Research Fellow at the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Distinguished Research Fellow among the first batch of such appointees by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Recipient of the National Talent Program. Proposed that the core scientific challenge in solar thermal power generation lies in the coupling of unsteady light-thermal-work processes, and based on this, formulated the technological roadmap for solar thermal power generation, establishing the concept of four generations of solar thermal power generation technology. Has led national 863 Program, 973 Program, National Key R&D Program, and major projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China, achieving multiple breakthroughs: As principal investigator, oversaw construction of: Asia's first solar power tower plant (2012); China's first solar seasonal thermal energy storage project achieving 210-day storage (2021); the world's first concentrated solar power (CSP) kiln for cement and ceramic production (2022); and the world's first supercritical CO2 solar thermal power generation system (2024). Under the leadership of Academician Lu Yongxiang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, proposed in 2015 to the State Council the establishment of the Zhangjiakou Renewable Energy Demonstration Zone and the Zero-Carbon Winter Olympics technical roadmap, which was approved for implementation. Authored China's first national standard for solar thermal power generation (2012), promoting industry standardization. As of February 2025, H-index of 51. Holds over 100 authorized invention patents and has mentored 72 graduate students (54 PhDs, 19 MScs).
