长期从事新能源材料与化学电源研究，作为通讯作者发表SCI摘录论文近200篇，部分成果发表在Energy Environ Sci (7篇), Adv Mater (4篇), Adv Energy Mater (3篇)，Adv Funct Mater (7篇), JACS (3篇), Angew Chem (2篇)和 Nature Commun (1篇) 等期刊上。论文共被SCI他人引用2万余次，单篇SCI最高引用频次1265次，h指数86。连续八年(2014-2021)入选爱思唯尔(Elsevier)中国高被引学者。获2003和2015年度天津市自然科学二等奖(第一完成人)，获2005年度国家科技进步二等奖(第六完成人)，获2021年度天津市科技进步一等奖(第四完成人)。
代表性成果：
1) P Chen, TT Li, YB Yang, GR Li, XP Gao*, Coupling aqueous zinc batteries and perovskite solar cells for simultaneous energy harvest, conversion and storage, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 64.
2) LY Tian, Z Zhang*, S Liu, GR Li, XP Gao*, High-Entropy Spinel Oxide Nanofibers Promise the High Gravimetric and Volumetric Capacities of Sulfur Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Energy & Environmental Materials, 2022, 5, 645–654.(引用频次60, as the 2022 top cited paper in EEM)
3) YT Liu, S Liu, GR Li, XP Gao*, Strategy of Enhancing the Volumetric Energy Density for Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33, 2003955. (引用频次249)
4) Z Zhang, DH Wu, Z Zhou, GR Li, S Liu, XP Gao*, Sulfur/nickel ferrite composite as cathode with high-volumetric-capacity for lithium-sulfur battery, Sci. China Mater. (中国科学-材料), 2019, 62, 74. (引用频次81，入选Science China Materials 2020 Best Paper Award)
5) YT Liu, DD Han, L Wang, GR Li, S Liu, XP Gao*, NiCo2O4 Nanofibers as Carbon-Free Sulfur Immobilizer to Fabricate Sulfur-Based Composite with High Volumetric Capacity for Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Adv. Energy Mater., 2019,9, 1803477. (引用频次283)
6) LL Kong, L Wang, ZC Ni, S Liu*, GR Li, XP Gao*, Lithium–Magnesium Alloy as a Stable Anode for Lithium–Sulfur Battery, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 29, 1808756. (引用频次154)
7) P Chen, GR Li, TT Li, XP Gao*, Solar-Driven Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Adv. Sci., 2019, 6, 1900620.
8) Z Zhang, LL Kong, S Liu, GR Li*, XP Gao*, A High-efficiency Sulfur/Carbon Composite Based on 3D Graphene Nanosheet@Carbon Nanotube Matrix as Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 7, 1602543. (引用频次556)
9) GC Li, GR Li, SH Ye, XP Gao*, A Polyaniline-Coated Sulfur/Carbon Composite with an Enhanced High-Rate Capability as a Cathode Material for Lithium/Sulfur Batteries, Adv. Energy Mater., 2012, 2, 1238.(引用频次528)
10) S Liu, JJ Hu, NF Yan, GL Pan, GR Li, XP Gao*, Aluminum storage behavior of anatase TiO2 nanotube arrays in aqueous solution for aluminum ion batteries, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 9743. (引用频次355)
11) GR Li, J Song, GL Pan, XP Gao*, Highly Pt-like electrocatalytic activity of transition metal nitrides for dye-sensitized solar cells, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1680. (引用频次390)
12) GR Li, F Wang, QW Jiang, XP Gao*, PW Shen, Carbon Nanotubes with Titanium Nitride as a Low-Cost Counter-Electrode Material for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 3653. (引用频次555)
13) B Zhang, X Qin, GR Li, XP Gao*, Enhancement of long stability of sulfur cathode by encapsulating sulfur into micropores of carbon spheres, Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, 1531. (引用频次1265)
14) XP Gao*, HX.Yang*, Multi-electron reaction materials for high energy density batteries, Energy Environ. Sci. 2010, 3, 174. (引用频次600)。
15) 高学平，刘胜，秦学，张波，赖超，姚素梅，李国春，张业正，“多电子反应材料与新型二次电池的构筑”，2015年度天津市自然科学奖二等奖。
