Maxwell S. Zheng

Background

I am a Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley. My research interests lie in the areas of photovoltaics, solar fuel generation, and grid-level energy storage. My primary focus is on low-cost, high-efficiency III-V solar cells. My advisor is Professor Ali Javey.

Other affiliations: The Molecular Foundry and Electronic Materials Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Education

• Ph.D.; Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; University of California, Berkeley; Estimated 2015
• M.S.; Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; University of California, Berkeley; 2012
• B.S.; Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; University of California, Berkeley; 2010

Publications

Refereed Papers

• M. Zheng and D. Kiriya, R. Kapadia, J. Zhang, M. Hettick, Z. Yu, K. Takei, H.-H. H. Wang, P. Lobaccaro and A. Javey. “Morphological and Spatial Control of InP Growth Using Closed-space Sublimation”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2012, in press.


• M. H. Lee, K. Takei, J. Zhang, R. Kapadia, M. Zheng, Y.-Z. Chen, J. Nah, T. S. Matthews, Y.-L. Chueh, J. W. Ager, A. Javey. "p-InP nanopillar photocathodes for highly efficient, solar-driven hydrogen production", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51, 10760–10764, 2012.


• M. Zheng, Z. Yu, T. J. Seok, Y.-Z. Chen, R. Kapadia, K. Takei, S. Aloni, J. W. Ager, M. Wu, Y.-L. Chueh, A. Javey. "High optical quality polycrystalline indium phosphide grown on metal substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition", Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 123112 (2012).


• C. L. Pint, K. Takei, R. Kapadia, M. Zheng, A. C. Ford, J. Zhang, A. Jamshidi, R. Bardhan, J. J. Urban, M. Wu, J. W. Ager, M. M. Oye, A. Javey. "Rationally designed, three-dimensional carbon nanotube back-contacts for efficient solar devices", Advanced Energy Materials, 1, 1040–1045, 2011.


• A. Ismach, C. Druzgalski, S. Penwell, M. Zheng, A. Javey, J. Bokor, Y. Zhang, "Direct Chemical Vapor Deposition of Graphene on Dielectric Surfaces", Nano Letters, 10, 1542-1548, 2010.


• M. Zheng, K. Takei, B. Hsia, H. Fang, X. Zhang, N. Ferralis, H. Ko, Y.-L. Chueh, Y. Zhang, R. Maboudian and A. Javey. "Metal-Catalyzed Crystallization of Amorphous Carbon to Graphene", Applied Physics Letters, 96, 063110, 2010.

Technical Reports

• High Optical Quality Polycrystalline Indium Phosphide Grown on Metal Substrates by MOCVD for Photovoltaic Applications
  Maxwell Zheng

Talks

• Direct Growth of High Quality III-V Semiconductors on Metal Foils for Low-cost, High-efficiency PVs
  Presented at BSAC Spring 2012 Conference on March 8, 2012

  • Slides/video (pdf)

In the News

• "Producing graphene layers using crystallization", PhysOrg, March 2010
• "Graphene Films Clear Major Fabrication Hurdle", ScienceDaily, April 2010
• Research Highlights, Journal of Applied Physics, June 2012

Teaching

• EE 130: Integrated-Circuit Devices. Spring 2011.

Coursework

• EE 231: Solid State Devices
• EE 243: Advanced IC Processing and Layout
• EE C235: Nanoscale Fabrication
• MSE 223: Semiconductor Materials
• MSE 200A: Survey of Materials Science
• EE 194: Power Systems Engineering
• EE 290C: Power Electronics
• EE C245: Introduction to MEMS Design
• EE 301: Teaching Techniques for Electrical Engineering

Contact Info

Email:
[first initial][middle initial][last name]@eecs.[school name].edu

Mailing Address:
University of California, Berkeley
266 Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Office Phone:
(510) 643-1450

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