Dr Xiyue Peng

Dr Xiyue Peng specialises in electrochemical energy storage, with expertise in rechargeable aluminium batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and redox flow batteries.

Dr Xiyue Peng completed her PhD at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland (UQ), from 2019 to 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Bin Luo and Prof. Lianzhou Wang. Her doctoral research focused on the rational design of functional materials, including carbon materials, organic compounds, and polymers, for rechargeable aluminium batteries. She investigated the fundamental energy storage mechanisms and established structure–property relationships to advance the development of high-performance aluminium battery systems. Dr Peng is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Luo Research Group at AIBN, UQ. Her research focuses on the development of advanced all-iron redox flow battery technologies for large-scale stationary energy storage. In addition, she conducts research on lithium-ion batteries and collaborates closely with industry partners, including Graphinex and VSPC, to facilitate the translation of next-generation battery technologies from fundamental research to practical applications.

Industry

Energy Storage Industries Asia Pacific (ESIAP) (2024–2026) Conducted collaborative research on all-iron flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage through an ARC Linkage Project and an Innovation Connections project. Led electrolyte optimisation, electrode and bipolar plate optimisation, and flow cell electrochemical performance evaluation. 2. Graphinex (2026–present) Serving as Chief Investigator, providing guidance for the development and evaluation of advanced lithium-ion battery anode materials, including materials characterisation and electrochemical testing, while driving industry collaboration and technology translation towards commercial applications. 3. VSPC (2026–present) Collaborating with VSPC on lithium-ion battery cathode materials research, contributing to materials development, property-performance evaluation, and industry-oriented technology advancement.

Funding

Development of Fast-chargeable and Long-endurance Graphite Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries (2025), UQ Early Career Researcher Development: Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund 2. Ex-Situ Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy of Redox-Active Covalent Organic Frameworks for High-Performance Aluminium Organic Batteries (2025), ANSTO 3. Revealing the Role of Iodine Dopants in the Vanadate-Based Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (2025), ANSTO 4. Probing Multi-Redox Mechanism of Covalent Organic Frameworks in High-Performance Aluminium Organic Batteries via Operando Synchrotron Piezo-Controlled ATR-FTIR Microspectroscopy (2025), ANSTO 5. Structural Mechanism of Enhanced Zn2+/Li+ Storage in Bi-Doped Na3V2(PO4)3 Revealed by Synchrotron Powder Diffraction (2025), ANSTO 6. Structure Directing Effect of Graphene Additives on Polymer Carbonisation and Graphitisation (2023), ANSTO

Key Publications

X. Peng, L. Wang, and B. Luo. Materials and technologies for Al-ion batteries. Handbook of Energy Materials. Springer Nature Singapore, 2026, 201-233.

X. Peng, A. Baktash, N. Alghamdi, M. M. Rana, Y. Huang, X. Hu, C. He, Z. Luo, J. Ning, L. Wang, B. Luo, Boosting aluminum storage in highly stable covalent organic frameworks with abundant accessible carbonyl groups. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 2400147.

X. Peng, A. Baktash, Y. Huang, N. Alghamdi, J. You, J. Ning, R. Xin, L. Hao, T. Qiu, B. Wang, L. Zhi, L. Wang, and B. Luo, Multi-redox covalent organic frameworks for aluminium organic batteries. Energy Storage Materials. 2024, 71, 103674, 1-10.

X. Peng, Y. Xie, A. Baktash, J. Tang, T. Lin, X. Huang, Y. Hu, Z. Jia, D. Searles, Y. Yamauchi, L. Wang, and B. Luo. Heterocyclic conjugated polymer nanoarchitectonics with synergistic redox-active sites for high-performance aluminium organic batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202206432. (Hot paper and Back Cover)

C. He, Y. Zhang, S. Zhang, X. Peng*, J. Noack, M. S. Kazacos, L. Wang, B. Luo, Aqueous iron-based redox flow batteries for large-scale energy storage. National Science Review, 2025, nwaf21.

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