1. 新型二维材料的创制、物性与应用探索；

2. 石墨烯等二维材料薄膜的制备与光电器件应用；

3. 石墨烯等二维材料宏观体的设计构筑与热管理、能源、环境应用；

4. 石墨烯材料与应用技术产业化

1. Y. L. Hong†, Z. B. Liu†, L. Wang†, T. Y. Zhou, W. Ma, C. Xu, S. Feng, L. Chen, M. L. Chen, D. M. Sun, X. Q. Chen, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Chemical vapor deposition of layered two-dimensional MoSi2N4 materials, Science, 369 (6504) (2020), 670-674. 

2. X. T. Qian, L. Chen, L. C. Yin, Z. B. Liu, S. F. Pei, F. Li, G. J. Hou, S. M. Chen, L. Song, K. H. Thebo, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, CdPS3 nanosheets-based membrane with high proton conductivity enabled by Cd vacancies, Science, 370 (6516) (2020), 596-600. 

3. C. Xu†, L. B. Wang†, Z. B. Liu, L. Chen, J. K. Guo, N. Kang*, X. L. Ma, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Large-area high-quality 2D ultrathin Mo2C superconducting crystals, Nature Materials, 14 (11) (2015), 1135-1141. 

4. Z. P. Chen†, W. C. Ren†, L. B. Gao, B. L. Liu, S. F. Pei, H. M. Cheng*, Three-dimensional flexible and conductive interconnected graphene networks grown by chemical vapour deposition, Nature Materials, 10 (6) (2011), 424-428. 

5. S. F. Pei†, Q. W. Wei†, K. Huang, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Green synthesis of graphene oxide by seconds timescale water electrolytic oxidation, Nature Communications, 9 (2018), 145. 

6. J. Zhong, W. Sun, Q. W. Wei, X. T. Qian, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Efficient and scalable synthesis of highly aligned and compact two-dimensional nanosheet films with record performances, Nature Communications, 9 (2018), 3484. 

7. Y. Gao, Z. B. Liu, D. M. Sun, L. Huang, L. P. Ma, L. C. Yin, T. Ma, Z. Y. Zhang, X. L. Ma, L. M. Peng, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Large-area synthesis of high-quality and uniform monolayer WS2 on reusable Au foils, Nature Communications, 6 (2015), 8569. 

8. Z. K. Zhang†, J. H. Du†, D. D. Zhang, H. D. Sun, L. C. Yin, L. P. Ma, J. S. Chen, D. G. Ma, H. M. Cheng, W. C. Ren*, Rosin-enabled ultraclean and damage-free transfer of graphene for large-area flexible organic light-emitting diodes, Nature Communications, 8 (2017), 14560. 

9. L. B. Gao†, W. C. Ren†, H. L. Xu, L. Jin, Z. X. Wang, T. Ma, L. P. Ma, Z. Y. Zhang, Q. Fu, L. M. Peng, X. H. Bao, H. M. Cheng*, Repeated growth and bubbling transfer of graphene with millimetre-size single-crystal grains using platinum, Nature Communications, 3 (2012), 699. 10. W. C. Ren*, H. M. Cheng*, The global growth of graphene, Nature Nanotechnology, 9 (10) (2014), 726-730.

1. 国家自然科学二等奖（1/5，2024年）；

2. 国家自然科学二等奖（1/5，2017年）；

3. 国家自然科学二等奖（5/5，2006年）；

4. 全国创新争先奖状（2023年）；

5. 何梁何利基金科学与技术创新奖（2018年）；

6. 中国青年科技奖（2013）