Yao Li
Center for Composite Materials and Structure
Harbin Institute of Technology
Contact
Center for Composite Materials and Structure
Building A, Scientific Park, Yi Kuang Street
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin, China, 150001
Phone: (86)451-86403767
Fax: (86) 451-86403767
E-mail: liyao@hit.edu.cn
Honors and Accolades
 2006 New Century Excellent Talents, Ministry of Education,China
 2011 First Prize, Natural Science Award of Hei Longjiang Province
 2004 Second Prize, Award for science and technology progress, Ministry of Education,China
 2012 Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars, Hei Longjiang Province
 2013 The youth science and Technology Award of Hei Longjiang Province
 2005 - present Director of Hei Longjiang Composite Materials Association
 2011 - present Director of Chinese Materials Association
Professional Experience
2000~2002
Lecturer, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
2002~2004
2002~2005
2005~present
2006~present
Post doc. in Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (HIT)
Professor of Materials Science of Engineering(HIT)
Visiting scholar in Department of Materials Science, Imperial College, London
Current Research
Professor Yao Li is author or co-author of over 100 papers, 35 patents, and two books in the fields of
materials science and engineering and materials processing. His research interests are foucused on the
following areas:
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Construction and prepartion of advanced functional composite and the control of their optical and
thermal properties
Ordered structured functional materials and their applications
Preparation and analysis of new high-performance polymer nanocomposites
Selected Publications
1. X. Liu, J.P. Zhao, J. Hao, B. Su, Y.Li, 3D Ordered Macroporous Germanium Fabricated by
Electrodeposition from an Ionic Liquid and Its Exalted Lithium Storage Properties, J. Mater. Chem. A,
In press
2. D.T.Ge, L.L.Yang, Z.Q.Tong, Y.B.Ding, W.H.Xin, J.P.Zhao, Y.Li, Ion diffusion and optical
switching performance of 3D ordered nanostructured poly aniline films for advanced
electrochemical/electrochromic devices, Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 104:191-197
3. W.H.Xin, J.P.Zhao, D.T.Ge, Y.B.Ding, Y.Li, F.Endres, Two-dimensional SixGe1-x films with
variable composition made via multilayer colloidal template-guided ionic liquid electrodeposition,
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2013,15, 2421-2426
4. Xin Zhang,Y.A. Niu, X.D. Meng, Y.Li, J.P. Zhao, Structural evolution and characteristics of the
phase transformations between a-Fe2O3, Fe3O4 and c-Fe2O3 nanoparticles under reducing and
oxidizing atmospheres, CrystEngComm, 2013,15,8166-8172
5. Y.B.Ding, D.T.Ge, L.L.Yang, Z.Y.Li, X.H.Xin,Y.Li, X.H.Wu, J.P.Zhao, Controllable synthesis of
Cu2O petalody octahedral microcrystals and multi-patterned evolution, JOURNAL OF COLLOID
AND INTERFACE SCIENCE ,2013, 392:151-157
6. X.Zhang, Y.A.Niu, Y.Li, X.M.Hou, Y.B.Wang, R.Bai, J.P.Zhao, Synthesis, optical and magnetic
properties of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with various shapes, Materials Letters, 2013,99:111-114
7. Z.Y.Li, L.L.Yang, Y.Li, Y.N.Yang, C.H.Zhou, Y.B.Ding, J.P.Zhao, Y.Li, Effects of pore size on the
mechanical properties of three-dimensionally ordered macroporous nickel, MATERIALS &
DESIGN, , 2013, 45, 52-55
8. Y.A.Niu, J.P.Zhao, X.Zhang, X.J.Wang, J.Wu, Y.Li, Large area orientation films based on graphene
oxide self-assembly and low-temperature thermal reduction, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2012,
101:18
9. X. Liu, Y. Zhang, D.T. Ge, J. Zhao, Y. Li, Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous silicon films
made by electrodeposition from an ionic liqiud. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012, 14,
5100-5105
10. L. Yang, D.T. Ge, J. Zhao, Y. Ding, X. Kong, Y. Li, Improved electrochromic performance of
ordered macroporous tungsten oxide films for IR electrochromic device, Solar Energy Materials &
Solar Cells, 2012, 100: 251-257
11. X.D.Meng, J.Zhao, H.Li Li, F. Endres, Y. Li，Enhanced photoluminescence of ordered macroporous
germanium electrochemically prepared from ionic liquids, Optics Express, 2012, 20: 9421-9430.
12. Y.H.Zhan, J.P.Zhao, C.H.Zhou, X.J.Wang, Y.P. Li, and Y.Li, Enhanced photon absorption of single
nanowire alpha-Si solar cells modulated by silver core, OPTICS EXPRESS, 2012, 20: 11506-11516.
