主持多项国家及省部纵向科研项目，在国际高水平杂志Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Chem. Commun.、Chem. Eur. J等发表SCI收录论文四十余篇。近年来的主要学术贡献包括发展了制备多酸有机衍生物的直接酯化与后修饰酯化合成新方法、制备了含脂肪长链的多酸头基两亲分子并发现了其独特的溶液自组装特性等；发明了“一锅”法直接合成三官能团化Anderson多氧络合物的方法，这些成果对推动多酸化学的发展具有极其重要的意义。代表性论文如下：
1. Panchao Yin†, Pingfan Wu†, Zicheng Xiao, Dong Li, Emily Bitterlich, Jin Zhang, Peng Cheng, Dmitri V. Vezenov, Tianbo Liu,* and Yongge Wei*. A double-tailed fluorescent surfactant with a hexavanadate cluster as the head group. Angew. Chem. Int . Ed. 2011, 50, 2521.（†共同第一作者）
2. Pingfan Wu, Zicheng Xiao, Jing Zhang, Jian Hao, Jiake Chen, Panchao Yin， Yongge Wei*. DMAP-catalyzed esterification of pentaerythritol-derivatized POMs: a new route for the functionalization of polyoxometalates. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5557.
3. Pingfan Wu, Jiake Chen, Panchao Yin, Zicheng Xiao, Jin Zhang, Aruuhan Bayaguud, Yongge Wei*. Solvent-induced supramolecular chirality switching of bis-(trisalkoxy)-hexavanadates. Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1344.
4. Hui Guo , Shangze Li , Xinxing Xiong , Di Li, Ziyang Liu , Longsheng Wang,* Pingfan Wu,* Syntheses, structures and characterizations of two organoimido derivatives of POMs containing sulfide groups. Polyhedron, 2015, 92, 1.
5. Pingfan Wu, Panchao Yin, Jin Zhang, Jian Hao, Zicheng Xiao, Yongge Wei. Single-Side Organically Functionalized Anderson-Type Polyoxometalates. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 12002.
6. Bo Huang, Nan Wang, Kang Yang, Degang Ke, Yangjun Fang, Xunliang Hu, Baolin Wu, Zicheng Xiao*, Pingfan Wu*, Yongge Wei*. Stepwise syntheses and
supramolecular assemblies of a series of polyoxovanadate hybrids with various architectures. New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 5853.
7. Deyuan Lou, Huishu Wang, Shuang Liu, Li Li, Wei Zhao, Xinhan Chen, Junlan Wang,Xiaoqiang Li, Pingfan Wu,* Jun Yang,* PdFe bimetallic catalysts for debenzylation of hexabenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HBIW) and tetraacetyldibenzylhexaazaisowurtzitane (TADBIW). Catalysis Communication, 2018, 109, 28.
8. Pingfan Wu, Lian-Lian Yu, Long Li, Yun Zhang , Xing-Hong Li, * Maternal transfer of dechloranes and their distribution among tissues in contaminated ducks. Chemosphere, 2016, 150, 514.
9.Min Cheng, Ni Li, Nan Wang, Kanghong Hu, Zicheng Xiao, Pingfan Wu*,
Yanhong Wei*.Synthesis, structure and antitumor studies of a novel decavanadate complex with a wavelike two-dimensional network. Polyhedron, 2018, 155, 313.
10. Xunliang Hu, Zicheng Xiao, Bo Huang, Xiaokang Hu, Min Cheng, Xinjun Lin, Pingfan Wu*, Yongge Wei*. Syntheses and post-functionalization of tri-substituted polyalkoxohexavanadates containing tris (alkoxo) ligands. Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 8505.
11. BoHuang, XiaokangHu, XunliangHu, NanWang, KangYang, ZichengXiao*, PingfanWu*. Synthesis and characterization of a novel inorganic-organic hybrid material based on polyoxometalates and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. J. Mol. Struct. 2017, 1149, 42.
12. Youquan Xie, Bo Huang, Chao Xu, Xunliang Hu, Weizhou Chen, Zicheng Xiao*, Pingfan Wu*. A novel 3D network constructed from tetra-substituted trisalkoxy-hexavanadate clusters: Na2[VIV6O7{(OCH2)3CNH2}4]. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2017, 84, 96.
13. Xin Li, Yue Wang, Liqun Li, Wenqing Huang, Zicheng Xiao*, Pingfan Wu*, Wenbo Zhao*, Wei Guo*, Peng Jiang* and Minghui Liang*. Deficient copper decorated platinum nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation of chloronitrobenzene. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 11294.
14. Bo Huang，Min Cheng，Jinlong Cai，Baolin Wu，Weihao Xiong，Xiaokang Hu，Zicheng Xiao*，Pingfan Wu*. Crystal Structures of Three New Hexavanadate Hybrids with Aromatic Carboxylate Ligands. J. Chem. Crystallogr. 2017, 47, 95.
15. Zicheng Xiao, Kun Chen, Baolin Wu, Wenjing Li, Pingfan Wu,* Yongge Wei*. An Easy Way to Construct Polyoxovanadate-Based Organic–Inorganic Hybrids by Stepwise Functionalization. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 808.
