Davide Priante

PhD Student

​"Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of New Mexico​, United States of America"

Davide.Priante@kaust.edu.sa

Introduction

I am currently pursuing a PhD student In Photonics Laboratory in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE) Division at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST).

I joined KAUST in February 2014 as an MS-to-PhD student in Photonics Laboratory and I received my MSc degree in August 2015 with a thesis based on the recombination mechanism of CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite. I obtained my bachelor of science in Material Science Engineering from University of Padua, Italy in 2013.

My research topic focuses on enhancing the optical power of AlGaN-based nanowires light emitters. It involves the device structure design optimization and the usage of highly conductive thin metal substrates.

I am a member of OSA and SPIE and I served as a reviewer for the Journal of Nanophotonics and the Journal of Photonics for Energy.

Research Interests

• Wide band-gap semiconductor Optoelectronic devices

• Nanofabrication processes

Selected Publications

• D. Priante, I. Dursun, M. S. Alias, D. Shi, V. A. Melnikov, T. K. Ng, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr, and B. S. Ooi, "The recombination mechanisms leading to amplified spontaneous emission at the true-green wavelength in CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskites", Applied Physics Letters, 106, 081902, 2015.

• Priante Davide, Janjua Bilal et al. "Highly uniform ultraviolet-A quantum-confined AlGaN nanowire LEDs on metal/silicon with a TaN interlayer." Optical Materials Express 7.12 (2017): 4214-4224.

• Janjua Bilal, Priante Davide et al. "Ultraviolet-A LED Based on Quantum-disks-in-AlGaN-nanowires-Optimization and Device Reliability." IEEE Photonics Journal (2018).

• Alias, M. S., Janjua, B., Zhao, C., Priante, D., Alhamoud, A. A., Tangi, M., ... & Ng, T. K. (2017). Enhancing the Light-Extraction Efficiency of an AlGaN Nanowire Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diode by Using Nitride/Air Distributed Bragg Reflector Nanogratings. IEEE Photonics Journal, 9(5), 1-8.

• Janjua, B., Sun, H., Zhao, C., Anjum, D. H., Priante, D., Alhamoud, A. A., ... & El-Desouki, M. M. (2017). Droop-free Al x Ga 1-x N/Al y Ga 1-y N quantum-disks-in-nanowires ultraviolet LED emitting at 337 nm on metal/silicon substrates. Optics Express, 25(2), 1381-1390.

• Bose, R., Adhikari, A., Burlakov, V. M., Liu, G., Haque, M. A., Priante, D., ... & Ng, T. K. (2018). Imaging Localized Energy States in Silicon-Doped InGaN Nanowires Using 4D Electron Microscopy. ACS Energy Letters, 3(2), 476-481.

• Jafar I. Khan, Aniruddha Adhikari, Jingya Sun, Davide Priante, Riya Bose, Basamat S. Shaheen, Tien Khee Ng et al. "Enhanced Optoelectronic Performance of a Passivated Nanowire‐Based Device: Key Information from Real‐Space Imaging Using 4D Electron Microscopy." Small.

• Riya Bose, Jingya Sun, Jafar I. Khan, Basamat S. Shaheen, Aniruddha Adhikari, Tien Khee Ng, Victor M. Burlakov, Manas R. Parida, Davide Priante, Alain Goriely, Boon S. Ooi, Osman M. Bakr, Omar F. Mohammed, “Spatial and Temporal Imaging of Energy Loss and Carrier Diffusion in InGaN Nanowires using Scanning Ultrafast Electron Microscopy”, Advanced Material.

• Varadhan, P., Fu, H. C., Priante, D., Retamal, J. R. D., Zhao, C., Ebaid, M., ... & Ooi, B. S. (2017). Surface passivation of GaN nanowires for enhanced photoelectrochemical water-splitting. Nano letters, 17(3), 1520-1528.

Education

2015 – present: PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

2015: MSc, Department of Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
2013: BSE in Material Science Engineering, University of Padua, Italy.

Professional Profile

• PhD - Department of Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Demonstrated enhanced optical power in UV AlGaN-based nanowires LEDs by developing a metal bilayer template that enables higher injection current and heat dissipation.

  • Optimized the structure design of UV AlGaN/GaN nanowires LEDs on foundry-compatible silicon substrates for improved output power by employing graded structures.

  • Analyzed the mechanisms involved in UV AlGaN-based nanowires LEDs degradation.

  • As a consequence of AlGaN LED degradation study: studied the junction temperature of such devices grown on metal and silicon substrate.

  • Demonstrated solar-blind AlGaN nanowires photodetector grown on metal/silicon substrate

• MSc - Department of Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  Master thesis: The recombination mechanism and true green amplified spontaneous emission in CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite

  • Demonstrated amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) in perovskite-based powder between true-green wavelength dielectric Bragg reflectors, by optically pumping.

  • Studied the bulk defects and excitonic recombination in perovskite that leads to ASE

• Internship, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Internship researcher / Professor Boon S. Ooi’s Laboratory

  • InGaN/GaN nanowires-based LEDs characterization

• BSE - Department of Material Science Engineering, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

  • Undergraduate Internship / Project supervised by Professor Andrea Zambon

  • Steel productive process (INOX steel, special metal alloys), AFV Acciaierie Beltrame SpA, Vicenza, Italy

Scientific and Professional Memberships

Member of OSA, KAUST student chapter (The Optical Society, association in optics and photonics).

KAUST Affiliations

Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) | Electrical Engineering