Current research is focused on solar photovoltaic conversion and new types of solar cells:

1) New types of solar cells 

Perovskite solar cells

Dye-sensitized solar cells

Flexible solar cells

High-efficient hybrid solar cells

2) Functional photoelectric nanomaterial

3) High-efficient catalysts for photoelectrochemical process

4) Functionalized ionic liquid-based electrolyte

Related research results has been published in academic journals such as Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF=54.6，Highly Cited Top1%)、 Adv. Mater. (IF=30.8)、J. Mater. Chem. A (IF=12.7)、 ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. (IF=9.2)、Chem. Commun. (IF=6.2)

Won The First Prize of Natural Science Academic Achievements of Liaoning Province in 2011.

Now was the reviewer of Angew, Adv Mater,Adv Funct Mater., etc.

Rcent representative honors：

● 2011 The First Prize of Natural Science Academic Achievements of Liaoning Province (The First Contributor)

● 2018 Youth Innovation Promotion association of Chinese Academy of Sciences

● 2017 Youth Innovation Promotion association of Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

● 2014 Annual National Excellent Technology Teacher (little academician) (The First Contributor)

● 2013 Outstanding Contribution Award of 2013 CAS – TWAS Symposium on Green Technology (SGT2013) ) (The First Contributor)

● 2012 Annual Excellent Guidance Teacher (JInpeng technology forum) (The First Contributor)

● 2012 Excellent Poster Awards of TWAS-ROESEAP Symposium on Frontier in Chemical Engineering (The First Contributor)

● 2009 The 2nd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry Excellent Poster Prize

● 2007 Excellent Paper Awards of the 6th China National Conference on Functional Materials and Applications International Functional Materials   

   

Recent representative papers:

[1] Qingqing Miao, Liqiong Wu, Jingnan Cui, Mingdong Huang and Tingli Ma*,   A New Type of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell with a Multilayered Photoanode Prepared by a Film-Transfer Technique, Adv. Mater., 2011, 23 : 2764-2768.       ( IF=30.8)

[2] Qingqing Miao, Yanyan Du, Gongtang Wang, Zhicheng Sun, Yuehan Zhao, Suojiang Zhang*,  In-situ Generated 3D Hierarchical Co₃O₄@MnO₂ Core-Shell Hybrid Materials: Self-assembled Fabrication, Morphological Control and Energy Applications. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2019,7, 5967-5980.  (IF=12.7) 

[3] Qingqing Miao, Suojiang Zhang*, New series of soft materials based on ionic liquid–metal complexes for high-efficient electrolytes of dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Mater. Chem. A., 2017, 5, 14630–14638.        (IF=12.7) 

[4] Shouzheng Jiao, Zhicheng Sun,* Jinyue Wen, Yuanyuan Liu, Furong Li, Qingqing Miao*， Weixia Wu, Luhai Li, and Yang Zhou**,Development of Rapid Curing SiO2 Aerogel Composite-Based Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells through Screen-Printing Technology.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces，2020, 12, 48794−48803.    (IF=9.2) 

[5] Qingqing Miao, Suojiang Zhang*, In Situ Self-Assembly-Generated 3D Hierarchical Co3O4 Micro/Nanomaterial Series: Selective Synthesis, Morphological Control, and Energy Applications.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces，2017, 9, 44199-44213.   (IF=9.2) 

[6] Qingqing Miao, Suojiang Zhang*, Hui Xu, Pengmei Zhang and Huanrong Li. A Novel Ionic Liquid-Metal Complex Electrolyte for Remarkable Increasing in the Efficiency of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49: 6980-6982.       (IF=6.2)

[7] Suojiang Zhang*, Jian Sun, Xiaochun Zhang, Jiayu Xin, Qingqing Miao, and Jianji Wang. Ionic Liquid-based Green Processes for Energy Production. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 7838-7869.          (IF=54.6) 

[8] Qingqing Miao, Junxiong Gao, Zeqing Wang, Hang Yu, Yi Luo and Tingli Ma*, Syntheses and Characterization of Several Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complexes with Strong and Broad Near-IR Absorption, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 376: 619-627.    

[9] Qingqing Miao, Mingxing Wu, Wei Guo and Tingli Ma*, Studies of High-efficient and Low-cost Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Front. Optoelectron., 2011, 4(1): 103-107.

[10] Wei Guo, Qingqing Miao, Gang Xin, Liqiong Wu, Tingli Ma*, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells based on Nitrogen-doped Titania, Key Eng. Mater., 2011, 451:21-27. 

Patents： （Recent representative patents in 5 years）

[1]苗青青，张锁江，徐慧，张朋梅. 一种基于离子液体金属络合物的电解质及其制备方法. 专利号： ZL 201210560637.7.   

[2]苗青青，张锁江，张朋梅，徐慧. 一类原位生长三维多级结构四氧化三钴微纳米材料、可控制备及应用.  专利号：ZL 201410211248.2.   

[3]苗青青，张锁江，张朋梅. 一类原位生长三维多级结构四氧化三钴/碳复合微纳米材料及其可控制备方法. 专利号：ZL 201410211146.0.  

[4]苗青青，张锁江，张朋梅. 一类三维多级结构四氧化三钴/碳/二氧化锰复合微纳米材料及其原位可控制备方法. 专利号：ZL 201410210412.8.