Summary
Mohamed Ebaid is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in The Cooper Lab at JCAP-LBNL. He earned a PhD in Physics from Chonnam National University in 2015. His research is mainly focusing on the cost-effective synthesis and in-situ characterization of emerging nanomaterials for applications in solar hydrogen generation, CO2 reduction, thin-film technologies, and optoelectronic devices. He has extensive hands-on experience in nanomaterials synthesis, clean-room processing, electrochemical measurements, FIB/TEM microstructure measurements, and in-situ XRD/Raman characterizations. He also has deep understanding of design-of-experiments and data analysis as well as instrumentation design, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Mohamed has a strong track-record in cutting-edge research with four patent applications and over 50 technical journal publications and conference presentations.
Technical Skills
- Materials Synthesis: MOCVD, PECVD, CVD, PE-MBE, ALD, E-beam evaporation, RF magnetron Sputtering, Electrochemical Deposition, Spray Pyrolysis, Spin Coating.
- Materials Processing: RTA, Reactive Ion Etching, Wet Chemical Etching, Focused Ion Beam (FIB), Photolithography, Laser Interference Holography, 3D Printing.
- Characterization: In-situ XRD, In-plane XRD, Pole Figure Measurements, XRR, 2D-XRD, TEM, SEM, AFM, EDX, XPS, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, In-situ Raman Spectroscopy, Gas-Chromatography, Mass-Spectrometry, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Time-resolved Photoluminescence, Cryogenic Photoluminescence, Electrochemical characterization: OCV, LSV, CV, CA, IPCE, EIS, Mott-Schottky.
- Computational Skills: Python, Origin Pro, IGOR Pro, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, SolidWorks.
Selected Publications
- Production of C2/C3 Oxygenates from Planar Copper Nitride-Derived Mesoporous Copper via Electrochemical Reduction of CO2
- Improved solar hydrogen production by engineered doping of InGaN/GaN axial heterojunctions
- Water Splitting to Hydrogen over Epitaxially Grown InGaN Nanowires on-Metallic Titanium/Silicon Template: Reduced Interfacial Transfer Resistance and Improved Stability to Hydrogen
- Unbiased Photoelectrochemical Solar Hydrogen Generation on Highly Stable, Ultrathin Organic Linker/Metal Ions-Treated InGaN Nanorods on Metal
- Enhanced solar hydrogen generation of high density, high aspect ratio, coaxial InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well nanowires
- Surface Passivation of GaN Nanowires for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting
- Vertically aligned InGaN nanowires with engineered axial In composition for highly efficient visible light emission
Professional Experiences
Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley Lab, Berkeley CA, USA (Oct 2018 – present)
- Developing emerging transition metal nitride photocathodes for solar hydrogen generation and CO2 reduction; led to the realization of the first cost-effective photoactive Cu3N material.
- Developing a new thermal nitridation/in-situ XRD combined system to understand the temperature-dependent crystalline phase evolutions.
- Building in-situ Raman/electrochemistry cell to trace structural phase transformations on real-time.
- Conducting morphological, optical, and photoelectrochemical characterization.
- Performing advanced microstructure characterization by FIB milling and nano-scale TEM imaging.
- Writing research proposals and mentoring junior-level researchers and graduate students.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (March 2016 – Oct 2018)
- Developed III-nitride nanowires integrated devices and systems for solar energy harvesting devices.
- Built new photoelectrochemical water splitting research-level facility.
- Developed InGaN-based photoanodes on metal substrates such as Ti and Mo for solar water oxidation.
- Performed photo-electrochemical measurements and gas chromatography quantification.
- Co-managed a USD 450K grant from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
- Supervised and trained several K-12, undergraduate, MS, and PhD students.
Graduate Student, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea (Aug 2011 – Aug 2015)
- Studied III-V semiconductor nanowires and nanowire heterostructures for optoelectronic devices and solar water splitting applications.
- Operation and maintenance of Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system.
- Designed and built cryogenic photoluminescence experimental set up and a laser holography interference nanopatterning technique.
- Performed clean-room nanofabrication including e-beam evaporation, sputter, PECVD, ICP-RIE, X-ray lithography, and RTA.
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics: Aug 2015 (GPA: 4.21/4.5)
- Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, South Korea.
- “Synthesis of III-V semiconductor nanowires and nanowire heterostructures by MOCVD for solar water splitting applications and optoelectronic devices”
- M.Sc. in Experimental Physics: Nov 2010
- Department of Physics, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. “Preparation and physical properties characterization of lanthanum-based oxide films”
- B.Sc. in Physics: May 2005
- Department of Physics, Beni-Suef University, Egypt.
