1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（No. 52373087, 2024.1-2027.12），主持，在研。

2. 国家自然科学基金青年项目（No. 52003300, 2021.1-2023.12），主持，已结题。

3. 中央引导地方科技发展专项（No. 2021CSA076, 2024.12-2026.12），主持，在研。

4. 国家建设高水平大学公派研究生项目（CSC No. 201506050055, 2015.10- 2017.10），主持，已结题。

5. 中国地质大学“地大学者”青年拔尖人才计划项目（N0. 2021177, 2021.10-2022.10），主持，已结题。

迄今，共发表SCI论文90余篇，其中以第一/通讯作者在Chemical Society Reviews（2篇）、Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America（美国科学院院刊，2篇）、Angewandte Chemie International Edition（2篇）、Energy & Environment Science、Advanced Functional Materials（2篇）、Science Bulletin、Nano Energy（3篇）、Carbon Energy等国际高水平学术期刊发表论文30余篇，多篇入选ESI高被引或封面论文。受邀参编英文学术专著3部，个人贡献3个独立章节。申请国家发明专利15项。

代表性论文：

1. X. Cui, M. Wu, X. Liu, B. He, Y. Zhu, Y. Jiang, Y. Yang*, Engineering organic polymers as emerging sustainable materials for powerful electrocatalysts, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 1447-1494. (ESI高被引论文，IF: 39.3)

2. L. Gao, X. Cui (共一), C. D. Sewell, J. Li, Z. Lin*, Recent advances in activating surface reconstruction for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50, 8428-8469. (封面论文，ESI热点论文，ESI高被引论文，IF: 39.3)

3. R. Ma, C. Tang, Y. Wang, X. Xu, M. Wu, X. Cui*, Y. Yang*, Linker mediated electronic-state manipulation of conjugated organic polymers enabling highly efficient oxygen reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202405594. (VIP论文，IF: 17)

4. X. Cui, P. Xiao, J. Wang, M. Zhou, W. Guo, Y. Yang, Y. He, Z. Wang, Y. Yang, Y. Zhang*, Z. Lin*, Highly branched metal alloy networks with superior activities for the methanol oxidation reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4488-4493. (IF: 17)

5. Q. Zhou*, W. Xue, X. Cui*, P. Wang*, S. Zuo, F. Mo, C. Li, G. Liu, S. Ouyang, S. Zhan, J. Chen*, C. Wang, Oxygen bridging Fe, Co dual-metal dimers boost reversible oxygen electrocatalysis for rechargeable Zn-air batteries, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2024, 121, e2404013121. (美国科学院院刊，ESI高被引论文，IF: 9.1)

6. L. Gao, X. Cui (共一), Z. Wang, C. D. Sewell, Z. Li, S. Liang, M. Zhang, J. Li, Y. Hu, Z. Lin*, Operando unraveling photothermal-promoted dynamic active-sites generation in NiFe2O4 for markedly enhanced oxygen evolution, Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2021, 118, e2023421118. (美国科学院院刊，ESI高被引论文，IF: 9.1)

7. X. Cui, Y. Chen, M. Zhang, Y. W. Harn, J. Qi, L. Gao, Z. L. Wang, J. Huang, Y. Yang*, Z. Lin*, Tailoring carrier dynamics in perovskite solar cells via precise dimension and architecture control and interfacial positioning of plasmonic nanoparticles, Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 1743-1752. (封面论文，IF: 31)

8. X.Cui, R. Jin, L. Gao, M. Wu, Y. Liu*, Z. Lin*, Y. Yang*, High-loading single atoms via hierarchically porous nanospheres for oxygen reduction with superior activity and durability, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025,35, 2510108. (封面论文，IF: 19)

9. X. Cui, L. Gao, S. Lei, S. Liang, J. Zhang, C. D. Sewell, Q. Liu, Z. Lin*, Y. Yang*, Simultaneously crafting single-atomic Fe sites and graphitic layer-wrapped Fe3C nanoparticles encapsulated within mesoporous carbon tubes for oxygen reduction, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31, 2009197. (封面论文，IF: 19)

10. R. Jin, X. Xu, Y. Xia, Y. Shi, J. Wu, M. Wu, Y. Pan, X. Cui*, W. Xue*, Y. Yang*, Roust oxygen reduction electrocatalysis via dioxygen-bridged cobalt diatomic sites scaffolded by hierarchically porous nanoarchitectures, Sci. Bull., 2026, accepted. (IF:21.1)

英文学术专著：

1. X. Cui, L. Gao, Y. Yang, and Z. Lin, “Heteroatom-doped graphene-based electrocatalysts for ORR, OER and HER” in the book entitled “Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis”, Elsevier (UK), 2022, 145-168.

2. X. Cui, L. Gao, Z. Wei, J. Li, R. Ma, Y. Yang, and H. Yang, “Single-metal-atom electrocatalysts for clean energy conversion” in the book entitled “Electrochemical Transformation of Renewable Compounds”, CRC Press (USA), 2023, 237-269. 

3. X. Cui, L. Gao, X. Xu, R.Ma, C. Tang, Y. Yang, and Z. Lin, “Surface reconstruction of catalysts in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction” in the book entitled “Encyclopediaof Solid-Liquid Interfaces”, Elsevier (UK), 2024, 316-327.