Basic Information

Optics. 

Professor.

oliverlmy@whut.edu.cn

Biography

He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from Kwangwoon University, Korea in 2016. He had been a postdoctoral fellow for 3 years at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). He has published more than 100 research papers in international journals, and been authorized more than 15 patents.

Research Interests

Nanomaterials synthesize, nanostructures fabrication and characterization, functional materials, and optoelectronic devices.

Publications

(1) Zhenpeng Cheng, Tianle Wang, Junyan Zhu, Yaqi He, Shijie Liu, Ming-Yu Li^*, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Jihoon Lee, Sisi Liu^*, and Mao Sui^*. All‐Inorganic Lead‐Free Cs₂AgBiBr₆/ZnO Artificial Retina Synapse Based on Photoelectric Synergistic Dual‐Mechanism for Neuromorphic Computing, 2025, 7, 2810-2825.

(2) Shijie Liu^#, Zhenpeng Cheng^#, Ming-Yu Li^*, Sisi Liu, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Cong Wang, Xumin Ding, and Lei Wang^*. Synapses based on lead-free perovskite in artificial intelligence. Matter, 2024, 7, 2810-2825.

(3) Sisi Liu^*, Meng Wang, Tianyu Luo, Aoshen Wei, Ming-Yu Li^*, Haifei Lu, and Xiaoyan Wen. Suppressing Charge Extraction Loss in Quantum Dot Infrared Photovoltaics by Optimizing the Charge Transport Layer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024, 15, 427−8433.

(4) Meng Wang, Sisi Liu^*, Aoshen Wei, Tianyu Luo, Xiaoyan Wen, Ming-Yu Li^*, and Haifei Lu^*. Effective Charge Collection of Electron Transport Layers for High-Performance Quantum Dot Infrared Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 24572- 24579.

(5) Sisi Liu, Chengjie Deng, Meng Wang, Aoshen Wei, Tianyu Luo, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Ming-Yu Li^*, Jianbing Zhang^*. Efficient Quantum Dot Infrared Photovoltaic with Enhanced Charge Extraction via Applying Gradient Electron Transport Layers. Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12, 2303256(1)- 2303256(9).

(6) Zhenpeng Cheng, Zeping Li, Ming-Yu Li^*, Xiaoyan Wen, Xumin Ding, Hao Xu, Jihoon Lee, Haifei Lu^*, and Sisi Liu^*. A Synergetic Enhancement Strategy of Light Utilization and Carrier Transfer for UV Photodetection Associated with Artificial Resonance Nano-cavities. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 1685-1693.

(7) Hao Li, Zheng Yan, Min Li, Xiaoyan Wen, Shuo Deng, Sisi Liu, Wallace C.H. Choy, Lijie Li, Ming-Yu Li^*, Haifei Lu^*. Probing the Stability of Perovskite Solar Cell under Working Condition through an Ultra-thin Silver Electrode: Beyond the Halide Ion Diffusion and Metal Diffusion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 458, 1-9.

(8) Sisi Liu, Meng Wang, Xiong Yu, Hao Li, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Ming-Yu Li^*, Jianbing Zhang^*. Efficient PbSe Quantum Dot Infrared Photovoltaic Applying MXene Modified ZnO Electron Transport Layer. Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 2301252(1)-2301252(9).

(9) Shusen Lin, Md. Ahasan Habib, Shalmali Burse, Rutuja Mandavkar, Tasmia Khalid, Mehedi Hasan Joni, Ming-Yu Li^*, Sundar Kunwar, and Jihoon Lee^*. Hybrid UV Photodetector Design Incorporating AuPt Alloy Hybrid Nanoparticles, ZnO Quantum Dots, and Graphene Quantum Dots. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 2204-2215.

(10) Sisi Liu¹, Ming-Yu Li¹, Kao Xiong, Jianbo Gao, Xinzheng Lan, Daoli Zhang, Liang Gao, Jianbing Zhang, Jiang Tang. Efficient Quantum Dot Infrared Solar Cells with Enhanced Low-energy Photon Conversion via Optical Engineering. Nano Research, 2022, 10.

(11) Xiong Yu, Hao Li, Min Li, Xiaoyan Wen, Shuo Deng, Sisi Liu, Ming-Yu Li^*, Haifei Lu^*. In Situ Self-Oxidation of Few-Layered Nb₂CT_x Nanosheets in Aqueous Solution for Achieving Improved Humidity Sensitivity. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, 17718−17727.

(12) Yanran Wang, Ming-Yu Li^*, Shijie Liu, Yuan Ma, Bo Sun, Liangyu Wang, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Sisi Liu^*, Xumin Ding. A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of High Stability of Luminescent Zero Dimensional–Two Dimensional CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dot/1,4-bis(4-methylstyryl)benzene Nanoplate Heterostructures at an Atmospheric Condition. Nanomaterials, 2023, 13, 2723(1)- 2723(15).

