CAREER: Engineering Ultra-Wide Bandgap III-Nitride Devices for Highly Efficient and Robust Electronics
The PI, located at North Carolina State University (NCSU), will mentor post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students and develop educational materials for K-12 students.
This CAREER award aims to create highly efficient and reliable switches and diodes from ultra wide bandgap Al-rich III-Nitride materials. The PI at NC State will work to overcome technical challenges, such as forming low-loss and temperature-stable contacts and integrating components with other materials to expand functionality. This process will include mentoring post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students and developing educational materials for K-12 students.
Sponsor
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The grant—running from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2027—is for a total of $500,000.
Principle Investigators
Spyridon Pavlidis
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The objective of this CAREER award is to demonstrate highly efficient and robust switches and diodes using ultra wide bandgap Al-rich III-Nitrides. Engineering solutions will be developed to overcome current technical barriers, including the development of accurate models, formation of low-loss and temperature-stable contacts and heterogeneous integration with other materials to enhance functionality.