纳米孔材料区别于传统意义上的纳米材料，其特点为在材料内部存在大量纳米尺度的孔洞，而材料在外观上可以是纳米粉体也可以是宏观材料。由于大量孔洞的存在，纳米孔材料具有比表面积高、孔隙率大、密度低、活性位点多等特性。纳米孔材料的种类涵盖了无机、有机以及有机-无机复合材料，已经在催化、能源、吸附分离等领域获得了广泛关注。本实验室人员多年从事纳米孔材料的制备及结构表征，并开发其在新能源领域的应用。实验室围绕金属纳米孔功能材料、碳基纳米孔功能材料及先进孔结构表征技术等三个重点方向，组建了一只特色鲜明的高水平科研队伍。实验室现有固定人员34人，其中教授8人，副教授5人，讲师及博士后11人，专业实验技术人员6人，行政保障人员4人。多人次获得国家中青年科技创新领军人才、英国皇家化学会会士、中科院百人计划、国务院政府特殊津贴、天津市特聘教授、教育部新世纪优秀人才、天津市“131”创新人才培养工程等荣誉称号。
Nanoporous materials, possessing high surface area, large porosity and low density, have attracted many research interests in the fields of catalysis, new-energy device and separation. In the Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials at Tianjin University of Technology, more than 35 faculties from interdisciplinary backgrounds are focusing on the development of novel metallic and carbonaceous nanoporous materials for energy and low-carbon technologies. In the meantime,  advanced characterization technologies that are dedicated to revealing the porous unique structures at nanometer or atomic scale, such as structural/EDS tomography, EDS/EELS mapping, are also featured in our lab.