西南石油大学研究员，皇家永利皇家永利学术和技术带头人后备人选，成都市“蓉漂”特聘专家。在国际知名杂志，JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY，ADVANCED MATERIALS, Small, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES, SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE等杂志上发表文章80余篇（其中一区近40篇、二区30余篇），他引次数超过2700次。个人H-index因子为27。撰写英文书籍一部,并获得2015年吉林省科技进步一等奖，授权发明专利10余项。主持并参与国家青年、面上基金、“863”计划、和“973”计划十余项。

1、传感器

2、超级电容器

3、水处理

4、柔性可穿戴器件

[1] R. Zhang, Y.P. Wu, H.Y. Zhang, F.Y. Guo, Z.Y. Li*, One-Pot Route for Fe@Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) Foam with Robust Physical/Chemical Stability and Remote Magnetic Driven Capacity for Oil Removal, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 305(9) (2020).

[2] H. Wang, M.L. Guo, Y.P. Wu, J.Y. Zhang, S.S. Xue, X. Yang, Z.Y. Li* Tough, highly stretchable and self-healing poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels reinforced by functionalized basalt fibers, Materials Research Express 7(6) (2020).

[3] Z.Y. Li, Z. Lei, Y.B. Wang, Y.P. Wu, M.L. Guo, Y. He, J.Y. Chen, J.F. Wang, A flexible and capsular polypyrrole nanotubular film-based pseudo-capacitive electrode with enhanced capacitive properties enabled by Au nanoparticle doping, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8(11) (2020) 3807-3813.

[4] Z.Y. Li, X.N. Fan, R.F. Wang, Q.B. Yang, M.L. Guo, Y.P. Wu, J.F. Wang, J.Y. Chen, Activation-free, porous and superamphiphilic N-doped carbon capsular nanofibrous electrode for high performance electrochemical capacitor, Journal of Power Sources 463 (2020).

[5] Z.Y. Li, J.Y. Chen, L. Chen, M.L. Guo, Y.P. Wu, Y. Wei, J.F. Wang, X.G. Wang, Hollow Au/Polypyrrole Capsules to Form Porous and Neural Network-Like Nanofibrous Film for Wearable, Super-Rapid, and Ultrasensitive NH3 Sensor at Room Temperature, Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 12(49) (2020) 55056-55063.

[6] Z. Lei, Z.Y. Li*, M.L. Guo, P. Li, T. Da, S.C. Wang, Y.P. Wu, Y. He, J.Y. Chen, MnO2-x nanowires on carbon cloth based superamphiphilic and under-oil superhydrophilic filtration membrane for oil/water separation with robust anti-oil fouling performance, Composites Part B-Engineering 199 (2020).

[7] M.L. Guo, J. Du, J.Y. Zhang, Y.P. Wu, S.S. Xue, X. Yang, Z.Y. Li* H.W. Zhou, W.W. Lei, Highly Swellable and Stretchable Thermoresponsive Hydrogels Enabled by Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanosheets, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 305(10) (2020).

[8] Y.M. Xia, Y.P. Wu, T. Yu, S.S. Xue, M.L. Guo, J.L. Li, Z.Y. Li*, Multifunctional Glycerol-Water Hydrogel for Biomimetic Human Skin with Resistance Memory Function, Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 11(23) (2019) 21117-21125.

[9] Z.Y. Li, Q.B. Yang, Y.P. Wu, Y. He, J.Y. Chen, J.F. Wang, La3+ doped SnO2 nanofibers for rapid and selective H-2 sensor with long range linearity, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44(16) (2019) 8659-8668.

[10] M.L. Guo, Y.P. Wu, S.S. Xue, Y.M. Xia, X. Yang, Y. Dzenis, Z.Y. Li*, W.W. Lei, A.T. Smith, L.Y. Sun, A highly stretchable, ultra-tough, remarkably tolerant, and robust self-healing glycerol-hydrogel for a dual-responsive soft actuator, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7(45) (2019) 25969-25977.

[11] Z.D. Cui, H.B. Zhang, B.L. Li, Z.H. Jiang, Y.H. Zhang,  Z.Y. Li* New Type of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Dye by Covalently Bonding Anthraquinone into Polyphenylsulfone, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 304(4) (2019).

[12] Y.Q. Zhan, S.J. He, X.Y. Wan, J.M. Zhang, B.C. Liu, J.F. Wang, Z.Y. Li* Easy-handling bamboo-like polypyrrole nanofibrous mats with high adsorption capacity for hexavalent chromium removal, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 529 (2018) 385-395.