Areas of research interest

functional ceramic; ceramic through wave materials; aerogel heat-protection material

Teaching

Processing of advanced ceramic; Foundation of inorganic Materials Structure；High temperature ceramics and aerospace materials

Research projects

"Preparation and characterization of new long lasting phosphorescent inorganic materials with photocatalysis " Nippon sheet glass foundation for materials science and engineering

"High performance heat insulation material and its application in energy saving", Science and technology support plan of Tianjin(17YFZCGX00600)

Key materials Project:

" Research of silicon nitride gradient ceramic composite"

" Preparation and properties of aerogel insulation material "

"Lead-free piezoelectric texture ceramics"

" High Emissive Coating for thermal protection"

" High temperature ceramic for thermal protection"

Selected publications(Journal articles, patents and books)

[1]   Jian He, Xiaolei Li,* Dong Su,* Huiming Ji, Xing Zhang, Wenshu Zhang. Super-hydrophobic hexamethyl-disilazane modified ZrO₂-SiO₂ aerogels with excellent thermal stability[J]. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(2016) 5632-5638.

[2]   Jian He, Xiaolei Li*, Dong Su*, Huiming Ji, Xiaojing Wang. Ultra-low thermal conductivity and high strength of aerogels/fibrous ceramic composites [J]. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36 (2016) 1487-1493.

[3]   Meng Qingyu, Zhao Zhihao, Sun Yongqiang, Li Xiaolei, Ji Huiming. Low temperature pressureless sintering of dense silicon nitride using BaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ glass as sintering aid. Ceramics International, 2017, 43:10123-10129.

[4]   Meng Wang, Xiaolei Li*, Dong Su, Huiming Ji, Huijie Tang, etc. Effect of glass phase content on structure and properties of gradient MoSi₂-BaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ coating for porous fibrous insulations [J]. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 657: 684 - 690.

[5]   Jian Wang, Xiaolei Li*, Zhengguo Jin et al. Non-catalytic vapor Synthesis of millimeter-scale α-Si3N4 nanowires from oxidized silicon powders, Materials Letters 124 (2014): 249-252

[6]   Minyang Deng, Xiaolei Li*, Zhihao Zhao et al. Crystallographic textured evolution in 0.85Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–0.04BaTiO3–0.11K0.5Bi0.5TiO3 ceramics prepared by reactive-templated grain growth method Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2014) 25:1873-1879

[7]   Zhipeng Hu, Jian He, Xiaolei Li*, Huiming Ji, Dong Su1, Yingcheng Qiao. Improvement of thermal stability of ZrO2-SiO2 aerogels by an inorganic-organic synergetic surface modification[J]. Journal of Porous Materials, 3(2017) 657-665.

[8]   He Jian, Li Xiaolei, Su Dong, Ji Huiming, Qiao Yingchen, High-strength mullite fibers reinforced ZrO2-SiO2 aerogels fabricated by rapid gel method, Journal of materials science，2015, 50 (22)：7488-7494

[9]   Yue Shao, Xiaolei Li *, Huiming Ji et al. Effect of α-Al2O3 on in situ synthesis low density O-sialon multiphase ceramics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 509 (2011): 8345-8349

[10]           Xiaolei Li, Qingpu Wang, Hailong Li, Effect of sepiolite fiber on the structure and properties of the sepiolite/silica aerogel composite, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 2013, 67(3) 646-653

Social Appointments

Council Member of electronic ceramics and devices branch of China Electronic Components Association；

Member of committee on aerospace composite materials and applications of Chinese Society for Composite Materials;

Council Member of Tianjin Silicate Society;

Member of the council of Electronic Components and Materials.