Simon Family Distinguished Professor
David Mitzi received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from Princeton University in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 1990. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke in 2014, Dr. Mitzi spent 23 years at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center, where his focus was on the search for and application of new electronic materials, including organic-inorganic perovskites and inorganic materials for photovoltaic, LED, transistor and memory applications. For his final five years at IBM, he served as manager for the Photovoltaic Science and Technology Department, where he initiated and managed a multi-company program to develop a low-cost, high-throughput approach to deposit thin-film chalcogenide-based absorber layers for high-efficiency solar cells. Dr. Mitzi’s current research interests involve making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market. He holds a number of patents, and has authored or coauthored more than 200 papers and book chapters.
Appointments and Affiliations
- Simon Family Distinguished Professor
- Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Professor of Chemistry
Contact Information
- Office Location: Box 90300 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0300
- Office Phone: +1 919 660 5356
- Email Address: david.mitzi@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- B.S. Princeton University, 1985
- Ph.D. Stanford University, 1990
Research Interests
Making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market.Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher . Clarivate Analytics. 2021
- ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials. American Chemical Society. 2020
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher . Clarivate Analytics. 2020
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. Clarivate Analytics. 2019
- Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher. Clarivate Analytics. 2018
- MRS Fellow. Materials Research Society. 2018
Courses Taught
- MSEG 591: Independent Study
- ME 592: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 562: Materials Synthesis and Processing
- ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 516: Thin-Film Photovoltaic Technology
- ME 492: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
In the News
- From Junkyards to a Lab: Grad Student’s Curiosity of Solar Energy (Feb 22, 2024…
- Which Duke Scholars Made the Most Cited List? (Nov 16, 2023 | Duke Research Blo…
- Building a Better Solar Cell (Sep 25, 2023 | Duke Science and Technology)
- Chiral Ingredients Split Electron Spins in Hybrid Semiconductors (Oct 12, 2020 …
- Six Duke Engineers Among Global Highly Cited (Nov 19, 2019 | Pratt School of En…
- Global List of Highly Cited Puts Duke in Top Ten (Nov 19, 2019)
- Professors, Alumna Honored by American Chemical Society (Aug 27, 2019)
- Duke Faculty Plentiful On ‘Highly Cited’ List (Nov 27, 2018)
- Supercomputer Predicts Optical and Thermal Properties of Complex Hybrid Materia…
- Pratt Researchers Join National Effort to Unlock New Energy Technologies (Aug 2…
- Duke Engineers Join National Center on Emerging Energy Materials (Aug 20, 2018)
- Mitzi Elected to Materials Research Society Fellows (Feb 9, 2018 | Pratt School…
- Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants (Apr 28, 2017)
- Duke Awards Distinguished Professorships, Inducts New Bass Society Members (May…
- Duke Initiative Brings a Lot of Energy to Research (May 11, 2015 | Duke Researc…
- Mitzi Awarded SunShot Initiative Funding to Improve Thin-Film Solar Cell Materi…
Representative Publications
- Almora, O., C. I. Cabrera, S. Erten-Ela, K. Forberich, K. Fukuda, F. Guo, J. Hauch, et al. “Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 4).” Advanced Energy Materials 14, no. 4 (January 26, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303173.
- Wang, T., T. M. McWhorter, G. C. McKeown Wessler, Y. Yao, R. Song, D. B. Mitzi, and V. Blum. “Exploration, Prediction, and Experimental Verification of Structure and Optoelectronic Properties in I2-Eu-IV-X4 (I = Li, Cu, Ag; IV = Si, Ge, Sn; X = S, Se) Chalcogenide Semiconductors.” Chemistry of Materials 36, no. 1 (January 9, 2024): 340–57. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02218.
- Yan, L., Y. Xie, D. B. Mitzi, P. C. Sercel, A. J. Phillips, J. L. Blackburn, and W. You. “Giant Apparent Optical Circular Dichroism in Thin Films of Bismuth-Based Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Metal Halide Semiconductor Through Preferred Orientation.” Advanced Optical Materials, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202302766.
- Singh, A., Y. Xie, C. Adams, B. G. Bobay, and D. B. Mitzi. “Controlling glass forming kinetics in 2D perovskites using organic cation isomers.” Chemical Science, January 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc06461a.
- Maughan, A. E., G. Koknat, P. C. Sercel, M. K. Jana, R. Brunecky, D. B. Mitzi, J. J. Berry, V. Blum, and M. C. Beard. “Impact of Chiral Symmetry Breaking on Spin-Texture and Lone Pair Expression in Chiral Crystals of Hybrid Antimony and Bismuth Halides.” Chemistry of Materials 35, no. 21 (November 14, 2023): 9086–9101. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01733.