Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Prof. Haitao Huang

B.Sc., Shanghai Jiao Tong University

M.Sc., Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ph.D, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Department of Applied Physics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tel. : (852) 2766 5694

Fax.: (852) 2333 7629

Office: BC 620

Email: aphhuang@polyu.edu.hk

Introduction

  • Huang Haitao, fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, professor with Tenure in the Department of Applied Physics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1990 with dual bachelor’s degrees in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. Subsequently pursued a master’s degree under the guidance of renowned “Two Bombs, One Satellite” pioneer Academician Wu Ziliang, earning a Master of Materials Physics from the Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (now the Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology) in 1993. In 2000, he obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He joined the Department of Applied Physics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2004, serving successively as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor.
  • His long-term research focuses on the preparation, characterization, and physical mechanisms of dielectric materials and novel low-dimensional nanostructured materials for new energy applications. To date, he has published over 400 papers in internationally renowned academic journals including Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Energy & Environment Science, Advanced Materials, Joule, and Chem. Among these, more than 50 papers appear in journals with an impact factor >10, garnering over 29,000 citations with an H-index of 92.
  • He has authored one book and contributed invited chapters to two additional publications. He has organized multiple international conferences and delivered over 40 invited/plenary presentations at major international events. His accolades include the Second Prize in Science and Technology from the Ministry of Land and Resources (2017) and the Second Prize for Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements in Natural Sciences from the Ministry of Education (2019).
  • He has served as Guest Editor for the international journals Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Composites Part A, and Key Engineering Materials, and as an Advisory Board Member for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Materials Chemistry C.
  • Currently serves as an International Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, Composites Communications, Science of Advanced Materials, and Materials Reports Energy; Council Member of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Sciences (IAOEES); Committee Member of the Mineral Composites Committee at the Chinese Society for Composite Materials; Senior Committee Member of the Key Materials and Technologies for Electronic Components Committee at the Chinese Society for Instrument Functional Materials; and Committee Member of both the Central and South China Regional Working Committee and the University Physics Experiment Working Committee under the Ministry of Education’s Teaching Guidance Committee for University Physics Courses.
  • He has undertaken approximately twenty research projects, including the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) project, the Ministry of Education and Hong Kong Joint Doctoral Program Fund project, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Circle project, the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) project, and fully industry-funded projects.

Teaching

College Physics I                         Optics 1 & 2                         Optical Design

Current Research Interests and Selected Publications

(1) Ferroelectrics for Energy Applications (electric energy storage; electrocaloric energy conversion; piezo-/pyro-catalysis):

