Academic Qualification

Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Master in Central South University

Teaching Area

Materials Science

Nanomaterials

Basic Chemistry

Display and Lighting Materials

Research Area

Synthetic chemistry of Quantum Dots

Quantum Dots based light-emitting diode (QLED) devices

Novel nanophosphors

Bio-application of fluorescent nanoparticles

Nanomaterials for environmental remediation

Professional Services

Serves as the reviewer for Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, JACS…

Working Experience

Aug.2022~Present, Professor, Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, MUST

Jun. 2013 ~Sep.2022, Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Aug. 2012~May. 2013, Professor, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jul. 2011~Aug. 2012, Senior Scientist/Project Leader, Intematix Corporation, U.S.,

Jan.2010~Aug.2011, Postdoctoral Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.

Jan.2009~Jan.2010, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Santa Barbara. U.S.

Sep.2006~Dec.2008, Postdoctoral Researcher, CEA Grenoble, France

Academic Publication (selected)

1.          Mengda He, Qinggang Zhang, Francesco Carulli, Andrea Erroi, Weiyu Wei, Long Kong, Changwei Yuan, Qun Wan, Mingming Liu, Xinrong Liao, Wenji Zhan, Lei Han, Xiaojun Guo, Sergio Brovelli, Liang Li*, Ultra-stable, solution-processable CsPbBr3-SiO2 nanospheres for highly efficient color conversion in μ-LEDs, ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 151–158.

2.          Qun Wan, Weilin Zheng, Chen Zou, Francesco Carulli, Congyang Zhang, Haili Song, Mingming Liu, Qinggang Zhang, Lih Y. Lin, Long Kong, Liang Li*, Sergio Brovelli* Ultrathin Light-Emitting Diodes with External Efficiency over 26% Based on Resurfaced Perovskite Nanocrystals, ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 2, 927-934

3.          Changwei Yuan, Mengda He, Xinrong Liao, Mingming Liu, Qinggang Zhang, Qun Wan, Zan Qu, Long Kong *,  Liang Li * Interface defects repair of core/shell quantum dots through halide ion penetration, Chemical Science 2023,14, 13119-13125.

4.          Matteo L. Zaffalon, Francesca Cova, Mingming Liu , Alessia Cemmi, Ilaria Di, Sarcina, Francesca Rossi, Francesco Carulli1, Andrea Erroi1, Carmelita Rodà, Jacopo Perego, Angiolina Comotti, Mauro Fasoli, Francesco Meinardi, Liang Li *, Anna Vedda*, Sergio Brovelli* Extreme γ-ray radiation hardness and high scintillation yield in perovskite nanocrystals, Nature Photonics, 2022, 16, 860–868.

5.          Qinggang Zhang,Shiqiang Liu,Mengda He,Weilin Zheng,Qun Wan,Mingming Liu,Xinrong Liao,Wenji Zhan,Changwei Yuan,Jinyu Liu,Haijiao Xie,Xiaojun Guo,Long Kong*,Liang Li* Stable Lead-Free Tin Halide Perovskite with Operational Stability>1200h by Suppressing Tin(II) Oxidation, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, e2022054.

6.          Qinggang. Zhang, Mengda. He, Qun Wan, Weilin Zheng, Minmin Liu, Congyang. Zhang, Xinrong Liao, Wenji Zhan, Long Kong, Xiaojun Guo, Liang Li*, Suppressing thermal quenching of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals by constructing a wide-bandgap surface layer for achieving thermally stable white light-emitting diodes, Chemical Science 2022, 13 3719-3727.

7.          Congyang Zhang, Qun Wan, Luis K Ono, Yuqiang Liu, Weilin Zheng, Qinggang Zhang, Mingming Liu, Long Kong, Liang Li*, Yabing Qi*, "Narrow-Band Violet-Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Stable Cesium Lead Chloride Perovskite Nanocrystals" ACS Energy Lett. 2021,6,3545-355.

8.          Mingming Liu, Qun Wan, Huamiao Wang, Francesco Carulli, Xiaochuan Sun, Weilin Zheng, Long Kong, Qi Zhang, Congyang Zhang, Qinggang Zhang, Sergio Brovelli*, Liang Li*, Suppression of temperature quenching in perovskite nanocrystals for efficient and thermally stable light-emitting diodes, Nature Photonics, 2021, 15, 379–385.

9.          Congyang Zhang, Wanbin Li, Liang Li∗, Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals in Metal‐Organic Framework Host: Not Merely Enhanced Stability, 2021, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2021, 60,7488–7501.

10.      Qinggang Zhang, Bo Wang, Weilin Zheng, Long Kong, Qun Wan, Congyang Zhang, Zhichun Li, Xueyan Cao, Mingming Liu, Liang Li*, Ceramic-like stable CsPbBr3 nanocrystals encapsulated in silica derived from molecular sieve templates, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 1-9.

11.      Lu Huang, Zhichun Li, Congyang Zhang, Long Kong, Bo Wang, Shouqiang Huang, Vaishali Sharma, Houyu Ma, Qingchen Yuan, Yue Liu, Guoqing Shen, Kaifeng Wu, Liang Li*, Sacrificial oxidation of a self-metal source for the rapid growth of metal oxides on quantum dots towards improving photostability, Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 6683-6688.

