Faculty

Dr. Maged Abdelsamie is an Assistant Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). He received his bachelor's degree in 2010 in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Suez University, Egypt. He obtained Ph.D. (in 2016) and M.Sc. (in 2011) in the Materials Science & Engineering department at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.  His Ph.D. work has revolved around deploying in situ characterization techniques for probing thin-film formation dynamics for applications in organic thin-film photovoltaics and optoelectronics. Upon obtaining Ph.D., he joined the Toney research group as a postdoctoral researcher at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, where his work was focused on employing X-ray scattering techniques to establish processing-microstructure-property-performance relationships of perovskite and organic materials used for optoelectronic applications. Afterward, he joined the Sutter-Fella Lab in 2020 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where his work was focused on the synthesis and characterization of lead-free all-inorganic halides and oxides for energy-harvesting, electronic, ferroelectric, and optoelectronic applications and developing control tools for automated synthesis of semiconductor thin films. His work also involved employing machine learning tools in accelerating the development of synthetic strategies for all-inorganic halides and oxides and employing a Robot platform for thin film synthesis.

Research Interests

His research interests at KFUPM are in the fields of water desalination and semiconductor thin films for sensors, hydrogen production, optoelectronics, and solid-state batteries. He is affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics where his work is focused on combining robotic synthesis, in-situ characterization, and machine learning to accelerate materials development and discovery.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering (2016), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, KSA.
  •  M.Sc.  in Materials Science & Engineering (2011), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, KSA.
  • B.Sc. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (2010), Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering, Suez University, Egypt. 

Courses Teaching

  • MSE 205 Diffusion and Kinetics
  • ME 216 Materials Science and Engineering

Selected Publications

A-    Organic Optoelectronics and Photovoltaics

  1. M. Abdelsamie, T. P. Chaney, H. Yan, S. A. Schneider, I. A. Ayhan, E. D. Gomez, J. R. Reynolds and M. F. Toney, “Revealing Temperature-Dependent Polymer Aggregation in Solution with Small-Angle X-ray Scattering”, J. Mater. Chem. A. 2022,10, 2096, DOI: 10.1039/D1TA09086K.
  2. C. McDowell, M. Abdelsamie, M. F. Toney, G. C. Bazan, “Solvent Additives: Key Morphology-Directing Agents for Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells”, Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1707114. 
  3. D. Baran, R. S. Ashraf, D. A. Hanifi, M. Abdelsamie, N. Gasparini, et.al, “Reducing the Efficiency–Stability–Cost Gap of Organic Photovoltaics with Highly Efficient and Stable Small Molecule Acceptor Ternary Solar Cells”, Nat. Mater. 2017, 16, 363.
  4. M. R. Niazi, R. Li, M. Abdelsamie, K. Zhao, et.al, "Contact‐Induced Nucleation in High‐Performance Bottom‐ Contact Organic Thin Film Transistors Manufactured by Large‐Area Compatible Solution Processing", Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 2371.
  5. D. Baran, T. Kirchartz, S. Wheeler, S. Dimitrov, M. Abdelsamie, J. Gorman, et.al, "Reduced Voltage Losses Yield 10% Efficient Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells with >1 V Open Circuit Voltages", Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9, 3783.
  6. M. Abdelsamie, N. D. Treat, K. Zhao, C. McDowell, et.al, “Toward Additive‐Free Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells: Roles of the Donor Crystallization Pathway and Dynamics”, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7285.
  7. M. Abdelsamie, K. Zhao, M. R. Niazi, et.al, “In Situ UV-Visible Absorption during Spin-Coating of Organic Semiconductors: a New Probe for Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics”, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2014, 2, 3373.

