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Ming Li

Associate Professor in Materials, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Dr Ming Li obtained his Ph.D. in 2008 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield under the supervision of Professor Derek C. Sinclair. Upon completing his Ph.D., he remained in Sheffield working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) with Professor Sinclair until 2013. He then joined the group of Professor Matthew J. Rosseinsky FRS as a PDRA at the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool. In 2014 he was awarded a Nottingham Research Fellowship and started his independent academic career at the 糖心原创.

Dr Ming Li is part of the Advanced Materials Research Group.

Expertise Summary

Characterisation of electrical and dielectric properties of materials by Impedance Spectroscopy

Processing and sintering of electroceramics

Electronic conductors, ionic conductors (e.g., oxide ion conductors, proton conductors, Li ion conductors), mixed ionic/electronic conductors for a range of electrochemical and catalytic applications:

  • Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs)
  • Solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries
  • Dense ceramic membranes for oxygen separation and hydrogen separation, catalytic membrane reactors
  • Catalysts and catalyst supports based on conductive oxides

Ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics

Teaching Summary

ENGR4004 Energy Storage

MMME3071 Materials for Low-Carbon Transport

MMME2045 Materials in Design

MMME1029 Materials and Manufacturing

Research Summary

Our research focuses on understanding electrical conduction mechanisms and defect chemistry in functional materials (mainly metal oxides) to design and manufacture new materials for energy and… read more

Selected Publications

  • LI, MING, NIU, HONGJUN, DRUCE, JOHN, T脡LLEZ, HELENA, ISHIHARA, TATSUMI, KILNER, JOHN A., GASPARYAN, HRIPSIME, PITCHER, MICHAEL J., XU, WEN, SHIN, J. FELIX, DANIELS, LUKE M., JONES, LEANNE A. H., DHANAK, VIN R., HU, DINGYUE, ZANELLA, MARCO, CLARIDGE, JOHN B. and ROSSEINSKY, MATTHEW J., 2020. Advanced Materials. 32(4), 1905200
  • LI, MING, PIETROWSKI, MARTHA J., DE SOUZA, ROGER A., ZHANG, HUAIRUO, REANEY, IAN M., COOK, STUART N., KILNER, JOHN A. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2014. Nature Materials. 13(1), 31-35
  • LEI, L., LI, M., GRANT, D. M., YANG, S., YU, Y., WATTS, J. A. and AMABILINO, D. B., 2020. Chemistry of Materials.
  • LI, MING, ZHANG, HUAIRUO, COOK, STUART N., LI, LINHAO, KILNER, JOHN A., REANEY, IAN M. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2015. Chemistry of Materials. 27(2), 629-634

Current Research

Our research focuses on understanding electrical conduction mechanisms and defect chemistry in functional materials (mainly metal oxides) to design and manufacture new materials for energy and electronic applications.

Our particular expertise and the core theme underlying our research is probing the 'electrical microstructure' and defect chemistry of materials using various electrical characterisation techniques, particularly Impedance Spectroscopy. Metal oxides often exhibit low levels of nonstoichiometry (typically <1 at%) that is associated with impurities in raw materials, deliberate chemical doping or 'accidental' element loss/gain during sample processing. Such small compositional variations, although difficult to detect accurately by common chemical techniques, can induce significant changes in electrical conduction mechanism and conductivity as well as complex electrical inhomogeneity in a sample. We specialise in separating contributions to conductivity and permittivity from different regions (grains, grain cores, gran shells, grain boundaries, sample-electrode non-ohmic interfaces, surface layers, etc.) and identifying the nature of charge carriers (electrons, holes, ions, etc.) using Impedance Spectroscopy.

This approach and expertise allow for deep understanding of composition-structure-property relationships in metal oxides, which is crucial to design new materials as well as improve the performance of current materials.

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from highly motivated PhD candidates from home and international countries.

