Dr Ming Li
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

Researcher biography
My research interests are in the materials of energy storage with specific interest in electrochemistry and electron microscopy, crystallography of engineering and functional materials.
I received my PhD from UQ in Chemical Engineering in 2017. Since completing my PhD I continue the research in the area of energy storage materials.
My interests are in operando physical characterisation methods for battery materials, understanding battery degradation mechanisms in fast charging mode, and crystallography of engineering and functional materials.
Book Chapter
Knibbe, Ruth, Li, Ming and Ran, Lingbing (2023). Advanced electron microscopy characterization of sodium-ion battery materials. Handbook of sodium-ion batteries: materials and characterization. (pp. 589-624) edited by Rohit R. Gaddam and X. S. (George) Zhao. Singapore: Jenny Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.1201/9781003308744-12
Journal Articles
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Xia, Qingbing, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2024). Correction to “Facilitating Sodium Nucleation in Anode-Free Sodium Batteries”. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (2), 820-820. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.3c03025
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Gentle, Ian, Xia, Qingbing and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). A deeper understanding of metal nucleation and growth in rechargeable metal batteries through theory and experiment. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (51) e202309247, 1-24. doi: 10.1002/anie.202309247
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Xia, Qingbing, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Facilitating sodium nucleation in anode-free sodium batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6 (22), 11550-11559. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01938
Li, Ming, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Bryant, Ethan, Cooper, Emily, Tao, Shiwei and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Study of Na deposition formation in mixed ethylene: Propylene carbonate electrolytes by inert/cryoelectron microscopy. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15 (46), 53333-53341. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c09442
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Gentle, Ian, Xia, Qingbing and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). A Deeper Understanding of Metal Nucleation and Growth in Rechargeable Metal Batteries Through Theory and Experiment. Angewandte Chemie, 135 (51), 1-23. doi: 10.1002/ange.202309247
Tao, Shiwei, Demir, Baris, Baktash, Ardeshir, Zhu, Yutong, Xia, Qingbing, Jiao, Yalong, Zhao, Yuying, Lin, Tongen, Li, Ming, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Solvent‐derived fluorinated secondary interphase for reversible Zn‐graphite dual‐ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (39) e202307208, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/anie.202307208
Tao, Shiwei, Demir, Baris, Baktash, Ardeshir, Zhu, Yutong, Xia, Qingbing, Jiao, Yalong, Zhao, Yuying, Lin, Tongen, Li, Ming, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Solvent‐derived fluorinated secondary interphase for reversible Zn‐graphite dual‐ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie, 135 (39) e202307208. doi: 10.1002/ange.202307208
Strickland, Nicholas M, Wimbush, Stuart C, Soman, Arya Ambadiyil, Long, Nicholas J, Rupich, Martin W, Knibbe, Ruth, Li, Ming, Notthoff, Christian and Kluth, Patrick (2023). Near-isotropic enhancement of the 20 K critical current of REBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors from columnar defects. Superconductor Science and Technology, 36 (5) 055001. doi: 10.1088/1361-6668/acbac6
Tao, Shiwei, Zhang, Cheng, Zhang, Jincan, Jiao, Yalong, Li, Ming, Lin, Weikang, Ran, Lingbing, Clement, Benoit, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2022). A Hydrophobic and Fluorophilic Coating Layer for Stable and Reversible Aqueous Zinc Metal Anodes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446 136607, 136607. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136607
Soman, Arya A., Wimbush, Stuart C., Rupich, Martin W., Notthoff, Christian, Kluth, Patrick, Knibbe, Ruth, Li, Ming and Strickland, Nicholas M. (2022). The role of stacking faults in the enhancement of the a-b plane peak in silver ion-irradiated commercial MOD REBCO wires. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32 (4) 8000405, 1-5. doi: 10.1109/tasc.2022.3142648
Tao, Shiwei, Li, Ming, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Ran, Lingbing, Wepf, Roger, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2022). In Operando Closed-cell Transmission Electron Microscopy for Rechargeable Battery Characterization: Scientific Breakthroughs and Practical Limitations. Nano Energy, 96 107083, 1-27. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107083
