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David Mitzi

Simon Family Distinguished Professor
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
363 Gross Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90300 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708-0300

Research Interests


Making emerging photovoltaic materials more effective, cost-efficient and competitive for the energy market.

Selected Grants


Collaborative Research: DMREF: Data-Driven Prediction of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Structures

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027

REU SITE: Collaborative Research: Nanoscale Detectives -- Elucidating the Structure and Dynamics of Hybrid Perovskite Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Collaborative Research: Amorphous-Crystalline Switching in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductors

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Design and Validation of Defect-Resistant Multinary Chalcogenide Semiconductors for Energy Conversion

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2019 - 2025

MRI: Acquisition of a Cryogen-Free Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS DynaCool)

EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021

Melt Processing of Operationally-Stable Perovskite Photovoltaic Films and Devices

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2017 - 2020

GOALI: Doping Control and Processes in Metal Halide Perovskites

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2020

High-Performance Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2014 - 2019

GAANN - Department of Chemistry

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Department of Education · 2015 - 2019

Defect Engineering in Zinc-Blende-Type Absorbers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2019

External Relationships


  • Chungnam National University -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
  • First Solar Corporation
  • International Business Machines Corp.
  • Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology -- Honorarium for on-line lecture (this was in 2022... no activity or payments for this activity in 2023)
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology -- Honorary Visiting Professor Appointment (Adjunct professorship)
  • Science Press USA (on behalf of ScienceChina Press) -- Honoraria for on-line lecture associated with a Journal of Energy Chemistry mini-Workshop (this was in 2022... no activity or payments in 2023)
  • Seoul National University -- half day visit and lecture March 2024
  • University of Oklahoma (this was from 2022... no new activity or remunerations in 2023)
  • Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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