The Intelligent Photonics Research Group is affiliated with the Department of Materials Physics and Chemistry at the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Beijing Institute of Technology. It is an important component of the Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Devices under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultra-Precision Optoelectronic Systems in Beijing. Its predecessor was the Nanophotonics Research Group founded by Professor Zou Bingshuo in 2009. In 2020, it was renamed the Intelligent Photonics Research Group, and the current team leader is Professor Zhong Haizheng. The group's mission is to cultivate interdisciplinary innovative talents in the field of photonics materials and to conduct disruptive intelligent photonics technologies. Its aim is to build a research team with international influence at Beijing Institute of Technology.

Currently, the research group has 5 full-time teachers: Zhong Haizheng (Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Executive Editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Director of the Intelligent Materials Discipline Direction of the School of Materials, Beijing Institute of Technology), Chen Yu (Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor), Yang Gaoling (Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor), Ju Yangyang (Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor), Liu Xiaoli (Research Assistant), and 3 part-time teachers: Zou Bingshuo (Professor of Guangxi University, Changjiang Scholar), Gregory D. Scholes (Professor of Princeton University, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Science), Andrey L. Rogach (Professor of City University of Hong Kong, Overseas Professor of the Ministry of Education). There are x postdoctoral researchers in the group, 36 graduate students (19 doctoral students and 17 master's students), and 3 international students.

Since 2010, the research team has focused on the application demands of new display and intelligent sensing technologies, and has conducted comprehensive research on the "materials - devices - systems" full chain regarding new photonic materials such as quantum dots, perovskites, and conjugated polymers. They have published over 200 academic papers in journals such as Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Synthesis, Nature Communications, Light: Science & Applications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Nano. Their total citations exceed 14,000, with the highest single citation reaching over 1,900. They have applied for over 100 Chinese patents. They have given invited presentations at over 60 academic conferences both domestically and internationally. They have established unique achievements and international influence in the fields of copper indium sulfur and perovskite quantum dots and their applications in lighting and display.

In recent years, the research team has been actively promoting the cooperation among industry, academia and research institutions. They have established long-term partnerships with companies such as TCL, BOE, and Hefei Lekai. Based on the invented perovskite quantum dot optical film technology, the company "Zhijing Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd." was founded. In 2017, as the project undertaking unit, it collaborated with Hefei Lekai and TCL to apply for and obtain a key research and development project under the program. In 2018, it was the first to exhibit a TV prototype equipped with perovskite quantum dots at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2018) and the International Display Technology Exhibition (SID 2018). In 2020, it collaborated with TCL to complete the sales of the world's first commercialized perovskite quantum dot TV products.