课题组聚焦于胶体发光量子点的低成本合成技术、表界面相关的丰富光学特性及应用研究。（1）揭示了钙钛矿量子点表面卤素空位对激子复合动力学的影响机制，提出了表面卤素自钝化效应及原位卤素钝化策略，获得了全光谱范围量子效率接近100%、半高宽接近理论极限的荧光发射，在国际上率先实现了钙钛矿量子点微纳激光器。（2）发展了基于过饱和析晶、非均匀形核等热动力学调控的钙钛矿量子点低成本合成方法。（3）提出了基于三维空间界面重构的钙钛矿量子点发光调控，发展了基于“等效配体”的高稳定钙钛矿量子点合成方法，实现了光稳定性、激光发射热稳定性的大幅度提高。研究成果发表SCI论文50余篇，包括Adv. Mater.、Angew. Chem、Nano Lett.等。总引用7800余次(google scholar)，H因子33。其中第一（共同第一）及通讯作者论文有15篇入选ESI高被引论文，5篇入选ESI热点论文，单篇引用超过300次5篇。相关成果被NanoWerk等学术媒体评论为“这一突破性进展(breakthrough)”、“有望为量子点电视打开新的大门”。同时也得到了美国科学院院士Alivisatos，ACS Nano副主编Rogach等教授的正面评价。获得了江苏省颗粒学会创新奖特等奖（3/3）、南京市第十二届自然科学优秀学术论文奖优秀奖等。
Xudong Hu, Xiaoming Li*, Density-discriminating chromatic x-ray imaging based on metal halide nanocrystal scintillators, Science Advances, 2023, 9, 5081.
Yang Liu, Gaoyu Liu, Ye Wu, Wenbing Cai, Yue Wang, Shengli Zhang, Haibo Zeng, Xiaoming Li*,High-Temperature, Reversible and Robust Thermochromic Fluorescence Based on Rb2MnBr4(H2O)2 for Anti-Counterfeiting, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2301914.
Xiaoming Li, Jiaxin Chen, Dandan Yang, Xi Chen, Dongling Geng, Lianfu Jiang, Ye Wu, Cuifang Meng, Haibo Zeng*. Mn2+ induced significant improvement and robust stability of radioluminescence in Cs3Cu2I5 for high-performance nuclear battery. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 (1), 3879.
Qianbing Zhu, Bo Li, Dandan Yang, Chi Liu, Shun Feng, Maolin Chen, Yun Sun, Yanan Tian, Xin Su, Xiaomu Wang, Song Qiu*, Qingwen Li, Xiaoming Li*, Haibo Zeng, Huiming Cheng*, Dongming Sun*, A flexible ultrasensitive optoelectronic sensor array for neuromorphic vision systems. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12 1798.
Xiaoming Li et al. CsPbX3 Quantum Dots for Lighting and Displays: Room-Temperature Synthesis, Photoluminescence Superiorities, Underlying Origins and White Light-Emitting Diodes. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 2435–2445.（ESI热点论文，被引频次：1452）
Xiaoming Li et al. Amino-mediated Anchoring Perovskite Quantum Dots for Stable and Low-threshold Random Lasing. Advanced Materials 2017,29, 1701185.（ESI高被引论文，被引频次：107）
Dandan Yang, Xiaoming Li*, et al. CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots 2.0: Benzenesulfonic Acid Equivalent Ligand Awakens Complete Purification. Advanced Materials 2019,31, 1900767.（ESI热点论文，被引频次：79）
Ye Wu, Xiaoming Li* et al. In Situ Passivation of PbBr64– Octahedra toward Blue Luminescent CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets with Near 100% Absolute Quantum Yield. ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3 (9), 2030（ESI热点论文，被引频次：107）
Xiaoming Li et al. Intercrossed Carbon Nanorings with Pure Surface States as Low-Cost and Environment-Friendly Phosphors for White-Light-Emitting Diodes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1759-1764. （ESI高被引论文，被引频次：160）
Xiaoming Li et al. Engineering surface states of carbon dots to achieve controllable luminescence for solid-luminescent composites and sensitive Be2+detection. Scientific Reports 2014, 4, 4976. （ESI高被引论文，被引频次：404）
Xiaoming Li et al. Healing All-inorganic Perovskite Films via Recyclable Dissolution-Recyrstallization for Compact and Smooth Carrier Channels of Optoelectronic Devices with High Stability. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 5903–5912. （ESI高被引论文，被引频次：135）
Xiaoming Li et al. Constructing Fast Carrier Tracks into Flexible Perovskite Photodetectors to Greatly Improve Responsivity. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 2015-2023. （ESI高被引论文，被引频次：113）
Xiaoming Li et al. Carbon/graphene dots for optoelectronic device applications: a review. Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25,4929–4947.（ESI热点论文，被引频次：537）
Junpeng Zeng, Xiaoming Li* et al. Space-Confined Growth of CsPbBr3 Film Achieving Photodetectors with High Performance in All Figures of Merit. Advanced Functional Materials 2018,28,201804394. （被引频次：15）