  1. Y.Fan, W.Qu, H.Qiu, S.Gao, L.Li, Z.Lin, Y.Yang, J.Yu, L.Wang, S.Luan, H.Li, L.Lei, Y.Zhang, H.Fan, H.Wu*, S.Yu and H.Huang*, “High Entropy Modulated Quantum Paraelectric Perovskite for Capacitive Energy Storage”, Nat. Commun. 16, 3818 (2025).
  2. S.Chandrasekaran*, Q.Wang, Q.Liu, H.Wang, D.Qiu, H.Lu, Y.Liu*, C.Bowen* and H.Huang*, “Dynamic Regulation of Ferroelectric Polarization Using External Stimuli for Efficient Water Splitting and Beyond”, Chem.Soc.Rev. 54, 2275 (2025).
  3. N.Li, K.Xie* and H.Huang*, “Ferroelectric Materials for High Energy Density Batteries: Progress and Outlook”, ACS Energy Lett. 8, 4357 (2023).
  4. L.Bai, Z.Hu, C.Hu, S.Zhang, Y.Ying, Y.Zhang, L.Li, H.Zhang, N.Li, S.Shi, S.Liu, L.Hao, T.Liu, H.Huang*, H.Huang* and Y.Zhang*, “Utilizing Cationic Vacancies and Spontaneous Polarization on Cathode to Enhance Zinc-Ion Storage and Inhibit Dendrite Growth in Zinc-Ion Batteries”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 62, e230301631 (2023).
  5. H.You, S.Li, Y.Fan, X.Guo, Z.Lin, R.Ding, X.Cheng, H.Zhang, T.W.B.Lo, J.Hao, Y.Zhu, H.-Y.Tam, D.Lei*, C.-H.Lam and H.Huang*, “Accelerated Pyro-Catalytic Hydrogen Production Enabled by Plasmonic Local Heating of Au on Pyroelectric BaTiO3 Nanoparticles”, Nature Commun. 13, 6144 (2022).
  6. H.You, Z.Wu*, L.Zhang, Y.Ying, Y.Liu, L.Fei, X.Chen, Y.Jia*, Y.Wang, F.Wang, S.Ju, J.Qiao, C.-H.Lam and H.Huang*, “Harvesting the Vibration Energy of BiFeO3 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 58, 11779 (2019).
  7.  B.Peng, Q.Zhang*, B.Gang, G.Leighton, C.Shaw, S.Milne, B.Zou, W.Sun, H.Huang* and Z.Wang*, “Phase-Transition Induced Giant Negative Electrocaloric Effect in a Lead-Free Relaxor Ferroelectric Thin Film”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 12, 1708 (2019).
  8. H.You, Y.Jia*, Z.Wu*, F.Wang, H.Huang* and Y.Wang, “Room-Temperature Pyro-Catalytic Hydrogen Generation of 2D Few-Layer Black Phosphorene Under Cold-Hot Alternation”, Nature Commun. 9, 2889 (2018).
  9. X.Xu, L.Xiao, Y.Jia*, Z.Wu*, F.Wang, Y.Wang, N.O.Haugen and H.Huang*, “Pyro-catalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 Nanoparticles: Harvesting Cold-Hot Alternation Energy Near Room-Temperature”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 11, 2198 (2018).
  10. H.Huang*, “Solar Energy: Ferroelectric Photovoltaics”, Nature Photonics. 4, 134 (2010).

(2) Electrochemical Energy Storage and Electro-Catalysis (Electrochemical supercapacitors; OER, HER, ORR, CO2RR, and NRR, etc.):

  1. Y.Ying*, K.Fan*, Z.Lin and H.Huang*, “Facing the “Cutting-Edge”: Edge Site Engineering on 2D Materials for Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis”, Adv.Mater. 37, 2418757 (2025).
  2. D.Zu, Y.Ying, Q.Wei, P.Xiong, M.S.Ahmed, Z.Lin, M.M.-J.Li, M.Li, Z.Xu, G.Chen, L.Bai, S.She, Y.H.Tsang* and H.Huang*, “Oxygen Vacancies Trigger Rapid Charge Transport Channels at the Engineered Interface of S-scheme Heterojunction for Boosting Photocatalytic Performance”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 63, e202405756 (2024).
  3. L.Li, G.Chen*, Z.Shao and H.Huang*, “Progress on Smart Integrated System of Seawater Purification and Electrolysis”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 16, 4994 (2023).
  4. Y.Zhu, K.Fan, C.-S.Hsu, G.Chen, C.Chen, T.Liu, Z.Lin, S.She, L.Li, H.Zhou, Y.Zhu, H.M.Chen* and H.Huang*, “Supported Ruthenium Single-Atom and Clustered Catalysts Outperform Benchmark Pt for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution”, Adv.Mater. 35, 2301133 (2023).
  5. Y.Ying, Z.Lin and H.Huang*, “Edge/Basal Plane Half-Reaction Separation Mechanism of Two-Dimensional Materials for Photocatalytic Water Splitting”, ACS Energy Lett. 8, 1416 (2023).
  6. Y.Ying, X.Luo, J.Qiao and H.Huang*, “More is Different: Synergistic Effect and Structural Engineering in Double-Atom Catalysts”, Adv.Funct.Mater. 31, 2007423 (2021).
  7. L.Ye, Y.Ying, D.Sun, Z.Zhang, L.Fei, Z.Wen*, J.Qiao and H.Huang*, “Highly Efficient Porous Carbon Electrocatalyst with Controllable N-Species Content for Selective CO2 Reduction”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 59, 3244 (2020).
  8. Y.Liu, Y.Ying, L.Fei, Y.Liu, Q.Hu, G.Zhang, S.Y.Pang, W.Lu, C.L.Mak, X.Luo*, L.Zhou*, M.Wei and H.Huang*, “Valence Engineering via Selective Atomic Substitution on Tetrahedral Sites in Spinel Oxide for Highly Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis”, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 141, 8136 (2019).
  9. Y.Liu, N.Fu, G.Zhang, M.Xu, W.Lu, L.Zhou and H.Huang*, “Design of Hierarchical Ni-Co@Ni-Co Layered Double Hydroxide Core-Shell Structured Nanotube Array for High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Battery-Type Supercapacitors”, Adv.Funct.Mater. 27, 1605307 (2017).
  10. G.Zhang*, W.Li, K.Xie, F.Yu and H.Huang*, “A One-Step and Binder-Free Method to Fabricate Hierarchical Nickel-Based Supercapacitor Electrodes with Excellent Performance”, Adv.Funct.Mater. 23, 3675 (2013)

