主要从事电化学反应工程研究，在电催化分解水制氢、化学储氢和加氢、氢能电催化转化等领域取得系统性进展。

储能化学基础A；

化工热力学；

化学工艺学科前沿；

储能学科前沿进展

Frontiers Catalysis期刊的评审编辑；SmartMat和Transaction of Tianjin University期刊的青年编委

研究成果在Nature Energy、Nature Communications、Journal of the American Chemical Society、Advanced Materials、Chemical Engineering Science等高水平期刊发表论文60余篇，15篇入选ESI热点/高引论文。授权中国发明专利2项。受邀在全国电化学会议、美国化学会会议、国际先进材料会议等做邀请报告15次。获国家级青年人才计划、化工学会基础研究成果一等奖、科睿唯安“全球高被引科学家”、美国化学会年会优秀指导教师奖等奖励和荣誉。

先后主持重点研发计划（课题）2项和国家自然科学基金（青年、面上）2项，以项目骨干参与国家/省部基金和企业项目6项。

1. Huang Z.-F.; Song J.; Du Y.; Xi S.; Dou S.; Nsanzimana J. M. V.; Wang C.; Xu Z. J.^*; Wang X.^* Chemical and structural origin of lattice oxygen oxidation in Co-Zn oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution electrocatalysts. Nat. Energy 2019, 4, 329.

2. Chen S.; Zhang S.; Guo L.; Pan L.; Shi C.; Zhang X.; Huang Z.-F.^*; Yang G.^*; Zou J.-J.^* Reconstructed Ir-O-Mo species with strong Brønsted acidity for acidic water oxidation. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4127.

3. Liu F.; Gao R.; Shi C.; Pan L.; Huang Z.-F.^*; Zhang X.; Zou J.-J.^* Avoiding Sabatier’s limitation on spatially correlated Pt-Mn atomic pair sites for oxygen electroreduction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25252.

4. Zhang X.; Liu X.; Huang Z.-F.^*; Gan L.; Zhang S.; Jia R.; Ajmal M.; Pan L.; Shi C.; Zhang X.; Yang G.; Zou J.-J.^* Regulating intermediate adsorption and H₂O dissociation on a diatomic catalyst to promote electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia. Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, 17, 6717.

5. Huang Z.-F.; Xi S.; Song J.; Dou S.; Li X.; Du Y.; Diao C.; Xu Z. J.; Wang X.^* Tuning of lattice oxygen reactivity and scaling relation to construct better oxygen evolution electrocatalyst. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 3992.

6. Yan T.; Li H.; Ajmal M.; Shi C.; Gao R.; Pan L.; Zhang X.; Huang Z.-F.^*; Zou J.-J.^* Dispersing high loading and uniform IrO₂ nanoparticles on acid-resistant oxides by combined ball milling and Adams fusion strategy for proton exchange membrane electrolyzer. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2025, 309, 121462.

7. Chen Z.; Guo L.; Pan L.^*; Yan T.; He Z.; Li Y.; Shi C.; Huang Z.-F.^*; Zhang X.; Zou J.-J.^* Advances in oxygen evolution electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Adv. Energy. Mater. 2022, 2103670.