Dr Xia Huang

Dr Xia Huang is an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland (UQ), specialising in next-generation battery materials and manufacturing for sustainable energy storage. Her research focuses on the design, synthesis, characterisation, and scalable manufacturing of advanced cathode materials, particularly Li-rich cathodes, lithium iron phosphate (LFP), and lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) for lithium-ion batteries. Alongside her academic role, she also serves as a Senior Scientist in industry, contributing to the development and manufacturing of high-density LFP and LMFP cathode materials. Her combined academic and industrial experience enables her to bridge fundamental research with industrial innovation, accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries into practical battery technologies.

Dr Xia Huang completed her PhD in the School of Chemical Engineering at UQ between 2016 and 2019. Her doctoral research focused on the development of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. She joined AIBN as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in January 2020, where she expanded her research to advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. In late 2021, Dr Huang was awarded an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship to develop robust Li-rich cathode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. In April 2024, she joined industry as a Senior Scientist, leading the research and development of LFP and LMFP cathode materials and their manufacturing processes. Since September 2025, she has been an ARC DECRA Fellow at UQ while continuing to serve as a Senior Scientist in industry, fostering strong collaborations between academia and industry to accelerate the commercialisation of next-generation battery technologies.

Industry

Dr Xia Huang has extensive experience collaborating with industry and has established strong partnerships with both Australian and international companies across the battery value chain. Throughout her career, she has worked on a broad range of industry-focused research and commercialisation projects, including an ARC Linkage Project, a CRC-P project, an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship, a UQ Knowledge Transfer and Translation (K&T) funded project, and a Trailblazer Universities Program. In addition to these collaborative projects, Dr Huang has been a Senior Scientist in industry since 2024, contributing the research, development, and scale-up of high-density LFP and LMFP cathode materials for commercial lithium-ion batteries. Her work spans process development, manufacturing optimisation, technology translation, and product commercialisation, providing first-hand experience in bridging fundamental research with industrial implementation. Her dual appointments in academia and industry enable her to identify industry-relevant research challenges, establish effective collaborative partnerships, and accelerate the translation of innovative battery technologies from laboratory research to commercial manufacturing.

Collaborations

Dr Xia Huang has established and led collaborations between academic, industry, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and The European Synchrotron, bringing together complementary expertise to advance battery materials research through state-of-the-art characterisation and technology translation.

Funding

Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA) (2025-2031, Lead CI) Advanced Queensland Industry Fellowship (2021-2023, Lead CI) UQ Early Career Researcher Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund Award (2021-2022, Lead CI) New Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries (2017-2019, Co-CI) Solar rechargeable Zinc-Bromine Flow Batteries (ARC DP) (2023-2016, Co-CI)

Key Publications

Xia Huang, Bin Luo*, Lianzhou Wang*, et.al., Sandwich‐Like Ultrathin TiS2 Nanosheets Confined within N, S Codoped Porous Carbon as an Effective Polysulfide Promoter in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials 9 (32), 1901872.

Jiayong Tang, Xia Huang, Bin Luo*, Lianzhou Wang*, et.al., MXene derived TiS2 nanosheets for high-rate and long-life sodium-ion capacitors, Energy Storage Materials 26, 550-559.

Xia Huang, Bin Luo*, Lianzhou Wang*, et.al. Polyethylenimine Expanded Graphite Oxide Enables High Sulfur Loading and Long‐Term Stability of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Small 15 (29), 1804578.

Xia Huang, Bin Luo*, Lianzhou Wang*, et.al., Cyclic voltammetry in lithium–sulfur batteries—challenges and opportunities. Energy Technology 7 (8), 1801001.

Xia Huang, Bin Luo*, Lianzhou Wang*, et.al. Nanoconfined topochemical conversion from MXene to ultrathin non‐layered TiN nanomesh toward superior electrocatalysts for lithium‐sulfur batteries. Small 17 (32),2101360.

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