  • YANG, Z. Y., ZHANG, N. J., LEI, L., YU, C. Y., DING, J. J., LI, P., CHEN, J. L., LI, M., LING, S. L., ZHUANG, X. D. and ZHANG, S. D., 2022. Supramolecular Proton Conductors Self-Assembled by Organic Cages: Jacs Au Jacs Au. 2(4), 819-826
  • CHEN, J., MEI, Q., CHEN, Y., MARSH, C., AN, B., HAN, X., SILVERWOOD, I. P., LI, M., CHENG, Y., HE, M., CHEN, X., LI, W., KIPPAX-JONES, M., CRAWSHAW, D., FROGLEY, M. D., DAY, S. J., GARC脥A-SAKAI, V., MANUEL, P., RAMIREZ-CUESTA, A. J., YANG, S. and SCHR脰DER, M., 2022. Journal of the American Chemical Society.
  • CHEN, J., MEI, Q. Q., CHEN, Y. L., MARSH, C., AN, B., HAN, X., SILVERWOOD, I. P., LI, M., CHENG, Y. Q., HE, M., CHEN, X., LI, W. Y., KIPPAX-JONES, M., CRAWSHAW, D., FROGLEY, M. D., DAY, S. J., SAKAI, V. G., MANUEL, P., RAMIREZ-CUESTA, A. J., YANG, S. H. and SCHROEDER, M., 2022. Highly Efficient Proton Conduction in the Metal-Organic Framework Material MFM-300(Cr)center dot SO4(H3O)(2): Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(27), 11969-11974
  • SHANG, F., WEI, J., XU, J., ZHANG, G., LI, M., XU, K., LIU, X., LI, B., HUANG, H., CHEN, G. and XU, H., 2022. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
  • CHEN, X., ZHANG, Z., CHEN, J., SAPCHENKO, S., HAN, X., DA-SILVA, I., LI, M., VITORICA-YREZABAL, I. J., WHITEHEAD, G., TANG, C. C., AWAGA, K., YANG, S. and SCHR脰DER, M., 2021. Chemical Communications. 57(1), 65-68
  • ABURAS, M., EBENDORFF-HEIDEPRIEM, H., LEI, L., LI, M., ZHAO, J., WILLIAMSON, T., WU, Y. and SOEBARTO, V., 2021. Energy and Buildings. 235,
  • DONG, G. Z., FAN, H. Q., JIA, Y. X., LI, M. and ZHANG, S. J., 2021. Electro-mechano-optical properties of the Er3+ modified Bi0.5Na0.4K0.1TiO3 versatile ceramics: Journal of the European Ceramic Society Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 41(4), 2488-2496
  • ABURAS, M., EBENDORFF-HEIDEPRIEM, H., LEI, L., LI, M., ZHAO, J. B., WILLIAMSON, T., WU, Y. P. and SOEBARTO, V., 2021. Smart windows - Transmittance tuned thermochromic coatings for dynamic control of building performance: Energy and Buildings Energy and Buildings. 235, 16
  • XI, X. Q., ZHANG, L., KANG, J., LI, Y. B., WANG, Z. Y., FEI, B., CHENG, X., HUANG, G. C., LI, M. and CHEN, H., 2021. Chip-level Ce:GdYAG ceramic phosphors with excellent chromaticity parameters for high-brightness white LED device: Optics Express Optics Express. 29(8), 11938-11946
  • RAHEEG RAGAB, JONATHAN PARKER, MING LI, TAO LIU and WEI SUN, 2021. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 104424
  • LEI, L., LI, M., GRANT, D. M., YANG, S., YU, Y., WATTS, J. A. and AMABILINO, D. B., 2020. Chemistry of Materials.
  • LI, MING, NIU, HONGJUN, DRUCE, JOHN, T脡LLEZ, HELENA, ISHIHARA, TATSUMI, KILNER, JOHN A., GASPARYAN, HRIPSIME, PITCHER, MICHAEL J., XU, WEN, SHIN, J. FELIX, DANIELS, LUKE M., JONES, LEANNE A. H., DHANAK, VIN R., HU, DINGYUE, ZANELLA, MARCO, CLARIDGE, JOHN B. and ROSSEINSKY, MATTHEW J., 2020. Advanced Materials. 32(4), 1905200
  • CHAO LI, MING LI, SHAOKUN YIN, LIANG ZENG and LEI ZHANG, 2020. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 157986
  • MA, Y. L., ZHANG, L., ZHOU, T. Y., HOU, C., KANG, J., YANG, S. S., XI, X. Q., YUAN, M. X., HUANG, J., WANG, R., SELIM, F. A., LI, M., WANG, Y. and CHEN, H., 2020. High quantum efficiency Ce:(Lu,Y)(3)(Al,Sc)(2)Al3O12 transparent ceramics with excellent thermal stability for high-power white LEDs/LDs: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(46), 16427-16435
