主要從事功能納米材料的制備及其在電分析化學與電催化領域中的應用等研究工作。開發(fā)高效電化學傳感及生物傳感器，應用于環(huán)境分析和生物醫(yī)學檢測，為癌癥早期靈敏、快速診斷以及環(huán)境殘留有害物質的快速、靈敏、高選擇性分析服務。開發(fā)新型納米電催化劑，應用于燃料電池等新型能源。

近年來在包括Biosens. Bioelectron., Nanoscale, Electrochem. Commun. Langmuir等期刊上共發(fā)表SCI收錄論文40余篇，論文他引800多次。 

1.    電分析化學與生物分析化學

   功能納米材料電化學傳感及食品、環(huán)境污染物、醫(yī)療診斷檢測

2.    電催化與電化學能源

   功能納米材料電催化劑制備和開發(fā)、燃料電池

1.    Yufei Gong, Xu Chen*, Yanluo Lu, Wensheng Yang*, Self-assembled dipeptide-gold nanoparticle hybrid spheres for highly sensitive amperometric hydrogen peroxide biosensors. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2015, 66, 392-398. (IF: 6.451 )

2.   Chunxiu Huang, Xu Chen*, Yanluo, Lu, Hui Yang, Wensheng Yang*, Electrogenerated chemiluminescence behavior of peptide nanovesicles and its application in sensing dopamine. Biosens. Bioelectron., 2015, 63, 478-482. (IF: 6.451 )

3.     Dengdeng Wang, Xu Chen*, David G. Evans, Wensheng Yang*, Well-dispersed Co₃O₄/Co₂MnO₄ nanocomposites as a synergistic bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 5312-5315. (IF: 6.739)

4.    Meixia Li, Jun E. Zhu, Lili Zhang, Xu Chen*, Huimin Zhang, Fazhi Zhang, Sailong Xu*, David G. Evans, Facile synthesis of NiAl-layered double hydroxide/graphene hybrid with enhanced electrochemical properties for detection of dopamine, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 4240-4246.  (IF: 6.739)                                                  

5.    Panpan Li, Xu Chen*, Wensheng Yang*, Graphene-Induced Self-Assembly of Peptides into Macroscopic-Scale Organized Nanowire s for Electrochemical NADH Sensing, Langmuir, 2013, 29, 8629-8635. (IF:4.384)                                                

6.    Qian Xi, Xu Chen*, David G. Evans, Wensheng Yang*, Gold nanoparticle-embedded porous graphene thin films fabricated via layer-by-layer self-assembly and subsequent thermal annealing for electrochemical sensing, Langmuir, 2012, 28, 9885-9892. (IF:4.384)

7.   Chenglin Fu, Wensheng Yang, Xu Chen*, David G. Evans, Direct electrochemistry of glucose oxidase on a graphite nanosheet-Nafion composite film modified electrode, Electrochem. Commum., 2009, 11(5), 997-1000. (IF:4.287)