Strickland, Nicholas M., Wimbush, Stuart C., Ambadiyil Soman, Arya, Kluth, Patrick, Notthoff, Christian, Knibbe, Ruth, Li, Ming and Rupich, Martin W. (2022). Isotropic and anisotropic flux pinning induced by heavy-ion irradiation. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32 (4), 1-5. doi: 10.1109/tasc.2022.3142715
Ran, Lingbing, Li, Ming, Cooper, Emily, Luo, Bin, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2021). Enhanced safety and performance of high-voltage solid-state sodium battery through trilayer, multifunctional electrolyte design. Energy Storage Materials, 41, 8-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.05.040
Ran, Lingbing, Baktash, Ardeshir, Li, Ming, Yin, Yu, Demir, Baris, Lin, Tongen, Li, Meng, Rana, Masud, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou, Searles, Debra J. and Knibbe, Ruth (2021). Sc, Ge Co-doping NASICON boosts solid state sodium ion batteries performance. Energy Storage Materials, 40, 282-291. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.05.017
Ran, Lingbing, Tao, Shiwei, Gentle, Ian, Luo, Bin, Li, Ming, Rana, MdMasud, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2021). Stable interfaces in a sodium metal-free, solid-state sodium-ion battery with gradient composite electrolyte. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (33) acsami.1c09792, 39355-39362. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c09792
Li, Ming, Ran, Lingbing and Knibbe, Ruth (2021). Zn electrodeposition by an in situ electrochemical liquid phase transmission electron microscope. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (2), 913-918. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03475
Ran, Lingbing, Luo, Bin, Gentle, Ian R., Lin, Tongen, Sun, Qiang, Li, Ming, Rana, Md Masud, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2020). Biomimetic Sn4P3 anchored on carbon nanotubes as an anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. ACS Nano, 14 (7) acsnano.0c03432, 8826-8837. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03432
Ran, Lingbing, Gentle, Ian, Lin, Tongen, Luo, Bin, Mo, Ning, Rana, Masud, Li, Ming, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2020). Sn4P3@Porous carbon nanofiber as a self-supported anode for sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 461 228116, 228116. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228116
Li, Ming and Knibbe, Ruth (2020). A study of membrane impact on spatial resolution of liquid in situ transmission electron microscope. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26 (1), 126-133. doi: 10.1017/s143192761901523x
Rana, Masud, He, Qiu, Luo, Bin, Lin, Tongen, Ran, Lingbing, Li, Ming, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2019). Multifunctional effects of sulfonyl-anchored, dual-doped multilayered graphene for high areal capacity lithium sulfur batteries. ACS Central Science, 5 (12) acscentsci.9b01005, 1946-1958. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01005
Rana, Masud, Li, Ming, Huang, Xia, Luo, Bin, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2019). Recent advances in separators to mitigate technical challenges associated with re-chargeable lithium sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (12), 6596-6615. doi: 10.1039/c8ta12066h
Rana, Masud, Ahad, Syed Abdul, Li, Ming, Luo, Bin, Wang, Lianzhou, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2018). Review on areal capacities and long-term cycling performances of lithium sulfur battery at high sulfur loading. Energy Storage Materials, 18, 289-310. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2018.12.024
Li, Ming, Amirzadeh, Zhila, De Marco, Roland, Tan, Xin Fu, Whittaker, Andrew, Huang, Xia, Wepf, Roger and Knibbe, Ruth (2018). In situ techniques for developing robust Li-S batteries. Small Methods, 2 (11) 1800133, 1800133. doi: 10.1002/smtd.201800133
Li, Ming, Li, Jian-Min, Zheng, Qing, Wang, Geoff and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2018). Effect of solutes on grain refinement of As-cast Fe-4Si Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 49A (6), 2235-2247. doi: 10.1007/s11661-018-4571-x
Li, Ming, Li, Jian-Min, Zheng, Qing, Qiu, Dong, Wang, Geoff and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2017). A New Grain Refiner for Ferritic Steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 48 (6), 2902-2912. doi: 10.1007/s11663-017-1101-y
Li, Ming, Li, Jianmin, Qiu, Dong, Zheng, Qing, Wang, Geoff and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2016). Crystallographic study of grain refinement in low and medium carbon steels. Philosophical Magazine, 96 (15), 1556-1578. doi: 10.1080/14786435.2016.1171413
Li, Ming, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Wu, Chao (2016). Numerical simulation of air ventilation in super-large underground developments. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 52, 38-43. doi: 10.1016/j.tust.2015.11.009
Thesis
Li, Ming (2017). Grain refinement of ferritic structural steel. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.585