(13) Shijie Liu, Hao Li, Haifei Lu, Yanran Wang, Xiaoyan Wen, Shuo Deng, Ming-Yu Li^*, Sisi Liu^*, Cong Wang*, Xiao Li. High Performance 0D ZnO Quantum Dot/2D (PEA)₂PbI₄ Nanosheet Hybrid Photodetectors Fabricated via a Facile Antisolvent Method. Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 4217.

(14) Yunfan Yue¹, Mingyu Li¹, Hao Li, Nianyao Chai, Yifan Dong, Zeping Li, Xiangyu Chen, Xuewen Wang*. One-step Anti-solvent Associated Method for High Performance Two-dimensional Perovskite Photodetectors Fabrication at Low Temperature. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 441, 135997(1) -135997(8).

(15) Hao Li, Zeping Li, Sisi Liu, Min Li, Xiaoyan Wen, Jihoon Lee, Shusen Lin, Ming-Yu Li*, Haifei Lu*. High Performance Hybrid MXene Nanosheet/CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dot Photodetectors with an Excellent Stability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 895, 162570(1)-162570(9).

(16) Zeping Li, Xiong Yu, Yunhao Zhu, Sisi Liu, Xiaoyan Wen, Haifei Lu, Cong Wang, Xiao Li, Ming-Yu Li*, Yingping Yang*. High Performance ZnO Quantum Dot (QD)/Magnetron Sputtered ZnO Homojunction Ultraviolet Photodetectors. Applied Surface Science, 2022, 582, 152352(1)-152352(9).

(17) Ming-Yu Li*, Zeping Li, Hao Li, Sisi Liu, Haifei Lu, Xiaoyan Wen, Yingping Yang*. ZnO Quantum Dot/MXene Nanoflake Hybrids for Ultraviolet Photodetectors. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 13674-13682.

(18) Ming-Yu Li, Sisi Liu*, Zhen Huang, Yuanfei Ai, Kai Shen, Haifei Lu, Min Li, Jiang Wu*. Facile Fabrication of Ultrasensitive Honeycomb Nano-Mesh Ultraviolet Photodetectors Based on Self-Assembled Plasmonic Architectures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021,13, 35972-35980.

(19) Ming-Yu Li, Kai Shen, Hao Xu, Aobo Ren, Jihoon Lee, Sundar Kunwar, Sisi Liu*, Jiang Wu*. Enhanced Spatial Light Confinement of All Inorganic Perovskite Photodetectors Based on Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures. Small, 2020, 16, 1-11.

(20) Ming-Yu Li, Muni Yu, Shenglin Jiang, Sisi Liu, Hezhuang Liu, Hao Xu Dong Su, Guangzu Zhang*, Yuntian Chen, Jiang Wu*. Controllable 3D Plasmonic Nanostructures for High-Quantum-efficiency UV Photodetectors Based on 2D and 0D Materials. Materials Horizons, 2020, 7, 905-911.

(21) Sisi Liu, Ming-Yu Li*, Jianbing Zhang, Dong Su, Zhen Huang, Sundar Kunwar, Jihoon Lee. Self‑Assembled Al Nanostructure/ZnO Quantum Dot Heterostructures for High Responsivity and Fast UV Photodetector. Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, 12, 1-13.

(22) Qingping Wang, Chris R. Bowen, Rhodri Lewis, Jun Chen, Wen Lei, Haibo Zhang, Bing Xie, Shiyong Qiu, Ming-Yu Li*, Shenglin Jiang*. Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets Doped Pyroelectric Ceramic Composite for High-performance Thermal Energy Harvesting. Nano Energy, 2019, 60, 144-152.

(23) Qingping Wang, Chris R. Bowen, Wen Lei, Haibo Zhang, Bing Xie, Shiyong Qiu, Ming-Yu Li*, Shenglin Jiang*. Improved Heat Transfer for Pyroelectric Energy Harvesting Applications Using a Thermal Conductive Network of Luminum Nitride in PMN–PMS–PZT Ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 5040-5051.

(24) Ming-Yu Li, Muni Yu, Dong Su, Jianbin Zhang, Shenglin Jiang, Jiang Wu, Qingping Wang, Sisi Liu*. Ultrahigh Responsivity UV Photodetector Based on Cu Nanostructure/ZnO QD Hybrid Architectures. Small, 2019,15, 1-10.

(25) Dong Su, Muni Yu, Guangzu Zhang, Shenglin Jiang*, Yanfeng Qin, Ming-Yu Li*. Highly Thermally Stable Au–Al Bimetallic Conductive Thin Films with a Broadband Transmittance Between UV and NIR Regions. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2020, 8, 2852-2860.

