wang#, Yanli Wang#, Tao Xu#, Haobo Liao, Chenjie Yao, Yuan Liu, Zhen Li, Zhiwen Chen, Dengyu Pan*, Litao Sun*, Minghong Wu*, Gram-scale Synthesis of Single-crystalline Graphene Quantum Dots with Superior Optical Properties, Nature Communications, 2014, 5, 5357-5366. (高被引论文)
(4) Yu Han#, Bijun Tang#, Liang Wang*, Hong Bao, Yuhao Lu, Cuntai Guan, Liang Zhang, Mengying Le, Zheng Liu*, and Minghong Wu*, Machine Learning Driven Synthesis of Carbon Dots with Enhanced Quantum Yield, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 14761-14768. (封面论文)
2. 原子尺度官能团调控实现高效非金属催化剂设计
通过对碳量子点表面杂原子掺杂及官能团的原子级调控，显著提升其在CO2、NO3-和O2等关键反应物的电催化转化能力。该策略成功构建了活性位点可控、电子结构可设计的碳基催化平台，为绿色能源技术提供了新范式。
(1) Tianyu Zhang#, Weitao Li#, Kai Huang#, Huazhang Guo, Zhengyuan Li, Yanbo Fang, Ram Manohar Yadav, Vesselin Shanov, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Liang Wang*, Cheng Lian*, and Jingjie Wu*, Regulation of Functional Groups on Graphene Quantum Dots Directs Selective CO2 to CH4 Conversion, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 5265.
(2) Ram Manohar Yadav#, Zhengyuan Li#, Tianyu Zhang#, Onur Sahin, Soumyabrata Roy, Guanhui Gao, Huazhang Guo, Robert Vajtai, Liang Wang*, Pulickel M. Ajayan*, Jingjie Wu*, Amine Functionalized Carbon Nanodots Electrocatalysts Converting Carbon Dioxide to Methane, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2, 2105690.
(3) Mengmeng Fan#*, Zeming Wang#, Kang Sun, Ao Wang, Yuying Zhao, Qixin Yuan, Ruibin Wang, Jithu Raj, Jingjie Wu*, Jianchun Jiang*, Liang Wang*, N-B-OH Site-Activated Graphene Quantum Dots for Boosting Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2209086. (高被引论文)
(4) Xiaoyu Shen, Zeming Wang, Huazhang Guo, Zhendong Lei*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Solvent Engineering of Oxygen-Enriched Carbon Dots for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Small, 2023, 19, 43, 2303156. (封面论文，高被引论文)
(5) Leping Xie#, Caihong Liang#, Yao Wu#, Kang Wang, Weidong Hou, Huazhang Guo, Zeming Wang, Yeng Ming Lam*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Isomerization Engineering of Oxygen-Enriched Carbon Quantum Dots for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Small, 2024, 20, 37, 2401253.
3. 分子层次驱动二维材料的精准合成与界面工程
利用碳量子点作为诱导剂，精控二维MOFs和金属化合物的组装与生长过程，构建出厚度可控、结构有序的二维催化界面，赋予其优异的电/光催化性能，实现了高效CO2转化和水分解反应。
(1) Daqi Song#, Huazhang Guo#, Kai Huang#, Huiyi Zhang, Jia Chen, Liang Wang*, Cheng Lian*, Yong Wang*, Carboxylated Carbon Quantum Dot-induced Binary Metal-organic Framework Nanosheet Synthesis to Boost the Electrocatalytic Performance, Materials Today, 2022, 54, 42-51. (高被引论文)
(2) Bingjie Hu#, Kai Huang#, Bijun Tang, Zhendong Lei*, Zeming Wang, Huazhang Guo, Cheng Lian*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Graphene Quantum Dot-Mediated Atom-Layer Semiconductor Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution, Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15, 217. (封面论文)
(3) Qianjia Ni, Mingwan Zhang, Bijun Tang, Weidong Hou, Kang Wang, Huazhang Guo, Jiye Zhang, Tao Han, Minghong Wu*, Liang Wang*, Rapid Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dot-Integrated Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets via Electron Beam Irradiation for Selective 5- Hydroxymethylfurfural Electrooxidation, Advanced Powder Materials, 2025, 4, 100267.
(4) Bingjie Hu#, Yao Wu#, Kang Wang, Huazhang Guo, Zhendong Lei*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Gram-Scale Mechanochemical Synthesis of Atom-Layer MoS2 Semiconductor Electrocatalyst via Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution, Small, 2024, 20, 2, 2305344. (热点论文)
(5) Qianjia Ni#, Shiyuan Zhang#, Kang Wang, Huazhang Guo, Jiye Zhang, Minghong Wu, Liang Wang*, Carbon Quantum Dot-Mediated Binary Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Oxygen Evolution at Ampere-Level Current Densities in Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 31253-31261.
4. 构建异质结光催化剂实现界面调控与反应选择性提升
采用电子束辐照和化学协同策略，构建碳量子点与有机半导体的高质量异质结界面，实现了光生载流子高效分离与迁移路径定向调控，突破传统光催化剂反应选择性差的技术瓶颈。
(1) Weidong Hou, Huazhang Guo, Kang Wang, Tao Han, Jiye Zhang, Minghong Wu*, Liang Wang*,Radiation-Synthesis of Covalent Bonding Heterojunctions for Selective Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction, Materials Today, 2025, 84, 1-9. (Highlighted Papers in 2025)
(2) Weidong Hou, Huazhang Guo, Minghong Wu, Liang Wang*, Amide Covalent Bonding Engineering in Heterojunction for Efficient Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 20, 20560-20569. (热点论文，高被引论文)
(3) Huazhang Guo#, Li Zhou#, Kai Huang, Yongqiang Li, Weidong Hou, Huange Liao, Cheng Lian, Siwei Yang, Deli Wu, Zhendong Lei*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Dot-Mediated n→π* Electronic Transition in Carbon Nitride for Superior Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 38, 2402650. (热点论文，高被引论文)
(4) Yun Xu#, Weidong Hou#, Kai Huang, Huazhang Guo, Zeming Wang, Cheng Lian, Jiye Zhang, Deli Wu, Zhendong Lei*, Zheng Liu*, Liang Wang*, Engineering Built-In Electric Field Microenviroment of CQDs/g-C3N4 Heterojunction for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 28, 2403607. (热点论文，高被引论文)
5. 构筑金属-碳量子点强耦合体系推动复杂环境催化反应
聚焦过渡金属与碳量子点间的电子耦合与界面化学，发展限域负载与原位配位调控策略，揭示其在ORR、CO2RR、NO3RR等多电子过程中的反应路径调控机制。
(1) Huazhang Guo#, Jithu Raj#, Zeming Wang#, Tianyu Zhang, Kang Wang, Lili Lin, Weidong Hou, Jiye Zhang, Minghong Wu, Jingjie Wu*, Liang Wang*, Synergistic Effects of Amine Functional Groups and Enriched-Atomic-Iron Sites in Carbon Dots for Industrial-Current-Density CO2 Electroreduction, Small, 2024, 20, 32, 2311132. (高被引论文，Best of the Small journals 2024)