2013年以来，共发表SCI论文120余篇，被引30000余次，H因子77（实时数据见https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/F-8448-2014）。以（共同）第一/通讯作者身份在Chem Rev, Nat Commun, Sci Adv, Chem, Joule, Adv Mater，Angew Chem Int Ed等高水平期刊发表论文共45篇，其中ESI高被引论文20篇。参与编著《中国学科发展战略·电化学》、《2060中国碳中和》。近期代表性论文如下：
1. Cheng XB, Yang SJ, Liu Z, Guo JX, Jiang FN, Jiang F, Xiong X, Tang WB, Yuan H, Huang JQ, Zhang Q.* Electrochemically and Thermally Stable Inorganics-rich Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Robust Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2307370.
2. Jiang FN, Cheng XB,* Yang SJ, Xie J, Yuan H, Liu L, Huang JQ, Zhang Q.* Thermoresponsive Electrolytes for Safe Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2209114. (ESI高被引论文)
3. Yang S-J, Yao N, Jiang F-N, Xie J, Sun S-Y, Chen X, Yuan H, Cheng X-B,* Huang J-Q,* Zhang Q.* Thermally Stable Polymer-Rich Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Safe Lithium Metal Pouch Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 134, 2214545. (ESI高被引论文)
4. Shi P, Li T, Zhang R, Shen X, Cheng X-B,* Xu R, Huang J-Q,* Chen X-R, Liu H, Zhang Q.* Lithiophilic LiC6 Layers on Carbon Hosts Enabling Stable Li Metal Anode in Working Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1807131. (ESI高被引论文)
5. Cheng X-B, Zhao C-Z, Yao Y-X, Liu H, Zhang Q,* Recent advances in energy chemistry between solid-state electrolyte and safe lithium-metal anodes, Chem, 2019, 5, 74.（Cell姊妹刊，ESI高被引论文）
6. Zhao C-Z, Chen P-Y, Zhang R, Chen X, Li B-Q, Zhang X-Q, Cheng X-B,* Zhang Q.* An Ion-Redistributor for Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes, Science Advances, 2018, 4, eaat3446.（Science子刊，ESI高被引论文）
7. Zhang R, Chen X, Shen X, Zhang X-Q, Chen X-R, Cheng X-B,* Yan C, Zhao C-Z, Zhang Q.* Coralloid Carbon Fiber-Based Composite Lithium Anode for Robust Lithium Metal Batteries, Joule, 2018, 2, 764.（Cell姊妹刊，ESI高被引论文）
8. Cheng X-B, Zhang R, Zhao C-Z, Zhang Q.* Toward Safe Lithium Metal Anode in Rechargeable Batteries: A Review, Chemical Reviews, 2017, 117, 10403.（化学类权威综述期刊，ESI高被引论文）
9. Cheng X-B, Zhao M-Q, Chen C, Pentecost A, Maleski K, Mathis T, Zhang X-Q, Zhang Q,* Jiang J, Gogotsi Y.* Nanodiamonds Suppress the Growth of Lithium Dendrites, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 336.（Nature子刊，ESI高被引论文）
10. Cheng X-B, Yan C, Chen X, Guan C, Huang J-Q, Peng H-J, Zhang R, Yang S-T, Zhang Q.* Implantable Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Metal Batteries, Chem, 2017, 2, 258.（Cell姊妹刊，ESI高被引论文）