The research interests include electrochemical corrosion performance of advanced metals and fabrication of smart multifunction organic coating, the Service Behavior and Evaluation Method of Metal Materials in the Dry Processing of Nuclear Power Spent Fuel and the Reliability of Human Implant Materials and Devices

More than 300 international scientific publications. The main publication in the past five years is as follow:

1. Fan, Lei; Liu, Li^*; Lv, Yuhai; Wang, Hao; Fu, Anqing; Yuan, Juntao; Li, Ying; Wang, Fuhui; Yin, Chengxian, Effects of pre-oxidation on the corrosion behavior of pure Ti under coexistence of solid NaCl deposit and humid oxygen at 600 degrees C: the diffusion of chlorine, Scientific Reports, 2020, 10(1): 16291.

2. Arukalam, Innocent O.; Njoku, C. N.; Yang, Lihui; Hou, Baorong; Li, Ying, Inhibition of sulfate-reducing bacteria influenced corrosion on hydrophobic poly(dimethylsiloxane) coatings, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2020, 52: 198-206.

3. Yu, Yingjie; Li, Ying*,New insight into the negative difference effect in aluminium corrosion using in-situ electrochemical ICP-OES, Corrosion Science, 2020, 168: 108568.

4. Suyun Liu; Li Liu; Ying Li; Fuhui Wang, Effects of N-alkylation on anticorrosion performance of doped polyaniline/epoxy coating, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2020, 39(4): 48-55.

5. Demian I. Njoku, Peter C. Okafor, Hassane Lgaz, Kelechi J.Uwakwe, Emeka E. Oguzie, Ying Li, Outstanding anticorrosion and adsorption properties of 2-amino-6-methoxybenzothiazole on Q235 and X70 carbon steels: Effect of time, XPS, electrochemical and theoretical, Journal of Molecular Liquids，Available online 31 October 2020, 114663

6. Yumeng Ni, Fan Zhang, Demian I. Njoku, Yingjie Yu, Jinshan Pan Meijiang Meng, Ying Li ，Corrosion mechanism of CuAl-NiC abradable seal coating system—the influence of porosity, multiphase, and multilayer structure on the corrosion failure，Journal of Materials Science & Technology，Volume 88,20 October 2021, Pages 258-269

7. Shiyao Du a,b, Yang Zhang a,b, Meijiang Meng a, Ao Tang a,*, Ying Li a,c,**,The role of water transport in the failure of silicone rubber coating for implantable electronic devices, Progress in Organic Coatings, Volume 159, October 2021, 106419 

8. Weichen Bai a,b, Yuantai Ma a, Meijiang Meng a, Ying Li a,c,*, The influence of graphene on the cathodic protection performance of zinc-rich epoxy coatings, Progress in Organic Coatings，Volume 161, December 2021, 106456

9. Njoku, Demian, I; Li, Bowen; Khan, M. Saleem; Chinonso, Uzoma Paul; Njoku, Chigoziri N.; Onyeachu, Ikenna B.; Li, Ying, Quadruple-action coatings provided by doping epoxy with inhibitor laden clay nanotubes functionalized with layer-by-layer of cross-bridged chitosan and anionic polyelectrolytes, Progress in Organic Coatings, Volume157, August,2021,106312 

10. Njoku, Demian, I; Njoku, Chigoziri N.; Lgaz, Hassane; Okafor, Peter C.; Oguzie, Emeka E.^*; Li, Ying, Corrosion protection of Q235 steel in acidic-chloride media using seed extracts of Piper guineense, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 330:115619

11. J. Yang, H. Yan, H. Hao, Y. Song, Y. Li, Q. Liu*, A. Tang*, Synergetic Modulation on Solvation Structure and Electrode Interface Enables a Highly Reversible Zinc Anode for Zinc–Iron Flow Batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 2331-2339

12. M. Yang, Z. Xu, W. Xiang, H. Xu, M. Ding*, Y Li, A. Tang*, R. Gao, G. Zhou*, C. Jia*, High performance and long cycle life neutral zinc-iron flow batteries enabled by zinc-bromide complexation, Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 44, 433-440.

13. B. Li, D. Njuko, M. Meng, A. Tang*, Y. Li*, Designing smart microcapsules with natural polyelectrolytes to improve self-healing performance for water-based polyurethane coatings, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c18339.

14. Hui Yan, Yingjie Yu, Yuanfang Song, Bing Lei, Yumeng Ni, Ao Tang, Ying Li, An abradable and anti-corrosive CuAl-Ni/C seal coating for aero-engine, Chemical Engineering Journal，474 (2023) 145665(1-9)                                           

15. Jing Yang, Hui Yan, Qi-an Zhang, Yuanfang Song, Ying Li and Ao Tang, A Universal Additive Design Strategy to Modulate Solvation Structure and Hydrogen Bond Network toward Highly Reversible Fe Anode for Low-Temperature All-Iron Flow Batteries, Small，2023, 2307354 (1-12)                                                         

16. Shiyao Du, Hui Yan, Zihe Liu, Ao Tang, Ying Li, A robust and transparent nanosilica-filled silicone rubber coating with synergistically enhanced mechanical properties and barrier performance, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 151 (2023) 219–226

17. Zihe Liu , Xiaoguang Yang , Weichen Mao , Xinyan Jin , Li Wang , Xue Zhang , Ying Li, Influence of Al addition on the grain boundary oxidation of ultra high strength steels during hot coiling, Corrosion Science 211 (2023)110863(1-9)                     

18. Bowen Li, Yuantai Ma, Demian N., Meijiang Meng, Ao Tang, Ying Li, Design of anti-mildew smart microcapsules with chitosan as encapsulant for advanced electronic packaging epoxy coating, Progress in Organic Coatings 180 (2023) 107568(1-12)

19. Njoku, DI ; Njoku, AC; Udoh, II; Uzoma, PC; Etim, IIN ; Li, BW; Li, Y, Understanding the multifunctional anticorrosion protective mechanism of epoxy:based coatings modified with hydrogel and benzotriazole conveying nanotubes for Q235 steel protection in 3.5 % NaCl，Surface & Coatings Technology，Volume484, May 30 2024,

20. Shiyao Du1,2,5, Feng Li3,5, Flemming Bjerg Grumsen3, Rajan Ambat3, Ao Tang1 & Ying Li, Awards & Honors Effect of bias potential and dimension on electrochemical migration of capacitors for implantable devices, npj materials degradation,  (2024)8 :24

First Prize of Natural Science in Liaoning Province in 2010 and 2020

First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Corrosion and Protection Society