12.      Congyang Zhang, Bo Wang, Weilin Zheng, Shouqiang Huang, Long Kong, Zhichun Li, Gufeng He, Liang Li*, Hydrofluoroethers as orthogonal solvents for all-solution processed perovskite quantum-dot light-emitting diodes, Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 358-365.

13.      Congyang Zhang, Bo Wang, Wanbin Li, Shouqiang Huang, Long Kong, Zhichun Li，Liang Li*, Conversion of invisible metal-organic frameworks to luminescent perovskite nanocrystals for confidential information encryption and decryption, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 1138.

14.      Zhichun Li, Long Kong, Shouqiang Huang, Liang Li*, Highly Luminescent and Ultrastable CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots Incorporated into a Silica/Alumina Monolith, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2017, 129, 8246 –8250.

15.      Shouqiang Huang, Zhichun Li, Long Kong, Nanwen Zhu, Aidang Shan, Liang Li*, Enhancing the Stability of CH3NH3PbBr3 Quantum Dots by Embedding in Silica Spheres Derived from Tetramethyl Orthosilicate in “Waterless” Toluene, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 5749–5752.

16.      Zhichun Li, Wei Yao, Long Kong, Yixin Zhao, Liang Li*, General Method for the Synthesis of Ultrastable Core/Shell Quantum Dots by Aluminum Doping, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 12430-12433.

17.      A. Pandey, S. Brovelli, R. Viswanatha, Liang Li, J.M.Pietryga, V.I. Klimov*, S.A.Crooker*. Long-lived photo induced magnetization in copper doped ZnSe–CdSe core–shell nanocrystals, Nature Nanotechnology, 2012, 7, 792-797.

18.      Liang Li, Anshu Pandey, Donald J. Werder, Bishnu P. Khanal, Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Victor I. Klimov*, Efficient Synthesis of Highly Luminescent Copper Indium Sulfide-Based Core/Shell Nanocrystals with Surprisingly Long-Lived Emission, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 1176-1179.

19.      Liang Li, Nelson Coates, Daniel Moses*, Solution-Processed Inorganic Solar Cell Based on in Situ Synthesis and Film Deposition of CuInS2 Nanocrystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 22-23.

20.      Liang Li, Peter Reiss*, One-pot Synthesis of Highly Luminescent InP/ZnS Nanocrystals without Precursor Injection, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130, 11588-11589. 

Research Grants

2023.11 -- 2026.11  Highly stable quantum dots for high resolution display application and their demonstrations in Microdisplays (FDCT 12,000,000MOP)

2023.11 -- 2026.11  Absorber based on perovskite materials (Industrial partner, 2,830,000 RMB)

2024.05-- 2025.05  Nano-sorbents for Heavy metal ions (Industrial partner, 500,000 RMB)

2024.9—2026.9  Novel fluorescent probes for Tropical Diseases Early Detection  (Industrial partner, 1,000,000 RMB)

Patents (selected)

1.      Liang Li; Zhichun Li; Metal oxide/silicon dioxide-coated quantum dot and method for preparing same, 2018-9-27, United States, US 20180273839 A1. Issued Patent

2.       Liang Li; Zhichun Li; Self-passivating quantum dot and preparation method thereof, 2017-8-31, United States, US 20170247614 A1. Issued Patent

3.      Li Liang, Zhang Qinggang. Preparation method of semiconductor nanocrystalline fluorescent material and semiconductor nanocrystalline fluorescent material prepared by the method and its application [P]. China, ZL 2019 1 1055146.5. Issued Patent

4.      Li Liang, Kong Long, Liu Min. CuS nanocrystalline adsorbent and its preparation method and its application in copper electroplating wastewater treatment [P]. China, ZL201510915507.4, 2020-06-19. Issued Patent

5.      Li Liang, Kong Long, Liu Min. ZnFe2S4 nanocrystalline adsorbent and its preparation method and its application in electroplating wastewater treatment [P]. China, ZL201510915533.7, 2020-06-19. Issued Patent

6.      Li Liang, Li Zhichun, Huang Shouqiang. Metal oxide/silica coated or wrapped quantum dots and their preparation method [P]. China, ZL201610478181.8, 2020-04-10. Issued Patent

7.      Li Liang, Li Zhichun. A self-passivating quantum dot and its preparation method [P]. China, ZL201510830152.9, 2019-07-12. Issued Patent

8.      Qu Zan, Yan Naiqiang, Li Liang, Fang Li, Chen Dongyao. A method for simultaneous removal and separation of multiple heavy metals in wastewater [P]. China, ZL201610783337.3, 2019-12-10. Issued Patent

9.      Yan Lili, Li Liang, Shen Guoqing, Sun Mingxing, Qin Jiaolong. A quantum dot photocatalytic flexible film and its preparation method and application [P]. China, ZL201610194204.2, 2019-09-03. Issued Patent

10.  Li Liang, Kong Long, Qu Zan. Vulcanizing agent modified magnetic nano Fe3O4 adsorbent and its preparation method and application [P]. China, ZL201410145654.3, 2016-10-19. Issued Patent

Professional Certification and Awards

Professional Society Membership

Chinese Society of Particuology