(26) Muni Yu, Sisi Liu, Dong Su, Shenglin Jiang, Guangzu Zhang, Yanfeng Qin, Ming-Yu Li*. Controllable MXene Nano-sheet/Au Nanostructure Architectures for the Ultra-sensitive Molecule Raman Detection. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 22230-22236.

(27) Sisi Liu, Ming-Yu Li*, Dong Su, Muni Yu, Hao Kan, Huan Liu, Xian Wang, Shenglin Jiang*. Broad-Band High-Sensitivity ZnO Colloidal Quantum Dots/Self-Assembled Au Nanoantennas Heterostructures Photodetectors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 32516-32525.

(28) Dong Su, Shenglin Jiang, Muni Yu, Guangzu Zhang, Huan Liu, Ming-Yu Li*. Facile Fabrication of Configuration Controllable Self-assembled Al Nanostructures as UV SERS Substrates. Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 22737-22744.

(29) Guangzu Zhang, Lingxi Weng, Runxi Bao, Zhaoyao Hu, Wenru Li, Shuang Qin,Shuqi Yang, Xu Zhang, Ming-Yu Li*, Shenglin jiang*. Significantly Enhanced Ferroelectric and Pyroelectric Properties in Polyvinylidene Fluoride Induced by Shear Force with Spin-coating. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2019, 30, 12540-12544.

(30) Xinxin Huo, Shenglin Jiang, Pin Liu, Meng Shen, Shiyong Qiu, Ming-Yu Li*. Molybdenum and Tungsten Doped SnO₂ Transparent Conductive Thin Films with Broadband High Transmittance between the Visible and Near-infrared Regions. CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4413-4423.

(31) Ming-Yu Li, Mao Sui, Puran Pandey, Quan-zhen Zhang, Sundar Kunwar, Gregory. J. Salamo, Jihoon Lee*. Precise Control of Configuration, Size and Density of Self-assembled Au Nanostructures on 4H-SiC (0001) by Systematic Variation of Deposition Amount, Annealing Temperature and Duration. CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 3347-3357.

(32) Shenglin Jiang, Chi Huang, Honggang Gu, Shiyuan Liu, Shuai Zhu, Ming-Yu Li*, Lingmin Yao, Yunyi Wu, Guangzu Zhang. Ultra Uniform Pb_0.865La_0.09(Zr_0.65Ti_0.35)O₃ Thin Films with Tunable Optical Properties Fabricated via Pulsed Laser Deposition. Materials, 2018, 11, 1-15.

(33) Ming-Yu Li, Quanzhen Zhang, Puran Pandey, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. From the Au Nano-clusters to the Nanoparticles on 4H-SiC (0001). Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 1-13.

(34) Ming-Yu Li*, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. Droplets to Merged Nanostructures: Evolution of Gold Nanostructures by the Variation of Deposition Amount on Si(111). Crystal Growth Design, 2014, 14, 1128-1134.

(35) Ming-Yu Li, Mao Sui, Puran Pandey, Quanzhen Zhang, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. Systematic Control of Self-Assembled Au Nanoparticles and Nanostructures Through the Variation of Deposition Amount, Annealing Duration, and Temperature on Si (111). Nanoscale Research Letters, 2015, 10, 1-14.

(36) Ming-Yu Li*, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. Effect of Au Thickness on the Evolution of Self-assembled Au Droplets on GaAs (111)A and (100). Nanoscale Research Letter, 2014, 9, 1-11.

(37) Ming-Yu Li, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. From the Nucleation of Wiggling Au Nanostructures to the Dome-shaped Au Droplets on GaAs (111)A, (110), (100), and (111)B. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2014, 9, 1-10.

(38) Ming-Yu Li*, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. Nucleation, Transition, and Maturing of the Self-assembled Au Droplets on Various Type-A GaAs Substrates. Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 116, 1-9.

(39) Ming-Yu Li*, Mao Sui, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*. Control of Size and Density of Self-assembled Au Droplets via Systematic Deposition Amount Control on High-index GaAs Type-A Surfaces. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 53, 1-9.

(40) Ming-Yu Li, Jihoon Lee*, Zhiming Wang*, Yusuke Hirono, Jiang Wu, Sangmin Song, Sang-Mo Koo, Eun-Soo Kim, Gregory J. Salamo. Sharp Contrast of the Density and Size of Ga Metal Droplets on Photolithographically Patterned GaAs (100) by Droplet Epitaxy under an Identical Growth Environment. Physica Status Solid A, 2012, 209, 1075-1079

(41) Ming-Yu Li, Yusuke Hirono, Sabina D Koukourinkova, Mao Sui, Sangmin Song, Eun-Soo Kim, Jihoon Lee*, Gregory J Salamo. Formation of Ga Droplets on Patterned GaAs (100) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Nanoscale Research Letters, 2012, 7, 1-9.