长期从事光伏科学与工程领域的教学与研究工作。

主要研究方向包括：高效太阳能电池的设计与开发、半导体中的杂质与缺陷特性研究等。主持和完成的科研项目包括:

国家自然科学基金: 《GaAs中广延缺陷与载流子输运关联研究》

湖北省自然科学基金项目《“套娃型”Ag/介质纳米核壳结构增强硅薄膜光吸收特性研究》

校企合作项目《纳米银粉制备关键技术开发及应用》、《电容器绝缘油的替代介质研究》等。

代表性论文：

1. Wei-Kang Xu, Feng-Xiang Chen Gong-Hui Cao, Jia-Qi Wang, and Li-Sheng Wang. Research on influencing factors of performance in paintable carbon-based perovskite solar cells fabricated in ambient air. Chinese Physics B, 2018, 27(3):038402.

2. Changkui Hu, Qiong Chen, Fengxiang Chen, T.H. Gfroerer, M.W. Wanlass and Yong Zhang, Overcoming diffusion-related limitations in semiconductor defect imaging with phonon-plasmon coupled mode Raman scattering，Light: Science & Applications (2018) 7, doi: 10.1038/s41377-018-0016-y

3. Fengxiang Chen, Yong Zhang, T. H. Gfroerer, A. N. Finger, M. W. Wanlass, Spatial resolutionversus data acquisition efficiency in mapping an inhomogeneous system with species diffusion, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5:10542

4. Feng-xiang Chen, Xi-Cheng Wang, Dong-Lin Xia, Li-Sheng Wang, Design and optimization of Ag-dielectric core-shell nanostructures for silicon solar cells, AIP Advances, 2015, 5: 097129

5. Feng-Xiang Chen, Xi-Cheng Wang, Dong-Lin Xia and Li-Sheng Wang, Preparation and optical properties of Ag@SiO₂ core shell nanoparticles, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials- Rapid communications, 2015, 9(7-8): 986-989

6. Chen Fengxiang, Wang Lisheng and Wang Baozhu, Enhanced light trapping in thin film solar cells by Ag/Al₂O₃ core-shell nanoparticles, Modern Physics Letters B, 2014, 28(5): 1450040

7. Chen Fengxiang, Wang Lisheng and Xu Wenying, Enhanced optical absorption by Ag nanoparticles in thin film Si solar cells, Chinese Physics B, 2013, 22(4): 045202

8. Chen Fengxiang, Xu Wenying and Wang Lisheng, Research on optical absorption characteristic of Ag nanoparticles, Modern Physics Letters B, 2013, 27(11): 1350079

9. W. Y. Xu, F. X. Chen, J. F. Wang, n-β-FeSi₂/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells Simulation by AFORS-HET, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 2014, 16(3-4): 494-498

10. Wang Lisheng, Chen Fengxiang, Simulation of high efficiency bifacial solar cells on n-type substrate with AFORS-HET, Journal of Optoelectronics & Advanced Materials, 2011, 13(1):87-94. 

11. Wang Lisheng, Chen Fengxiang, Optimization of wide angle MgF₂/ZnS/Al₂O₃ passivation and antireflection film for silicon solar cells, Journal of Optoelectronics & Advanced Materials, 2012 , 14 (11) :929-934

12. Chen F. X., Zhang Y., Gfroerer T. H., Finger A. N., Wanlass M. W., Modeling photoluminescence spatial mapping of an isolated defect under uniform and selective excitation, Proceedings of the 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE), Tempa, U.S, 2013.6.16-2013.6.21

13. 陈凤翔，许伟康，汪礼胜. 缺陷周围载流子分布的时域GUI演示[J]. 大学物理，2016, 35(9):24-29.

14.杨永勇，汪礼胜，许伟康，张勇，王嘉绮，陈凤翔. CsGeI₃空穴传输层平面异质结钙钛矿太阳电池的模拟优化[J]. 人工晶体学报，2017, 46(5):814-819.

主讲《量子力学》、《数学物理方法》、《太阳能电池原理、技术及应用》等课程，主编出版《太阳电池--从理论基础到技术应用》一书，出版国际英文学术专著章节1章“Light trapping design in silicon-based solar cells”。

指导学生获奖

2010年、2012年、2014年指导学生参加湖北省物理竞赛，获1/2/3等奖

2015年指导硕士研究生许文英获“湖北省优秀硕士论文”。