主要围绕热管理、功能高分子复合材料开展研究，探索高分子材料多尺度结构与热管理行为构效关系，开发功能高分子复合材料设计制备新方法。

1、热管理材料

2、功能材料

代表性论文

（1）Peng Zhou, Guangyang Jiang, Yuyan Wang, Yongqiang Tian, Xinxing Zhang*, Self-adaptive and large-area sprayable thermal management coatings for energy saving. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3791. 

（2）Peng Zhou, Yuyan Wang, Xinxing Zhang*, Supramolecularly Connected Armor-like Nanostructure Enables Mechanically Robust Radiative Cooling Materials. Nano letters 2024, 24, 6395-6402. 

（3）Peng Zhou, Yuyan Wang, Xinxing Zhang*, Bi2Se3 nanosheets-based photothermal composites with hydrophobic surface for synergistic anti-/de-icing. Composites Science and Technology 2023, 233, 109916.

（4）Peng Zhou, Yongyue Luo, Zhen Lv, Xunwen Sun, Yongqiang Tian*, Xinxing Zhang*, Melt-processed poly (vinyl alcohol)/corn starch/nanocellulose composites with improved mechanical properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2021, 183, 1903–1910.

（5）Yong Huang1, Peng Zhou1, Xinxing Zhang*, Green synthesis of Ag‑doped cellulose aerogel for highly sensitive, flame retardant strain sensors. Cellulose 2022, 29, 8719-8731.