低碳材料、工业固废处理、软土加固、隧道工程等。
代表作：
(1) Wentao Li; Yaolin Yi ; Use of carbide slag from acetylene industry for activation of ground granulated blast-furnace slag, Construction and Building Materials, 2020, 238:117713
(2) Wentao Li; Yaolin Yi; Anand J. Puppala ; Comparing carbide sludge-ground granulated blastfurnace slag and ordinary Portland cement: Different findings from binder paste and stabilized clay slurry, Construction and Building Materials, 2022, 321: 126382
(3) Wentao Li; Yaolin Yi; Anand J. Puppala ; Triaxial strength behavior of carbide sludge (CS)–ground-granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS)-treated clay slurry, Acta Geotechnica, 2022, 17: 5585-5596
(4) Wentao Li; Yaolin Yi ; Compressibility and Permeability of Carbide Sludge–Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag-Treated Clay Slurry, International Journal of Geomechanics, 2022, 22(12): 04022238
(5) Wentao Li; Yaolin Yi ; Estimating the Optimum Addition of Carbide Sludge for Enhancing Strength Development of Ground-Granulated Blast Furnace Slag-Treated Slurry Based on Initial pH, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2023, 35(2): 04022400