主要研究内容为功能膦酸材料、膜材料、以及复合材料的制备，以及相应的性能评价等，针对核燃料循环中的放射性废物问题，以解决放射性离子分离与资源化、放射性废物降级等应用环节中存在的关键科学和技术问题。

（1）功能配合物材料；

（2）放射性离子选择性吸附、分离与资源化；

（3）放射性废液减容。

1 .国家自然科学基金面上基金项目，“高离子强度含铀废液减容与资源化混合基质膜的创制与机理研究”(No. 22476159)，2025/01-2028/12，50万，在研，项目负责人；
2.国家自然科学基金面上基金项目，“功能磷基聚合物杂化膜的制备及其在酸性条件下对铀的分离与机理研究”(No. 21976090)，2020/01-2023/12，66万，已结题，项目负责人；
3.姑苏创新创业领军人才，“高酸性含铀废液净化材料的研发”(No. ZXL2021204)，2021/12-2024/12，50万，在研，项目负责人；
4.中央高校业务经费资助，2020/1-2022/12，30万，已结题，项目负责人；
5.江苏省基础研究计划（自然科学基金）面上项目，“功能膦酸铀酰配合物的构筑及其在温度探针中的应用”(BK20191281)，2019/07-2022/06，10万，已结题，项目负责人；
6.国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，“高稳定膦酸锆MOFs的构筑及对铀酰离子去污的研究”(No. 21701082)，2018/01-2020/12，25万，已结题，项目负责人；
7.中国博士后基金面上项目一等资助，“高稳定膦酸锆MOFs的设计与构筑” (2017M620211)，2017/08-2019/01，8万，已结题，项目负责人；
8.江苏省博士后科研资助计划，“功能膦酸锆材料的设计与合成” (1701108C)，2017/01-2019/01，2万，已结题，项目负责人；
9.中央高校业务经费资助，2017/01-2018/12，10万，已结题，项目负责人；
10.放射医学与辐射防护国家重点实验室开放课题，“膦酸锆框架材料的构筑及在放射性污染治理中的应用” (GZK1201804)，2018/09-2019/12，5万，已结题，项目负责人；
11. 配位化学国家重点实验室开放课题，“客体分子对膦酸MOFs质子传导性能的调控” (SKLCC1907)，2019/01-2020/12，4万，已结题，项目负责人；

35. Tao Zheng; Wenzhuo Tan; Li-Min Zheng*, Porous Metal Phosphonate Frameworks: Construction and Physical Properties. Accounts of Chemical Research,  2024, 57, 2973-2984.

34. Wenzhuo Tan; Li Xu; Ziwei Liu; Jihu Su; Tao Zheng*, Unveiling the unique mechanism of the UV-sensitive phosphonate-based metal-organic frameworksd. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, , 11, 6502-6510.

33. Ziwei Liu; Chuang Han; Wenzhuo Tan; Jinyan Ji; Tao Zheng.*, Reticular chemistry of uranyl phosphonates: synthesis, design, and beyond. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2023, 8, (2), 146-150.

32. Hongxia Zhao,^∆ Chao Qi,^∆ Xuewu Yan, Jinyan Ji, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang, Tao Zheng*, A Multifunctional Porous Uranyl Phosphonate Framework for Cyclic Utilization: Salvages, Uranyl Leaking Prevention, and Fluorescent Sensing, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 14380-14387.

31. Jianyan Ji, Chao Qi, Hongxia Zhao, Xuewu Yan, Zhi-fang Chai, Shuao Wang, Tao Zheng*, Regulating Porosity of Uranyl Phosphonate Frameworks with Quaternary Ammonium: Structure, Characterization, and Florescent Temperature Sensors, Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 16794-16804

30. Jinyan Ji, Chao Qi, Xuewu Yan*, Tao Zheng*, A 3D uranyl phosphonate framework: Structure, characterization, and fluorescence performance, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1269,133814

29. Zeng, Dai, Ren, Min, Bao, Song-Song, Tao Zheng*, Two three-dimensional mixed-ligated cobalt phosphonate coordination polymers: Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1248, 131456.2021

28. Yan Huang, Fan Zhou, Jianshen Feng, Hongxia Zhao, Chao Qi, Jianyan Ji, Songsong Bao*, Tao Zheng*, An ultra-stable hafnium phosphonate MOF platform for comparing the proton conductivity of various guest molecules/ions, Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, (10), 1238-1241.

27. Wang, Xiangxiang, Zhang, Hao, Qi, Chao, Zhou, Fan, Ni, Linhan, Chen, Saisai, Qi, Junwen, Wang, Chaohai, Tao Zheng*, Li, Jiansheng*, Hydrangea-Like Architectures Composed of Zr-Based Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets with Enhanced Iodine Capture, Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 16468-16472.

26. Weixuan Nie, Yanming Wang, Tao Zheng, Ammar Ibrahim, Ziqiao Xu, Charles McCrory, Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction by Cobalt Bis(pyridylmonoimine) Complexes: Effect of Ligand Flexibility on Catalytic Activity, ACS- Catalysis, 2020, 10, 4942-4959.

