近十年来专注于氢能（电解水）相关功能材料的基础和应用研究，主持国家自然科学基金等十余项科研项目，在Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Energy Lett.和Nano Energy等专业期刊上发表学术论文近130余篇。

科研、人才项目：

（1）工业条件下高效稳定电解水制氢镍基电极材料的研究，国家自然科学基金面上项目，主持，54万，2023-2026

（2）2000 m3/h 可再生能源制氢技术研究与攻关，苏州市科技局双碳项目，主持，200万，2022-2025

近年学术论文如下：

[1]. R. Fan* et al., Hierarchical NiCoP/NiCo architecture on Ni mesh boosts hydrogen production under industrial alkaline conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 484, 149456.

[2]. R. Fan* et al., Facet engineering in Au nanoparticles buried in p-Si photocathodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023,327, 122438.

[3]. R. Fan* et al., Enhanced solar hydrogen production by manipulating the spatial distribution of Pt catalyst onto Si micro-pyramid arrays. Applied Physics Letters 2023,122 (19).

[4]. R. Fan* et al., The bifunctional 3D-on-2D FeCo/Ni(OH)2 hierarchical nanocatalyst for industrial-level electrocatalytic water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2023,48 (47), 17882-17893.

[5]. R. Fan* et al., 5.7% Efficiency Si Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting Catalyzed by Vertically Grown and Oxygen-Vacancy-Rich NiFe Hydroxides. Advanced Sustainable Systems 2023, 2300022.

[6]. R. Fan* et al., Oxygen-vacancy-rich nickel hydroxide nanosheet: a multifunctional layer between Ir and Si toward enhanced solar hydrogen production in alkaline media. Energy & Environmental Science 2022,15 (7), 3051-3061.

[7]. R. Fan* et al., Reduced graphene oxide grafted on p-Si photocathode as a multifunctional interlayer for enhanced solar hydrogen production. Applied Physics Letters 2022,121 (21), 213901.

[8]. R. Fan* et al., Steering the Pathway of Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction by Bridging Si and Au Nanoparticles through a TiO2 Interlayer. Small 2022, 2201882.

[9]. R. Fan* et al., NiMoFe/Cu nanowire core–shell catalysts for high-performance overall water splitting in neutral electrolytes. Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 1569-1572.

[10]. R. Fan* et al., Gradient-Structuring Manipulation in Ni3S2 Layer Boosts Solar Hydrogen Production of Si Photocathode in Alkaline Media. Advanced Energy Materials 2021, 2102865.

[11]. R. Fan* et al., Activating the MoS2 Basal Plane toward Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Generation via in Situ Photoelectrochemical Control. ACS Energy Letters 2021,6, 267-276.

[12]. R. Fan* et al., Sulfide@hydroxide core–shell nanostructure via a facile heating-electrodeposition method for enhanced electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2021,58, 431-440.