(3) Rechargeable Batteries:

  1. Z.Lin, Y.Ying, Z.Xu, G.Chen, X.Gong, Z.Wang, D.Guan, L.Zhao, M.Yang, K.Fan, T.Liu, H.Li, H.Zhang, H.Li, X.Zhang, Y.Zhu, Z.Lu, Z.Shao*, P.Hou* and H.Huang*, “A Multifunctional Zeolite Film Enables Stable High-Voltage Operation of a LiCoO2 Cathode”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 18, 334 (2025).
  2. H.Li, X.Sun* and H.Huang*, “The Concept of High Entropy for Rechargeable Batteries”, Prog. Mater. Sci. 148, 101382 (2025).
  3. N.Li, K.Gao, K.Fan, L.Ma, Z.Li, B.He, C.Shen, Q.Ye, K.Xie* and H.Huang*, “Customization Nanoscale Interfacial Solvation Structure for Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 17, 5468 (2024).
  4. X.Wang, Y.Ying, X.Li, S.Chen,* G.Gao, H.Huang* and L.Ma*, “Preferred Planar Crystal Growth and Uniform Solid Electrolyte Interfaces Enabled by Anion Receptors for Stable Aqueous Zn Batteries”, Energy & Environ. Sci. 16, 4572 (2023).
  5. K.Fan, Y.Ying, Z.Lin, Y.H.Tsang* and H.Huang*, “Building up an “Elemental Property—Adsorption Energy Descriptor—Decomposition Barrier” Three-Tier Model for Screening Biatom Catalysts in Sodium-Sulfur Batteries”, Adv. Energy Mater. 13, 2300871 (2023).
  6. L.Ma, Q.Li, Y.Ying, F.Ma, S.Chen, Y.Li*, H.Huang* and C.Zhi*, “Toward Practical High-Areal-Capacity Aqueous Zinc-Metal Batteries: Quantifying Hydrogen Evolution and a Solid-Ion Conductor for Stable Zinc Anodes”, Adv.Mater. 33, 2007406 (2021).
  7. M.Xu, T.Li, L.Fei, H.Li, X.Guo, P.Hou, Y.Ying, W.Zhu, Y.Zhou, Y.Lin, Z.Zhang, Y.Lai*, Y.Zhu, H.Zhang and H.Huang*, “Thermodynamically Metal Atom Trapping in van der Waals Layers Enabling Multifunctional 3D Carbon Network”, Adv.Funct.Mater. 30, 2002626 (2020).
  8. Y.Chen, Z.Wang, X.Li, X.Yao, C.Wang, Y.Li, W.Xue, D.Yu, S.Y.Kim, F.Yang, A.Kushima, G.Zhang, H.Huang, N.Wu, Y.-W.Mai, J.B.Goodenough and J.Li*, “Li Metal Deposition and Stripping in a Solid-State Battery via Coble Creep”, Nature 578, 251(2020).
  9. X.Li, K.Li, S.Zhu, K.Fan, L.Lyu, H.Yao, Y.Li, J.Hu*, H.Huang*, Y.-W.Mai and J.B.Goodenough, “Fiber-in-Tube Design of Co9S8-carbon/Co9S8 Enables Efficient Sodium Storage”, Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 58, 6239 (2019).
  10. Y.Chen, X.Li, K.Park, W.Lu, C.Wang, W.Xue, F.Yang, J.Zhou, L.Suo, T.Lin,  H.Huang*, J.Li*, and J.B.Goodenough*, “Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for Sodium-Ion Battery Anode by Self-Etching and Graphitization of Bimetallic MOF-Based Nanocomposite”, Chem 3, 152 (2017).