25. Yi Wang, ^∆ Xiangxiang Wang, ^∆ Yan Huang, Fan Zhou, Chao Qi, Tao Zheng*, Jiansheng Li, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang, Reticular chemistry of uranyl phosphonates: sterically hindered phosphonate ligand method is significant for constructing zero‐dimensional secondary building units, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 25, 12567-12575. (Very Important Paper)

24. Yi Wang,^∆ Dai Zeng,^∆ Fan Zhou, Dongya Zhang, Fan Zhou, Jiansheng Li, Tao Zheng*, A supramolecular uranyl phosphonate [BTEA]₂[(UO₂)₂(1,3-pbpH₂)₂F₂]: Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic characterization, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2018, 1173, 183-187.

23. Yi Wang, ^∆ Xiangxiang Wang,^∆ Dongya Zhang, Fan Zhou, Tao Zheng*, Jiansheng Li, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang*, A uranyl phosphonate framework with a temperature-induced order-disorder transition and temperature-correlated photoluminescence, CrystEngComm, 2018, 20,3153-3157.

22. Xiangxiang Wang, Daxiang Gui, Fuwan Zhai, Hui Li, Xia Wang, Yanlong Wang, Lanhua Chen, Tao Zheng*, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang*, Single-crystal-to-single-crystal desolvation in a Ti32 nanoring cluster, CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 7062-7065.

21. Daxiang Gui, ^∆ Xing Dai, ^∆ Tao Zheng, ^∆ Xiangxiang Wang, Mark A. Silver, Lanhua Chen, Chao Zhang, Juan Diwu, Ruhong Zhou, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang*, An Ultrastable Heterobimetallic Uranium(IV)/Vanadium(III) Solid Compound Protected by a Redox-Active Phosphite Ligand: Crystal Structure, Oxidative Dissolution, and First-Principles Simulation, Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 57, 903-907.

20. Yanlong Wang, Wei Liu, Zhuanling Bai, Tao Zheng, Mark A Silver, Yuxiang Li, Yaxing Wang, Xia Wang, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang, Employing a Unique Unsaturated Th⁴⁺ Site in a Mesoporous Thorium‐Organic Framework for Kr/Xe Uptake and Separation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 5783-5787.

19. Daxiang Gui,^∆ Xing Dai,^∆ Zetian Tao,^∆ Tao Zheng, Xiangxiang Wang, Mark A. Silver, Jie Shu, Lanhua Chen, Yanlong Wang, Tiantian Zhang, Jian Xie, Lin Zou, Yuanhua Xia, Jujia Zhang, Jin Zhang, Ling Zhao, Juan Diwu, Ruhong Zhou, Zhifang Chai, Shuao Wang, Unique Proton Transportation Pathway in a Robust Inorganic Coordination Polymer Leading to Intrinsically High and Sustainable Anhydrous Proton Conductivity, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 6146-6155.

18. Chaohai Wang, Tao Zheng, Rui Luo, Chao Liu, Ming Zhang, Jiansheng Li, Xiuyun Sun, Jinyou Shen, Weiqing Han, Lianjun Wang, In Situ Growth of ZIF-8 on PAN Fibrous Filters for Highly Efficient U(VI) Removal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 24164-24171.

17. Tao Zheng,^∆ Zaixing Yang,^∆ Zhiyong Liu, Daxiang Gui, Xiangxiang Wang, Xing Dai, Shengtang Liu, Linjuan Zhang, Yang Gao, Lanhua Chen, Daopeng Sheng, Yanlong Wang, Juan Diwu, Jianqiang Wang, Ruhong Zhou*, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, Shuao Wang*, Overcoming the Crystallization and Designability Issues in the Ultrastable Zirconium Phosphonate Framework System, Nature Communications, 2017, 8,15369.

16. Yuxiang Li,^∆ Zaixing Yang,^∆ Yanlong Wang,^∆ Zhuanling Bai, Tao Zheng, Xing Dai, Shengtang Liu, Daxiang Gui, Wei Liu, Meng Chen, Lanhua Chen, Juan Diwu, Lingyan Zhu, Ruhong Zhou*, Zhifang Chai, Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, Shuao Wang*, A Hydrolytically Stable, Mesop,orous, Cationic Thorium Organic Framework that Rapidly Traps Large Anionic Persistent Organic Pollutants, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1354.

15. Tao Zheng, Yang Gao, Daxiang Gui, Lanhua Chen, Daopeng Sheng, Juan Diwu*, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, and Shuao Wang*. Atypical Temperature-Dependence of Symmetry Transformation Observed in a Uranyl Phosphonate, Dalton Transaction, 2016, 45, 9031-9035;

14. Daxiang Gui,^∆ Tao Zheng,^∆ Lanhua Chen, Yanlong Wang, Yuxiang Li, Daopeng Sheng, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, and Shuao Wang*, Hydrolytically Stable Nanoporous Thorium Mixed Phosphite and Pyrophosphate Framework Generated from In-situ Redox-Active Ionothermal Reactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 3721; (^∆ coauthor)

13. Daxiang Gui,^∆  Tao Zheng,^∆  Jian Xie, Yawen Cai, Lanhua Chen, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, and Shuao Wang*, Significantly Dense Two Dimensional Hydrogen Bond Network in a Layered Zirconium Phosphate Leading to High Proton Conductivities in both Water-Assisted Low Temperature and Anhydrous Intermediate Temperature Regions, Inoragnic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 12508. (^∆ coauthor).

