Teaching:
As the main lecturer, he has taken the undergraduate courses "Green Power Technology", "Scientific and Technological Literature Search", "Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal", "Chemical Power Testing Principle and Technology", and the postgraduate courses "Introduction to Green Energy Materials", "Solid Waste Resource Utilization and Recycling", "Energy and environmental materials design Calculation and Modeling".
As the project leader, he undertook the special projects of education and teaching reform, such as "Constructing the training model of Virtual simulation experiment of Chemical power Supply Testing Principle and Technology" and "Exploring the training model of Multi-disciplinary integration of materials, chemistry and Information Focusing on material Genetic Engineering".
In the teaching work of new energy materials and devices, I compiled and narrated "A Brief History of Battery Development", "Green Energy and Electric Vehicles", "the development trend of new energy vehicles at home and abroad and the news of German and Japanese automobile Enterprises", "the Development revelation of European environmental protection Industry", "New energy Key Materials and functional Devices", "Research on the New system and Key Materials of multi-electron high-specific energy Batteries", and "Starting the charging world. New Energy Materials in the world "and other thematic reports;
As an instructor, I guided outstanding undergraduates and postgraduates to participate in the National Innovative Experiment Program for College Students, and guided the undergraduate team to participate in the 2nd LG Chemistry China College Students Power Battery Innovation Competition for College Students in 2019, and won the honorary title of "Excellent Instructor" of the Program. The graduate students under my guidance have won many awards such as National Scholarship, Innovation/Entrepreneurship Scholarship of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Outstanding Graduate of Beijing, Excellent doctoral dissertation of Chinese Composite Materials Society, excellent doctoral dissertation of Chinese Granular Society, Xu Teli Scholarship of Beijing Institute of Technology, excellent doctoral dissertation of Beijing Institute of Technology and excellent Master's thesis of Beijing Institute of Technology.
Research Results:
As the person in charge, he has undertaken key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, key research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 863 Plan projects and international science and technology cooperation projects, major achievements transformation projects of central universities in Beijing, and major science and technology projects of Beijing.
Based on the theory of multiple electrons, a multi-dimensional stable composite electrode with high sulfur load and high conductivity was developed, a lightweight functional modified diaphragm/sandwich was designed, a high-safety functional composite electrolyte material was invented and a 3D nano-array modified lithium negative electrode was constructed, and lithium sulfur battery samples with energy density ranging from 300Wh/kg to 600Wh/kg were developed. It has been applied in high-capacity communication equipment, drones, robots, and new energy vehicles.
The independent synthesis of amides, imidazolinones, new ionic liquids, sulfite esters, isocyanates, sulfone multicomponent composite solvents, boron based lithium salts, in situ self-assembly of new composite solid electrolytes and other functional electrolyte materials, applied to lithium secondary battery system effectively improve its safety and wide temperature application characteristics.
By integrating magnetron sputtering, ion evaporation and other technical means, a new type of crystalline underlithium thin film electrode with the characteristics of nanoparticle growth and micron thickness design and a cross-linked network structure of thin film electrolyte materials were developed.
In Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Nano Energy, Materials Horizons, Energy Storage Materials, Science Bulletin, Journal of Energy More than 300 SCI papers have been published in Chemistry, Science in China: Chemistry, Progress in Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry and other journals. 102 invention patents were applied for and 50 were authorized; Developed a genomic data platform for battery materials and obtained 10 software Copyrights; Published 2 academic monographs (Advanced Battery Functional Electrolyte Materials, Science Press, 2020; Multi-electron High Specific Energy Lithium-Sulfur Secondary Battery, Science Press, 2020).
It has won 1 second prize of national technological invention and 5 first prizes of ministerial science and technology. New Century Outstanding Talents of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Outstanding Talents, Beijing Science and Technology Star, Beijing Universities Outstanding Young Scientists, China Engineering Frontier Outstanding young scholars, fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Changjiang Scholars Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education and Kerui Wei An "Global Highly Cited Scientist".
Member of the Energy Professional Group of National Ministries and commissions, Director of Chinese Society of Materials Research (Secretary General of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Branch), Director of Solid State Ion Branch of Chinese Society of Ceramics, Director of International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Sciences (IAOEES), member of New Chemical Materials Professional Committee of China Chemical Industry Association, national battery industry expert of China Battery Industry Association, Researcher of Beijing Electric Vehicle Collaborative Innovation Center, "Energy Storage and Power Battery Technology and Application" series editorial board, "Progress in Materials in China" editorial board.

