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Maxwell S. Zheng

Javey Research Group
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley


Background

I was a Ph.D. student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, advised by Professor Ali Javey. My research interests were in the areas of semiconductor devices, solar cells, and solar fuel generation. I worked on inventing new low-cost manufacturing techniques to produce high efficiency solar cells, and then analyzing the potential cost and feasibility of those techniques at industrial scale.

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

Education



Publications

Dissertation

Refereed Papers (760 citations, Google Scholar 1/2016)

  1. M. Zheng, K. Horowitz, M. Woodhouse, C. Battaglia, R. Kapadia, A. Javey, "III-Vs at scale: a PV manufacturing cost analysis of the thin film vapor-liquid-solid growth mode", Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, doi: 10.1002/pip.2740, 2016.

  2. W. Hsu, C. M. Sutter-Fella, M. Hettick, L. Cheng, S. Chan, Y. Chen, Y. Zeng, M. Zheng, H.-P. Wang, C.-C. Chiang, A. Javey, "Electron-Selective TiO2 Contact for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells", Scientific Reports, 5, 16028 (doi: 10.1038/srep16028), 2015.

  3. M. Zheng, H.-P. Wang, C. M. Sutter-Fella, C. Battaglia, S. Aloni, X. Wang, J. Moore, J. W. Beeman, M. Hettick, M. Amani, W.-T. Hsu, J. W. Ager, P. Bermel, M. Lundstrom, J.-H. He, A. Javey, "Thin-film solar cells with InP absorber layers directly grown on non-epitaxial metal substrates", Advanced Energy Materials, 1501337, 2015.

  4. S. Johnston, A.A. Motz, J. Moore, M. Zheng, A. Javey, P. Bermel, "Photoluminescence imaging characterization of thin-film InP", Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015 IEEE 42nd, doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356201, 2015.

  5. M. Hettick, M. Zheng, Y. Lin, C. M. Sutter-Fella, J. W. Ager, A. Javey, "Non-Epitaxial Thin-Film InP for Scalable and Efficient Photocathodes", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 2177-2182, 2015.

  6. Y. Lin, R. Kapadia, J. Yang, M. Zheng, K. Chen, M. Hettick, X. Yin, C. Battaglia, I. Sharp, J. Ager, A. Javey, "Role of TiO2 Surface Passivation on Improving the Performance of p-InP Photocathodes", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (5), 2308–2313, 2015.

  7. X. Yin, C. Battaglia, Y. Lin, K. Chen, M. Hettick, M. Zheng, C.-Y. Chen, D. Kiriya and A. Javey, "19.2% efficient InP heterojunction solar cell with electron selective TiO2 contact", ACS Photonics, 1 (12), 1245–1250, 2014.

  8. P. Lobaccaro, A. Raygani, A. Oriani, N. Miani, A. Piotto, R. Kapadia, M. Zheng, Zhibin Yu, L. Magagnin, D. C. Chrzan, R. Maboudian, A. Javey, "Electrodeposition of High-Purity Indium Thin Films and Its Application to Indium Phosphide Solar Cells", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161 (14) D794-D800, 2014.

  9. C. Battaglia, S. M. de Nicolas, S. De Wolf, X. Yin, M. Zheng, C. Ballif, A. Javey, "Hole selective MoOx contact for silicon heterojunction solar cells", IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 40, 0968-0970, 2014.

  10. C. Battaglia, S. Martín de Nicolás, S. De Wolf, X. Yin, M. Zheng, C. Ballif and A. Javey, Silicon heterojunction solar cell with passivated hole selective MoOx contact", Applied Physics Letters, 104, 113902, 2014.

  11. C. Battaglia, J. Xu, M. Zheng, X. Yin, M. Hettick, K. Chen, N. Haegel and A. Javey. "Enhanced near-bandgap response in InP nanopillar solar cells", Advanced Energy Materials, 4, 1400061, 2014.

  12. R. Kapadia, Z. Yu, M. Hettick, J. Xu, M. Zheng, C.-Y. Chen, A. D. Balan, D. C. Chrzan, A. Javey, "Deterministic nucleation of InP on metal foils with the thin-film vapor-liquid-solid growth mode", Chemistry of Materials, 26 (3), 1337–1342, 2014.

  13. C. Battaglia, X. Yin, M. Zheng, I. D. Sharp, T. Chen, S. McDonnell, A. Azcatl, C. Carraro, R. Maboudian, R. M. Wallace, A. Javey. "Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells", Nano Letters, 14 (2), 967–971, 2014.

  14. K. Takei, Z. Yu, M. Zheng, T. Takahashi, A. Javey, "Highly-sensitive electronic-whiskers based on patterned carbon nanotube and silver nanoparticle composite films", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 111 (5), 1703-1707, 2014.

  15. R. Kapadia, Z. Yu, H.-H. H. Wang, M. Zheng, C. Battaglia, M. Hettick, D. Kiriya, K. Takei, P. Lobaccaro, J. W. Beeman, J. W. Ager, R. Maboudian, D. C. Chrzan, A. Javey, "A direct thin-film path towards low-cost large-area III-V photovoltaics", Scientific Reports, 3, 2275; DOI:10.1038/srep02275, 2013.

  16. 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, 112, 123102, 2012.

  17. 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-Type InP Nanopillar Photocathodes for Efficient Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51, 10760–10764, 2012.

  18. 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).

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

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