12. Fei Yu,^∆ Chang Shen,^∆ Tao Zheng,^∆ Wing-Kin Chu, Jing Xiang*, Ya Luo, Chi-Chiu Ko*, Zheng-Qing Guo*, and Tai-Chu Lau, Acid-Base Behaviours in Absorption and Emission Spectra of Ruthenium(II) Complexes with Hydroxyl-Substituted Bipyridine and Phenanthroline Ligands, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 3641; (^∆ coauthor)

11. Lin Xu, Tao Zheng, Shitong Yang*, Linjuan Zhang, Jianqiang Wang, Wei Liu, Lanhua Chen, Juan Diwu, Zhifang Chai, and Shuao Wang*, Uptake Mechanisms of Eu(III) on Hydroxyapatite: a Potential Permeable Reactive Barrier Backfill Material for Trapping Trivalent Minor Actinides, Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50, 3852;

10. Lanhua Chen, Tao Zheng, Songsong Bao, Linjuan Zhang, Hsin-Kuan Liu, Li-Min Zheng, Jianqiang Wang, Yaxing Wang, Juan Diwu*, Zhifang Chai, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, and Shuao Wang*, Trapping of U(V) in an Extraordinarily Complex Mixed-Valent Uranium Phosphonate Framework, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 11954;

9. Tao Zheng,^∆ Qun-Yan Wu,^∆ Yang Gao, Daxiang Gui, Shiwen Qiu, Lanhua Chen, Daopeng Sheng, Juan Diwu*, Wei-Qun Shi*, Zhifang Chai, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt and Shuao Wang*, Probing the Influence of Phosphonate Bonding Modes to Uranium(VI) on Structural Topology and Stability: A Complementary Experimental and Computational Investigation, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 3864-3874;

8. Tao Zheng, Yang Gao, Lanhua Chen, Zhiyong Liu, Juan Diwu*, Zhifang Chai, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt and Shuao Wang*, A new chiral uranyl phosphonate framework consisting of achiral building units generated from ionothermal reaction: structure and spectroscopy characterizations, Dalton Transaction, 2015, 44, 18158-18166;

7. Tao Zheng, Zhong-Sheng Cai, Wei-Xuan Nie, Min Ren, Song-Song Bao*, Li-Min Zheng*, Modulating the microporosity of cobalt phosphonates via positional isomerism of co-linkers, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 8926-8932;

6. Tao Zheng,^∆ Yang Gao,^∆ Lanhua Chen, Juan Diwu*, Zhifang Chai, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt and Shuao Wang*, Structural and spectroscopic characterization of two new layered uranyl(VI) p-xylenediphosphonate compounds synthesized via ionothermal method, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2015, 435, 131-136; (^∆ coauthor)

5. Tao Zheng, Min Ren, Song-Song Bao and Li-Min Zheng*, M₂(pbtcH)(phen)₂(H₂O) [M(II) = Co, Ni]: Mixed-ligated metal phosphonates  based on  5-phosphonatophenyl-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid showing double chain structures, Chinese Chemical Letter, 2014, 25, 835-838; (Cover Article)

4. Tao Zheng, Juan M. Clemente-Juan, Jing Ma, Lin Dong, Song-Song Bao, Jian Huang, Eugenio Coronado, and Li-Min Zheng*, Breathing Effect in a Cobalt Phosphonate upon Dehydration/rehydration: A Single–crystal to Single–crystal Study, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, 48, 16394-16402;

3. Tao Zheng, Song-Song Bao, Min Ren, Li-Min Zheng*, Cobalt phosphonates based on 4-(ethoxycarbonyl)naphthalen-1-yl) phosphonic acid, Dalton Transaction, 2013, 42, 16396-16402;

2. Deng-Ke Cao*, Yue-Hao Lu, Tao Zheng, Yu-Hao Zhang, Yi-Zhi Li and Li-Min Zheng*, Reaction of an anthracene-based cyclic phosphonate ester with trimethylsilyl bromide unexpectedly generating two phosphonates: syntheses, crystal structures and fluorescent properties, RSC Advance, 2013, 3, 4001–4007;

1. Xiao-Jing Yang, Song-Song Bao, Tao Zheng and Li-Min Zheng*, An enantioenriched vanadium phosphonate generated via asymmetric chiral amplification of crystallization from achiral sources showing a single-crystal-to-single-crystal dehydration process. Chemical Communication, 2012, 48, 6565–6567.

申请国内发明专利7项，授权5项。