13. S.H. Jeong, J.W. Lee, D. Ge, K. Sun, T. Nakashima, S.I. Yoo, A. Agarwal, Y.Li, N.A. Kotov,
Reversible nanoparticle gels with colour switching, Journal of Material of Chemistry 2011, 21,
11639-11643.
14. M. Zoubi, R.Al-Salman, S.Z. Abedin, Y.Li, F. Endres, Electrochemical Synthesis of Gallium
Nanowires and Macroporous Structures in an Ionic Liquid, Chemphychem, 2011, 15, 2751-2754.
15. X.J. Wang, Y. Sui, Y. Li, et al. The influence of the antiferromagnetic boundary on the magnetic
property of La2NiMnO6, Appl. Phy. Lett. 2009, 95(25): 252502
16. H.C.Zhang, Y.Li, H.P. Tan, Numerical Uncertainty for Radiative Transfer Equation by an
Information Entropy Approach, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2011, 25, 635-638.
17. X.J. Wang, Sui, Y. Sui, Y.Li, M. Xu, W.D. Wang, P. Liu, J.K. Tang, Spin glass behavior in
Sr(2)Mn(0.7)Fe(0.3)MoO(6), Journal of Applied Physics 2011,109, 07C322(1-5).
18. W.Xin, J.P.Zhao, Y.B.Ding, Y.Li, Fabrication of 3D ordered macroporous Ta2O5 films through
aqueous organic gel process, Applied Surface Science, 2011, 257,10725-10728.
19. D.T.Ge, L.L.Yang, Z.Fan, J.P.Zhao, Y.Li, Effect of templateds on inverse opals fabricated through
annular self-assembly/sol-gel method., Mater.Chem.Phys., 2011,130:59-62.
20. Y.Li, B.Ma, J.P.Zhao, W.H.Xin, X.J.Wang, Excellent mechanical properties of three-dimensionally
ordered macroporous nickel photonic crystals, J. Alloys and Compd., 2011, 509(2): 290-293.
21. D.T.Ge, Y. Li, L.L.Yang, Z. Fan, C. Liu, X. Zhang, Improved self-assembly through UV/ozone
surface-modification of colloidal spheres, Thin Solid Films, 2011, 519: 5203-5207
22. D.T. Ge, L.L.Yang, Y.Li, JP Zhao, et al, Reflective Behavior of Strong Absorption Metallic Photonic
Crystals, Synthetic Metals, 2011, 161: 235-240
23. M. Zou, R. Al-Salman, Y. Li, F. Endres, Highly Ordered 3D-Macroporous Poly (Para- Phenylene)
Films Made by Electropolymerization of Benzene in an Ionic Liquid, Z.Phys. Chem., 2011,225:393403
24. Y.Li, B. Ma, J.Zhao, Corrosion Resistance of NiCrAl Coatings in the Salt Spray Tests, RARE
METAL MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING, 2010,39: 2181-2184
25. R. Al-Salman R, X.D. Meng, J.P.Zhao, Y.Li, U.Kunast, M.M.Lezhnina, F.Endres, Semiconductor
nanostructures via electrodeposition from ionic liquids, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2010,
82(8):1673-1689.
26. X.D.Meng, X.Liu, J.P.Zhao, W.H.Xin, Y.Li, Semiconductor Electrodeposition from Ionic Liquids,
Progess in Chemistry, 2010, 22(2):277-283
27. D.T. Ge, L.L. Yang, Y. Li, Aggregation Behavior in the Early Stage of Sol Solutions Formation,
Chemical Physics Letters, 2010, 495: 113-116.
28. X.D. Meng, R. Al-Salman, J.P. Zhao, N. Borissenko, Y.Li, F. Endres, Electrodeposition of 3D
Ordered Macroporous Germanium from Ionic Liquids: A Feasible Method to Make Photonic Crystals
with a High Dielectric Constant, Angewante Chemie-International Edition, 2009, 4(15): 2703-2707.
29. Y.Li, W.H.Xin, J.P.Zhao, X.D.Meng, Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensionally ordered
macroporous niobium oxide, Solid State Sciences, 2009, 11:1625-1630.
30. D.T. Ge, L.L. Yang, Y. Li, et al, Hydrophobic and Thermal Insulation Properties of Silica
Aerogel/Epoxy Composite, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2009, 355: 2610-2615.
31. B. Ma, Y.Li, J.P.Zhao, X. Li , W.H. Xin, Novel structural functional films based on self-assembly
template and electrodeposition: Synthesis and characterization of porous Ni/YSZ films, Thin Solid
Films, 2009, 517: 5172-5175.