Her research is focused on advanced energy materials, especially nano-composite materials, and the related power devices. She has taken charge of research programs as National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei province, etc.. She is widely published in the leading scholarly journals in materials and engineering, including Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Applied Physics, and Journal of Alloys and compounds, etc., and also works as reviewer for the Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Electronic Materials etc..