Toby Huang

Email: sydneyhuitao@gmail.com

Toby holds a PhD in Science from the University of Technology Sydney, specializing in chemistry and battery research. With nearly a decade of experience in electrochemistry and battery technology & manufacturing, Toby has worked extensively on lithium-ion batteries for various consumer digital products. He has led research and development for large-scale batteries, including over 1000Ah VRLA batteries, represented the company in the formulation of China’s new national standard (GB/T 22473.1—2021), and contributed to the establishment of a Li-ion battery production line with a 1MWh annual capacity.

Toby is also highly skilled in data analytics and has earned advanced certifications in Data Analytics from Google and Machine Learning from Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI. In addition to his technical expertise, Toby created and manages this website, overseeing content updates and maintaining the database.

Work Experience

Apr. 2021 – Now. University of Technology Sydney PhD Candidate, Research Assistant

1. Flexible batteries for wearable smart devices (PhD thesis) (Publications and patens see the end of this page).

2. Responsible for the establishment of 1MWh lithium-ion battery production line (cylinder, pouch).

Aug. 2020 – Jul. 2022  C&D Technologies Senior Electrochemical Engineer

Report to the CTO (USA) monthly. Technical support for analytical laboratory and material laboratory.

1. In 2021 in Guiyang, Guizhou, on behalf of C&D, I participated in the formulation of China’s new national standard “Batteries for Energy Storage Part 1: Technical Conditions for Off-Grid Photovoltaic Applications” (GB/T 22473.1-2021).

2. Led the R&D project of the first gel prototype battery (a kind of lead-acid battery), from literature search, formula exploration, prototype battery preparation, to small-batch production introduction. The colloidal battery capacity reaches more than 90% of the VRLA battery capacity.

3. Led the project of corrosion resistance study of current collector in lead acid battery. By introducing a new and different percentage of metal, the collector’s corrosion resistance is increased by 40%. It involves literature research, experimental tests design, data analysis and result reporting.

4. Responsible for the research of electrode additives. The effect of carbon material additive on the electrochemical performance of the battery was studied.

5. Participated in the charging strategy research.

6. Won the award of 2021 Outstanding Lecturer of the Company.

Dec. 2018 – Jul. 2020 Shanghai Energy Devices Center Senior Battery Engineer

Promote the application of laboratory scientific research materials to product level soft package lithium ion batteries.

1. The performance differences of different carbon materials (graphene, single-walled carbon nanotubes, conductive acetylene black) combined with organic electrode materials in lithium-ion batteries were explored.

2. The research material was extended from coin  cells to commercial-grade 100-mAh pouch cells.

May. 2017 – Nov. 2018 ZTE Corporation Smartphone R&D engineer (Lithium-ion battery)

Track the battery part (Cell, Pack) of smart phone/terminal R&D projects, make technical requirements, follow up proofing, testing.

Smart phone batteries (cell and pack) R&D works. 425966, 465966 lithium-ion battery (aluminum shell, cheap mobile phone), 5G demo mobile phone battery project, 466573 lithium-ion battery (Axon 9 Pro, flagship mobile phone)

Familiar with lithium-ion battery industry standards, GB, UL, CE, IEC, BIS, etc.

Skills

  • Strong knowledge of chemistry, especially the fundamentals of electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and physical chemistry, and the ability to apply research to industrial products.
  • Rich experience in battery industry, familiar with a variety of battery research and development, production, application, from Ah-level consumer product lithium-ion batteries/lithium polymer batteries, to kAh-level data center UPS lead-acid batteries.
  • Advanced Materials Analysis and Characterization: SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, IR, BET, UV-Vis, GC/HPLC, Spark OES, etc.
  • Data analytic and Machine learning skills.

Certificate

Google Advanced Data Analytics

Machine Learning

Education

Apr. 2021 – Sep. 2024 University of Technology Sydney (QS top 100 universities)
Australia PhD in Chemistry  
Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2017  Shanghai Jiao Tong University (QS top 50 universities)
China M.S in Chemistry  
Sep. 2008 – Jun. 2012 Anhui University
China B.E in Chemistry  

Publications

T. Huang, et al. Advancing low-dimensional flexible energy devices for wearable technology. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 13672-13681

T. Huang, H. Gao, et al. A book-like organic based electrode with high areal capacity for high performance flexible lithium/sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58(73): 10158-10161.

T. Huang, M. Long, et al. Recent research on emerging organic electrode materials for energy storage. Energy Materials, 2021.

T. Huang, D. Lu, et al. A Hit-and-Run Strategy towards Perylene Diimide/Reduced Graphene Oxide as High Performance Sodium Ion Battery Cathode. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 349, 99-71.

T. Huang, G. Tao, et al. Template Induced Fabrication of Nitrogen Doped Carbon Sheets as Electrode Materials in Supercapacitors. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2017, 23, 604-609.

T. Huang, C. Yang, et al. Sacrificial Templating Fabrication of Hierarchically Porous Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanosheets as Superior Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts. ChemNanoMat, 2017, 3, 130-134.

J. Cao J1, T. Huang1, et al. Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Coated Stainless Steel Meshes for Flexible Supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta, 2017, 230, 265-270. (1 Equal contribution)

F. Jing F, T. Huang, et al. An acid-pasting strategy towards PTCDA based high performance lithium/sodium ion battery cathodes. Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 276, 207-213.

J. Wang J, T. Huang, et al. Mn0. 5Co2. 5O4 Nanofibers Intercalated into Graphene Frameworks with Mesoporous Structure for Batteries and Supercapacitors. Energy Technology, 2017, 5, 2055-2064.

Patents

Lithium ion battery flexible electrode, preparation method and application thereof.

CN112151766B· Issued May 31, 2022

All-organic magnesium ion battery and preparation method thereof.

CN108470940B · Issued Jan 1, 2021

Fused ring compound-based lithium battery negative electrode material and preparation method thereof.
CN108172786B · Issued Apr 3, 2020

Preparation method and application of perylene diimide and graphene composite material.
CN106876674B · Issued Jun 4, 2019

Flake nitrogen-and-carbon containing material and preparation method thereof.
CN107032318B · Issued Mar 12, 2019

Preparation method and application thereof for vanadium pentoxide/oxidized graphene composite film.
CN106941049B · Issued Jan 22, 2019

Material based on bismuth oxycarbonate or bismuth oxide nano tube and preparation method thereof.
CN105271405B · Issued Oct 17, 2017

 

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