主要围绕水系电化学过程开展研究，系统探讨电化学材料结构、电极界面行为及其对电化学过程稳定性与安全性的影响规律。相关研究涉及电容去离子与水系电化学储能等方向，关注水系电化学过程在水处理与能源相关领域中的应用。

近年来所取得的科研成果（代表性）：

学术论文:

1.      J.R. Wang*, T.S. Yang, A.A. Obisanya, Y. Ma, Z.B. Ren, X.Y. Tan, W.W. Lei, A.L. Song, F.M. Gao*, Force‐Field Regulation Engineered Heterogeneous Graphene Micro‐Aerogels as Versatile Platforms for High‐Mass‐Loading Energy Storage, Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 2500992.

2.      Z.B. Ren, J.K. Liu, A.A. Obisanya, Y. Ma, X.Y. Tan, F.M. Gao*, J.R. Wang*, A Coupled Capacitive Desalination (C-CDI) for Enhanced Desalination Performance at Ultralow Voltage, Water Research, 2025, 123854.

3.      J.R. Wang*, Xin Zhang, J.K. Liu, A.A Obisanya, Y. Ma, X.W. Li, Z.B. Ren, T.S. Yang, X.Y. Tan, D.B. Basnig, L. Ma, F.M. Gao*, Decoupling Charge Transfer of Sodium Ions in Birnessite towards Enhanced Capacitive Deionization, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 166435.

4.      A. A. Obisanya, L. Ma, J.K. Liu, T.S. Yang, Z.B. Ren, X.Y. Tan, F.M. Gao*, J.R. Wang*, Multiscale Scrutinizing Ion Storage Kinetics in Hollow Ni-Mn Prussian Blue Analogues for Enhanced Capacitive Deionization, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2404591.

5.      J.K. Liu, T.S. Yang, Z.B. Ren, A.A Obisanya, X.Y Tan, Y.D Rao, J.S Zhou, F.M. Gao*, J.R. Wang*, Morphology Controlled Growth of MnO₂ with Locally−Ordered Defects−Enriched Properties via [WO₆] Perturbed Assembly: Achieving a favorable Balance between Capacitance and Rate Performance, Rare Metals, 2024, 43, 1658.

6.      Y.F. Feng, N Dang, T.S. Yang, L Chen, J.S. Zhou, F.M Gao*, J.R. Wang*, Graphene intermediated synthesis of thin-packing stacking-free MnO₂ nanoflakes for high power output at high mass loading, Electrochimica Acta, 2023, 468, 143094.

7.      J.R. Wang, T.S. Yang, N. Vilà, A. Walcarius*, Laser Cutting Coupled with Electro-Exfoliation to Prepare Versatile Planar Graphene Electrodes for Energy Storage, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 24, 5599.

8.      J.R. Wang, N. Vila, A. Walcarius*, Electroactive organically modified mesoporous silicates on graphene oxide-graphite 3D architectures operating with electron-hopping for high rate energy storage, Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 366, 137407.

9.      J.R. Wang, N. Vila, A. Walcarius*, Redox-active vertically aligned mesoporous silica thin films as transparent surfaces for energy storage applications, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020, 12, 2462.

10.   J.R. Wang, G. Wang*, Y.W. Wang, L. Li, Y.Q. Ma, C.P. Li*, S. Dai*, Hierarchically Porous Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) 3D Architectures with Anchored Lattice-Expanded λ-MnO₂ Nanodots as Freestanding Adsorbents for Superior Lithium Separation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 13239.

11.    J.R. Wang, H.B. Fan, Y.M. Shen, C.P. Li*, G. Wang*, Large-scale template-free synthesis of nitrogen-doped 3D carbon frameworks as low-cost ultra-long-life anodes for lithium-ion batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 357, 376.

英文专著:

1.       J.R. Wang, N. Vila, A. Walcarius*, Mesoporous Silica-Based Materials for Energy Storage Applications, Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Applications, CRC Press, 2023, 26.