科学研究：主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目、重庆市自然科学基金面上项目等科研项目，长期致力于镁基无机材料及低维纳米材料的可控制备、结构调控及环境功能研究，重点开展层状双氢氧化物、镁基晶须/纳米线、金属氧化物及复合功能材料的制备与应用研究，涉及水污染物吸附、光催化降解、抗菌及资源循环利用等方向，在无机材料结构调控、界面作用及环境污染物去除机制等方面形成了一定的研究基础。近年来发表学术论文20余篇，其中SCI收录论文20余篇。
教研教改：承担《无机化学》《化工原理》《无机化学实验》《化工原理实验》等本科课程以及《高等无机化学》等研究生课程教学工作。指导研究生13名、本科生20余名，指导大学生科技创新项目3项、研究生科技创新项目3项。
代表性学术成果：
1. Juan Pei, Jialan Mi, Shuhan Yao, Mingxing Guo, Ye Zhang, Xiaoling Wan, Wei Wu, Ying Hong, Pei Hu, Ping Chen, Lin Chen, Haichun Zeng, Lulu Liu, Xing Fan, Bo Yu. Mechanically engineered multi-oxide heterojunctions for bifunctional antibacterial and photocatalytic environmental remediation[J]. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026: 122795. （IF=7.2，2区）
2. Juan Pei, Xiaoling Wan, Mingxing Guo, Jialan Mi, Wei Wu, Ying Hong, Pei Hu, Ping Chen, Lin Chen, Siwei Xiang, Qianyu Zhang, Haichun Zeng, Lulu Liu, Xing Fan, Bo Yu. Mechanochemical synthesis of ZnO@TiO2 II heterojunction material: Photocatalytic degradation and antibacterial synergistic effect[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025: 168624. （IF=12.5，1区）
3. Mingxing Guo, Juan Pei, Xiaoling Wan, Jialan Mi, Bo Yu, Siwei Xiang. Mg/Al LDO microspheres with high surface area for efficient tetracycline hydrochloride removal from water[J]. New Journal of Chemistry, 2025, 49: 15631–15642. （IF=2.6，3区）
4. Bo Yu, Mingxing Guo, Huan Dong, Juan Pei, Xiaoling Wan, Siwei Xiang. MgAl Layered Double Oxide: A Promising Adsorbent for Effective Methyl Orange Removal from Wastewater[J]. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2025: 102274. （IF=3.4，3区）
5. Bo Yu, Xiaoling Wan, Jiao Zhang, Juan Pei, Mingxing Guo, Siwei Xiang. Efficient phosphate removal from water using MgAl layered double oxide: characterization, performance, and mechanism[J]. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2025, 100(10): 2029–2038. （IF=2.7，4区）
6. Bo Yu, Juan Pei, Zhenying Yao, Mingxing Guo, Xiaoling Wan, Siwei Xiang, Shenghui Tian. Reinforcement of PLA With a Novel One-Dimensional Magnesium-Based Hybrid Filler: Achieving Superior Mechanical and Flame Retardant Properties[J]. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2025, 142(21): e56911. （IF=2.8，3区）
7. Bo Yu, Jialan Mi, Chenyuan Cui,Siwei Xiang, Kui Qiu. Shenghui Tian. Biochar-supported zinc ferrite for H2S removal at room temperature in anaerobic conditions[J]. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2025, 222: 286–297. （IF=3.9， 3区）
8. Chenyuan Cui, Liting Zhang, Chunmei Zhu, Lu Gong, Zhenying Yao, Siwei Xiang, Kui Qiu, Bo Yu. Simple preparation of ZnFe-LDH hierarchical microspheres with high H2S adsorption capacity at room temperature[J]. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2025, 36: 2075. （IF=2.8，4区）
9. Chunmei Zhu, Liting Zhang, Chenyuan Cui, Xin Lian, Long Qu, Bai He, Guoyuan Yuan, Jian Feng, Bo Yu. Defects-rich MgFe LDH: A high-capacity adsorbent for methyl orange wastewater[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, 74: 63–73. （IF=3.7，3区）
10. Chenyuan Cui Liting Zhang, Fujian Xie, Chunmei Zhu, Bo Yu. Ternary MgAlFe-Layered Double Hydroxide: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Photocatalytic Degradation[J]. ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9(43). （IF=2.3，4区）
11. Liting Zhang, Chenyuan Cui, Chunmei Zhu, Lu Gong, Min Li, Siwei Xiang, Bo Yu. High-efficiency fluoride removal using hierarchical flower-like magnesium oxide: adsorption characteristics and mechanistic insights[J]. New Journal of Chemistry, 2024, 48(39): 17268–17276. （IF=2.6，3区）
12. Lu Gong, Chunmei Zhu, Zhenying Yao, Chenyuan Cui, Liting Zhang, Xin Lian, Long Qu, Bai He, Guoyuan Yuan, Bo Yu. Synthesis of Magnesium hydroxide Whisker-encapsulated Carbonized Chitosan and Basic Magnesium Carbonate Composite for Efficient Pb(II) Removal[J]. ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9(9). （IF=2.3，4区）
13. Zhenying Yao, Lu Gong, Chunmei Zhu, Xin Lian, Bai He, Shenghui Tian, Bo Yu. Synthesis and characterization of superhydrophobic magnesium oxysulfate whiskers[J]. Particuology, 2023, 78: 111–121. （IF=4.3，3区）
14. Lu Gong, Chunmei Zhu, Zhenying Yao, Lan Xiang, Xin Lian, Bai He, Baoyan Fan, Bo Yu. CTAB assisted synthesis of ultra-high aspect ratio 3Mg(OH)2·MgCl2·8H2O nanowires[J]. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47(15): 7232–7238. （IF=2.6，3区）
15. Lu Gong, Zhenying Yao, Chunmei Zhu, Xin Lian, Bai He, Long Qu, Wei Xiong, Bo Yu. Synthesis of porous Mg(OH)2 nanowires for phosphate removal from water[J]. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2023, 676: 132137. （IF=5.4，2区）
16. Bo Yu, Lan Xiang. Composition and morphology of the thermal decomposition products of 3Mg(OH)2·MgCl2·8H2O nanowires[J]. Particuology, 2017, 30: 129–134. （IF=4.3，3区）
17. Chaojie Cui, Weizhong Qian, Yuntao Yu, Chuiyan Kong, Bo Yu, Lan Xiang, Fei Wei. Highly Electroconductive Mesoporous Graphene Nanofibers and Their Capacitance Performance at 4 V[J]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136(6): 2256–2259. （IF=16.6，1区）