 B-   Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites

  1. T. Kodalle, R. Moral, L. Scalon, R. Szostak, M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Monitoring the Transition from Molecular Surface Passivation to 2D Layer Formation on 3D Perovskite Films”, Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202201490.
  2. M. Abdelsamie, T. Li, F. Babbe, J. Xu, Q. Han, V. Blum, C. M. Sutter-Fella, D. B. Mitzi, M. F. Toney, “Mechanism of Additive-Assisted Room-Temperature-Processing of Metal-Halide Perovskite Thin Films”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021, 13, 11, 13212.
  3.  M. Abdelsamie, J. Xu, K. Bruening, C. J. Tassone, H-G. Steinrück, M. F. Toney, “Impact of Processing on Structural and Compositional Evolution in Mixed-Perovskites during Film Formation”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 2001752.
  4. J. Xu, O. Voznyy, M. Liu, A. R. Kirmani, G. Walters, R. Munir, M. Abdelsamie, A. H. Proppe, et.al, “2D Matrix Engineering for Homogeneous Quantum Dot Coupling in Photovoltaic Solids”, Nat. Nanotechnol. 2018, 13, 456.
  5. R. Munir, A. D. Sheikh, M. Abdelsamie, H. Hu et.al, “Hybrid Perovskite Thin‐Film Photovoltaics: In Situ Diagnostics and Importance of the Precursor Solvate Phases”, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1604113.

 C-    All-Inorganic Halides

  1. M. Abdelsamie, K. Cruse, N. Tamura, G. Ceder, C. M. Sutter-Fella, “Impact of Processing Conditions on the Film Formation of Lead‐Free Halide Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6” J. Mater. Chem. A. 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2TA00763K.
  2. Y. Zhao, K. Cruse, M. Abdelsamie, G. Ceder, C. M. Sutter-Fella, “Synthetic Approaches for Thin Film Halide Double Perovskites”, Matter. 2021, 4, 1801.

Patents                                                                                                                                 

  1. M. Abdelsamie and A. Amassian, “A Thin-Film Coating Apparatus and Methods of Forming a Thin-Film Coating”, USPTO, 2018, Pub. No: WO/2018/092067, International Application No: PCT/IB2017/057182.

Book Chapters                                                                                                                                 

  1. M. Abdelsamie and Michael F. Toney, “Chapter 12: Microstructural Characterization of Conjugated Organic Semiconductors by X-Ray Scattering”, Conjugated Polymers: Properties, Processing and Applications (Handbook Of Conducting Polymers, Fourth Edition), 2019, Vol 2, ISBN 9781138065703 - CAT# K33405.

Selected Conferences                                                                                                                     

  1. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Understanding Crystallization Pathways in BiFeO3 Combining Text-Mining, In-Situ Characterization, and Ab Initio Calculations”, 2022 Solid State Studies in Ceramics Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Seminar (GRS), Presentation at GRS and Poster at GRC, South Hadley, MA, USA.
  2. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Impact of Processing and Solution Engineering on the Film Formation of Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6”, Virtual MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, 2021, EN06: Frontier Energy Sciences in Halide Perovskites, Presentation.
  3. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Mechanism of Additive-Assisted Room-Temperature-Processing of Perovskite Thin Films Revealed by In-Situ X-Ray Scattering”, MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2019, EN09.09.08, Oral Presentation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  4. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Solution Processing of Metal-Halide Perovskite Films - Insight from in situ X-Ray Diffraction”, MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2019, FF04.04.09, Invited Talk (on behalf of M. F. Toney), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  5. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “Probing Photo-Physical Processes in Organic Semiconductors Using Optical Pump - X-ray Probe Spectroscopy”, SSRL/LCLS Annual Users' Meeting, 2018, Poster, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) and the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), Menlo Park, CA, USA.
  6. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “ Toward Additive-Free Processing of Highly Efficient Small-Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells ”, MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2015, Z4.02, Oral Presentation, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  7. M. Abdelsamie, et.al, “In-situ Raman spectroscopy, a new probe to monitor phase transformation and intercalation during spin-casting of bulk heterojunction solar cells", SPIE Optics and Photonics symposium, 2013, Oral Presentation, San Diego, California, USA, Paper No: 8811-43.

Distinguished reviewer for:

Elsevier, American Chemical Society (ACS), and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishing groups; reviewed more than 30 manuscripts for several peer-reviewed journals including: Materials & Design, Journal of Physical Chemistry, and Journal of Materials Chemistry.

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