Based on the major demand for high-performance batteries in the fields of large-scale energy storage, new energy vehicles, aerospace, national defense and military, aiming at scientific issues and technical difficulties such as the design and manufacturing of new high-specific energy long-endurance battery systems, secondary battery safety/temperature adaptability, ultra-thin/lightweight/long-life special energy storage devices and key material development, Focus on innovative breakthroughs in key energy materials and new battery systems, carried out:
(1) ionic liquid and new functional composite electrolyte materials;
(2) multi-electron high specific energy new secondary batteries and key materials;
(3) Special function power supply and heterogeneous nanomaterials;
(4) Green secondary battery design and resource utilization;
(5) Original research work such as intelligent batteries and information energy fusion and cross technology.

In 2002, he studied with Professor Wu Feng from Beijing Institute of Technology and received his Doctor degree in engineering in 2005.
From 2005 to 2007, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, majoring in Physical chemistry under the supervision of Academician Chen Liquan and Professor Qiu Xinping.

He joined Beijing Institute of Technology in 2007.
2012-2013 Visiting research group of Prof. Derek Fray and Dr. Vasant R. Kumar, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK;
He is now a professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Materials, Beijing Institute of Technology, and a researcher of Beijing Collaborative Innovation Center for Electric Vehicles (national level).

1. An “Ether-In-Water” Electrolyte Boosts Stable Interfacial Chemistry for Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries. Shang Yanxin, Chen Nan,* Li Yuejiao,* Chen Shi, Lai Jingning, Huang Yongxin, Qu Wenjie, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials, 2020, 2004017. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202004017
2. Toward rapid-charging sodium-Ion batteries using hybrid-phase molybdenum sulfide selenide-based anodes. Huang Yongxin, Wang Ziheng, Guan Minrong, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials, 2020, 2003534. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003534
3. Thermodynamic analysis and kinetic optimization of highenergy batteries based on the multi-electron reactions. Huang Yongxin, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, National Science Review, 2020, 7, 1367-1386. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa075
4. High Efficiency CoSe Electrocatalyst with Hierarchical Porous Polyhedron Nanoarchitecture for Accelerating Polysulfides Conversion in Li–S Batteries. Ye Zhengqing, Jiang Ying, Li Li, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials, 2020, 2002168. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002168
5. Electrolytes for rechargeable lithium–air batteries. Lai Jingning, Xing Yi, Chen Nan, Li Li, Feng Wu, Chen Renjie*, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2020, 59, 2974-2997. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201903459
6. Boosting high-rate Li-S batteries by a MOFs-derived catalytic electrode with a layered-by-layered structure. Li Wanlong, Qian Ji, Zhao Teng, Ye Yusheng, Xing Yi, Huang Yongxin, Wei Lei, Zhang Nanxiang, Chen Nan, Li Li, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Science, 2019, 1802362. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201802362
7. Electrolytes and Electrolyte/Electrode Interfaces in Sodium-ion Batteries: From Scientific Research to Practical Application. Huang Yongxin, Zhao Luzi, Li Li, Xie Man, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1808393. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201808393
8. Anode Interface Engineering and Architecture Design for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Zhao Yuanyuan, Ye Yusheng, Wu Feng, Li Yuejiao, Li Li, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials, 2019, 1806532. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201806532
9. Toward sustainable and systematic recycling of spent rechargeable batteries. Zhang Xiaoxiao, Li Li, Fan Ersha, Xue Qing, Bian Yifan, Wu Feng, Chen Renjie*, Chemical Society reviews, 2018, 47, 7239-7302. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CS00297E
10. Toward Practical High-Energy Batteries: A Modular-Assembled Oval-Like Carbon Microstructure for Thick Sulfur Electrodes. Ye Yusheng, Wu Feng, Liu Yuting, Zhao Teng, Qian Ji, Xing Yi, Li Wanlong, Huang Jiaqi, Li Li, Huang Qianming, Bai Xuedong, Chen Renjie*, Advanced Materials. 2017, 29, 1700598. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700598