  • DIAZ-LOPEZ, M., SHIN, J. F., LI, M., DYER, M. S., PITCHER, M. J., CLARIDGE, J. B., BLANC, F. and ROSSEINSKY, M. J., 2019. Chemistry of Materials.
  • LEI, L., YANG, S., YU, Y., LI, M., XIE, J., BAO, S., JIN, P. and HUANG, A., 2019. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(37), 21085-21095
  • ZHANG, X., DA SILVA, I., FAZZI, R., SHEVELEVA, A. M., HAN, X., SPENCER, B. F., SAPCHENKO, S. A., TUNA, F., MCINNES, E. J. L., LI, M., YANG, S. and SCHR脰DER, M., 2019. Inorganic Chemistry.
  • ROUGHT, PETER, MARSH, CHRISTOPHER, PILI, SIMONA, SILVERWOOD, IAN P., SAKAI, VICTORIA GARC脥A, LI, MING, BROWN, MARTYN S., ARGENT, STEPHEN P., VITORICA-YREZABAL, INIGO, WHITEHEAD, GEORGE, WARREN, MARK R., YANG, SIHAI and SCHR脰DER, MARTIN, 2019. Chem. Sci.. 10, 1492-1499
  • FAN, PENGYUAN, ZHANG, YANGYANG, ZHU, YIWEI, MA, WEIGANG, LIU, KAI, HE, XUETING, MARWAT, MOHSIN ALI, XIE, BING, LI, MING and ZHANG, HAIBO, 2019. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 102(7), 4113-4126
  • XIAOJIE NI, LEI LEI, YU YU, JUNJIE XIE, MING LI, SONGWANG YANG, MEI WANG, JIANDANG LIU, HONGJUN ZHANG and BANGJIAO YE, 2019. Nanotechnology. 30(16), 165402
  • STEINER, SEBASTIAN, SEO, IN-TAE, REN, PENGRONG, LI, MING, KEEBLE, DAVID J. and FR脰MLING, TILL, 2019. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 102(9), 5295-5304
  • YOU, H. H., ZHANG, L., JIANG, Y. Z., SHAO, T. Y., LI, M. and GONG, J. L., 2018. Bubble-supported engineering of hierarchical CuCo2S4 hollow spheres for enhanced electrochemical performance: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(13), 5235-5240
  • YANG, F., LI, M., LI, L., WU, P., PRADAL-VEL脕ZQUEZ, E. and SINCLAIR, D. C., 2018. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(13), 5243-5254
  • LEI, L., ZHANG, S. D., YANG, S. W., LI, X. M., YU, Y., WEI, Q. Z., NI, Z. C. and LI, M., 2018. Influence of hole transport material/metal contact interface on perovskite solar cells: Nanotechnology Nanotechnology. 29(25), 13
  • LI, L. H., LI, M. and SINCLAIR, D. C., 2018. The influence of excess K2O on the electrical properties of (K,Na)(1/2)Bi1/2TiO3 ceramics: Applied Physics Letters Applied Physics Letters. 112(18), 5
  • TANG, N., YOU, H. H., LI, M., CHEN, G. Z. and ZHANG, L., 2018. Cross-linked Ni(OH)(2)/CuCo2S4/Ni networks as binder-free electrodes for high performance supercapatteries: Nanoscale Nanoscale. 10(44), 20526-20532
  • PILI, S., ROUGHT, P., KOLOKOLOV, D. I., LIN, L. F., DA SILVA, I., CHEN, Y. Q., MARSH, C., SILVERWOOD, I. P., SAKAI, V. G., LI, M., TITMAN, J. J., KNIGHT, L., DAEMEN, L. L., RAMIREZ-CUESTA, A. J., TANG, C. C., STEPANOV, A. G., YANG, S. H. and SCHRODER, M., 2018. Enhancement of Proton Conductivity in Nonporous Metal-Organic Frameworks: The Role of Framework Proton Density and Humidity: Chemistry of Materials Chemistry of Materials. 30(21), 7593-7602
  • LI, L., LI, M., REANEY, I. M. and SINCLAIR, D. C., 2017. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(25), 6300-6310
  • TIANYAN SHAO, HUIHUI YOU, ZHANGJIE ZHAI, TIANHUI LIU, MING LI and LEI ZHANG, 2017. Materials Letters. 201, 122 - 124
  • ZHIPENG GAO, LINGFENG WU, CHENGJIA LU, WEI GU, TAO ZHANG, GAOMIN LIU, QINGHAI XIE and MING LI, 2017. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 37(1), 137 - 143
