Prof. Yang's research focuses on safe and efficient energy-storage materials and devices (lithium metal batteries, solid-state batteries, etc.), biomaterials for sustainable energy storage, and ultrafast synthesis of energy-related nanomaterials. His work has been published in Nature, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., PNAS, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Adv. Sci., ACS Nano etc.