(4) Solar Cells:

  1. Z.Liu, Z.Xiong, S.Yang, K.Fan, L.Jiangm Y.Mao, C.Qin, S.Li, L.Qiu, J.Zhang, F.R.Lin, L.Fei, Y.Hua, J.Yao, C.Yu*, J.Zhou, Y.Chen, H.Zhang, H.Huang*, A.K.-Y.Jen and K.Yao*, “Strained Heterojunction Enables High-Performance, Fully Textured Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells”, Joule 8, 2834 (2024).
  2. L.He, G.Hu, J.Jiang, W.Wei, X.Xue, K.Fan*, H.Huang* and L.Shen*, “Highly Sensitive Tin-Lead Perovskite Photodetectors with Over 450 Days Stability Enabled by Synergistic Engineering for Pulse Oximetry System”, Adv.Mater. 35, 2210016 (2023).
  3. M.Xiong, W.Zou, K.Fan, C.Qin, S.Li, L.Fei, J.Jiang, H.Huang*, L.Shen, F.Gao, A.K.-Y. Jen and K.Yao*, “Tailoring Phase Purity in the 2D/3D Perovskite Heterostructures Using Lattice Mismatch”, ACS Energy Lett. 7, 550 (2022).
  4. K.Yao*, S.Leng, Z.Liu, L.Fei, Y.Chen, S.Li, N.Zhou, J.Zhang, Y.-X.Xu, L.Zhou, H.Huang* and A.K.-Y.Jen*, “Fullerene-Anchored Core-Shell ZnO Nanoparticles for Efficient and Stable Dual-Sensitized Perovskite Solar Cells”, Joule 3, 417 (2019).
  5. N.Fu, Z.Y.Bao, Y.-L.Zhang, G.Zhang, S.Ke, P.Lin, J.Dai, H.Huang* and D.Y.Lei*, “Panchromatic Thin Perovskite Solar Cells with Broadband Plasmonic Absorption Enhancement and Efficient Light Scattering Management by Au@Ag Core-Shell Nanocuboids”, Nano Energy 41, 654 (2017)
  6. K.Yao*, F.Li, Q.He, X.Wang, Y.Jiang, H.Huang* and A.K.-Y.Jen*, “A Copper-Doped Nickel Oxide Bilayer for Enhancing Efficiency and Stability of Hysteresis-Free Inverted Mesoporous Perovskite Solar Cells”, Nano Energy 40, 155 (2017)
  7. C.T.Yip, X.Liu, Y.Hou, W.Xie, J.He, S.Schlücker, D.Lei* and H.Huang*, “Strong Competition Between Electromagnetic Enhancement and Surface-Energy-Transfer Induced Quenching in Plasmonic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Generic yet Controllable Effect”, Nano Energy 26, 297 (2016).
  8. J.Lin, M.Guo, C.T.Yip, W.Lu, G.Zhang, X.Liu, L.Zhou, X.Chen* and H.Huang*, “High Temperature Crystallization of Free-Standing Anatase TiO2 Nanotube Membranes for High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”, Adv.Funct.Mater. 23, 5952 (2013).
  9. M.Guo, K.Xie, J.Lin, Z.Yong, C.T.Yip, L.Zhou, Y.Wang and H.Huang*, “Design and Coupling of Multifunctional TiO2 Nanotube Photonic Crystal to Nanocrystalline Titania Layer as Semi-Transparent Photoanode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell”, Energy & Environ.Sci. 5, 9881 (2012).
  10. C.T.Yip, H.Huang*, L.Zhou*, K.Xie, Y.Wang, T.Feng, J.Li and W.Y.Tam, “Direct and Seamless Coupling of TiO2 Nanotube Photonic Crystal to Dye Sensitized Solar Cell: A Single-Step Approach”, Adv.Mater. 23, 5624 (2011).

Publication List in 2007-2025; (Total: >400 journal papers, H-index=92 as per Google Scholar)

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