  • YANG, F., LI, M., LI, L., WU, P., PRADAL-VEL脕ZQUE, E. and SINCLAIR, D. C., 2017. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(41), 21658-21662
  • LI, LINHAO, LI, MING, ZHANG, HUAIRUO, REANEY, IAN M. and SINCLAIR, DEREK, 2016. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 4, 5779-5786
  • PILI, SIMONA, ARGENT, STEPHEN P., MORRIS, CHRISTOPHER G., ROUGHT, PETER, GARC脥A-SAKAI, VICTORIA, SILVERWOOD, IAN P., EASUN, TIMOTHY L., LI, MING, WARREN, MARK R., MURRAY, CLAIRE A., TANG, CHIU C., YANG, SIHAI and SCHR脰DER, MARTIN, 2016. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(20), 6352鈥�6355
  • ZHENG, J., CHEN, G. H., YUAN, C. L., ZHOU, C. R., CHEN, X., FENG, Q. and LI, M., 2016. Ceramics International. 42(1, Part B), 1827-1832
  • SANTIB脕脩EZ-MENDIETA, ALMA B., DIDIER, CHRISTOPHE, INGLIS, KENNETH K., CORKETT, ALEX J., PITCHER, MICHAEL J., ZANELLA, MARCO, SHIN, J. FELIX, DANIELS, LUKE M., RAKHMATULLIN, AYDAR, LI, MING, DYER, MATTHEW S., CLARIDGE, JOHN B., BLANC, FR脡D脡RIC and ROSSEINSKY, MATTHEW J., 2016. Chemistry of Materials.
  • SAHOO, PRANGYA P., PAYNE, JULIA L., LI, MING, CLARIDGE, JOHN B. and ROSSEINSKY, MATTHEW J., 2015. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 76(0), 82-87
  • ENCISO-MALDONADO, LEOPOLDO, DYER, MATTHEW S., JONES, MICHAEL D., LI, MING, PAYNE, JULIA L., PITCHER, MICHAEL J., OMIR, MONA K., CLARIDGE, JOHN B., BLANC, FREDERIC and ROSSEINSKY, MATTHEW J., 2015. Chemistry of Materials. 27(6), 2074-2091
  • LI, MING, LI, LINHAO, ZANG, JIADONG and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2015. Applied Physics Letters. 106(10), 102904
  • LI, MING, ZHANG, HUAIRUO, COOK, STUART N., LI, LINHAO, KILNER, JOHN A., REANEY, IAN M. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2015. Chemistry of Materials. 27(2), 629-634
  • SCHILEO, GIORGIO, FETEIRA, ANTONIO, REICHMANN, KLAUS, LI, MING and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2015. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 35(9), 2479-2488
  • REICHMANN, KLAUS, FETEIRA, ANTONIO and LI, MING, 2015. Materials. 8(12), 5469
  • GU, F. F., CHEN, G. H., LI, X. Q., YANG, Y., FENG, Q., YANG, T., YUAN, C. L. and LI, M., 2015. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 167, 354-359
  • AKIN, IPEK, LI, MING, LU, ZHILUN and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2014. Rsc Advances. 4(61), 32549-32554
  • LI, MING, PIETROWSKI, MARTHA J., DE SOUZA, ROGER A., ZHANG, HUAIRUO, REANEY, IAN M., COOK, STUART N., KILNER, JOHN A. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2014. Nature Materials. 13(1), 31-35
  • 艩IMO, F., PAYNE, J. L., DEMONT, A., SAYERS, R., LI, MING, COLLINS, C. M., PITCHER, M. J., CLARIDGE, J. B. and ROSSEINSKY, M. J., 2014. Solid State Sciences. 37(0), 23-32
  • ZANG, JIADONG, LI, MING, SINCLAIR, DEREK C., FR脰MLING, TILL, JO, WOOK and R脰DEL, J脺RGEN, 2014. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 97(9), 2825-2831
  • ZANG, JIADONG, LI, MING, SINCLAIR, DEREK C., JO, WOOK and ROEDEL, JUERGEN, 2014. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 97(5), 1523-1529
  • CHEN, XINGYU, BAI, SHUXIN, LI, MING and ZHANG, WEIJUN, 2013. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 33(15鈥�16), 3001-3006
  • COSTA, SARA I. R., LI, MING, FRADE, JORGE R. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2013. Rsc Advances. 3(19), 7030-7036
  • LI, MING and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2013. Journal of Applied Physics. 114(3), 034106
