The Energy Materials group has published research in areas such as energy environmental application of novel materials and nanostructures for improved performance of dye-sensitized solar cells, dye regeneration, functional semiconductor materials and devices, atomic layer deposition, selective atomic-scale processing, piezo-electric thin films for chemical and biological sensing, as well as advanced laser material processing techniques, nanofabrication, lithium ion batteries research, and materials for energy storage.

Alex Agrios

Research Areas:

• Energy and environmental applications of nanotechnology
• Photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion
• Combined PV/thermal solar collectors
• Photocatalytic pollutant remediation

Necmi Biyikli

Research Areas:

• Atomic layer deposition (ALD)
• Plasma-assisted ALD Electronic materials
• III-nitride wide bandgap semiconductors and devices
• Flexible/wearable electronics
• Nanoscale functional materials for energy, sensing, communication, and computing devices

SeungYeon Kang

Research Areas:

• Advanced laser materials processing techniques
• Fundamental principles & application of light-matter interaction
• Nanofabrication and energy technology

Georges Pavlidis

Research Areas:

• Electrical and optical thermal metrology techniques (Raman, Thermoreflectance)
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) techniques for thermal and chemical characterization
• Reliability of Wide/Ultrawide bandgap semiconductors and devices
• Non-volatile memory devices for neuromorphic computing
• Radio frequency (RF) and power electronics