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) Baoxin Ni#, Huazhang Guo#, Hao Yang#, Yinghao Tao, Zuohuan Chen, Junhao Chu, Jia Wang, Yifan Ye, Hao Wei, Wen-Bin Cai, Tao Cheng*, Liang Wang*, Kun Jiang*, Oxygen Functionalization of Carbon Quantum Dots Enables Efficient Acidic Hydrogen Peroxide Electrosynthesis, Nature Communications, 2025, In Press, Doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66920-4.
(3) 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.
(4) 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)
3. 分子层次碳量子点驱动与其他材料的界面工程
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。此外，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) 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) 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. (高被引论文，Highlighted Papers in 2025)
(3) Kang Wang#, Caihong Liang#, Shuai Fu#, Yong Li, Wenhui Liu, Huazhang Guo, Jiye Zhang, Peng Zhang*, Joseph S. Francisco*, Liang Wang*, Molecularly Tailored Carbon Quantum Dots Enable Enhanced C─C Coupling in CO2 Electroreduction, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, e30561.
(4) 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)