  • KLIONSKY DJ AND 1269 OTHERS, 2012. Autophagy. 8, 445-544
  • CHEN, GUO-HUA, DI, JIE-CHANG, LI, MING, REANEY, IANM, LEI, YAN, XU, HUA-RUI, ZHOU, CHANG-RONG, JIANG, MIN-HONG and LIU, XIN-YU, 2012. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 23(3), 746-752
  • LI, MING and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2012. Journal of Applied Physics. 111(5), 054106
  • SCHMIDT, RAINER, STENNETT, MARTIN C., HYATT, NEIL C., POKORNY, JAN, PRADO-GONJAL, JES脷S, LI, MING and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2012. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 32(12), 3313-3323
  • LI, MING, SINCLAIR, DEREK C. and WEST, ANTHONY R., 2011. Journal of Applied Physics. 109(8), 084106
  • LI,MING, FETEIRA,ANTONIO, MIRSANEH,MEHDI, LANAGAN,MICHAEL T. and SINCLAIR,DEREK C., 2010. Journal of Materials Research. 25(06), 1011-1014
  • LI, MING, FETEIRA, ANTONIO, MIRSANEH, MEHDI, LEE, SOONIL, LANAGAN, MICHAEL T., RANDALL, CLIVE A. and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2010. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 93(12), 4087-4095
  • CHEN, WEI-TIN, WILLIAMS, ANTHONY J., ORTEGA-SAN-MARTIN, LUIS, LI, MING, SINCLAIR, DEREK C., ZHOU, WUZONG and ATTFIELD, J. PAUL, 2009. Chemistry of Materials. 21(10), 2085-2093
  • LI, MING, FETEIRA, ANTONIO and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2009. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(11), 114109
  • LI, MING, SHEN, ZHIJIAN, NYGREN, MATS, FETEIRA, ANTONIO, SINCLAIR, DEREK C. and WEST, ANTHONY R., 2009. Journal of Applied Physics. 106(10), 104106
  • LI, MING, FETEIRA, ANTONIO, SINCLAIR, DEREK C. and WEST, ANTHONY R., 2007. Applied Physics Letters. 91(13), 132911
  • LI, MING, FETEIRA, ANTONIO, SINCLAIR, DEREK C. and WEST, ANTHONY R., 2006. Applied Physics Letters. 88(23), 232903
  • LI, MING, FETEIRA, ANTONIO and SINCLAIR, DEREK C., 2005. Journal of Applied Physics. 98(8), 084101
  • LI, M., SONG, L. X., LE, J., ZHANG, X. W., PEI, B. G. and HU, X. F., 2005. . In: PAN, W., GONG, J. H., GE, C. C. and LI, J. F., eds., High-Performance Ceramics Iii, Pts 1 and 2 280-283. 907-910
  • LI MING; SONG LIXIN; LE JUN; SONG XUEPING; GUO ZHANCHENG, 2005. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 20(3), 764-768
  • LI, MING, SONG, LIXIN, LE, JUN, ZHANG, XIAOWEI, PEI, BAOGEN and HU, XINGFANG, 2004. Materials Transactions. 45(8), 2785-2787
  • LUO, Z. K., SONG, L. X., LI, M., LIU, J. H. and CAI, H. H., 2004. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 19(6), 1397-1401
  • WANG, D., GAO, Y., LI, M., STURROCK, C. J., GREGORY, A. S. and ZHANG, X. X., Change in hydraulic properties of the rhizosphere of maize under different abiotic stresses: Plant and Soil Plant and Soil.
  • ZHOU, T. Y., HOU, C., ZHANG, L., MA, Y. L., KANG, J., LI, T., WANG, R., HUANG, J., LI, J. W., REN, H. D., FU, Z. X., SELIM, F. A., LI, M. and CHEN, H., Efficient spectral regulation in Ce:Lu-3(Al,Cr)(5)O-12 and Ce:Lu-3(Al,Cr)(5)O-12/Ce:Y3Al5O12 transparent ceramics with high color rendering index for high-power white LEDs/LDs: Journal of Advanced Ceramics Journal of Advanced Ceramics.
  • LI, M., MASKILL, S., WEN, Z. X., YUE, Z. F. and SUN, W., A miniaturized thin-plate low cycle fatigue test method at elevated temperature: Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures.

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