Research Associate Professor
Research Center for Carbon-based Electronics
Research Areas:
High-purity semiconducting carbon nanotube solution preparation,
carbon nanotube network and aligned array preparation,
carbon-nanotube-based CMOS devices,
carbon-nanotube-based thin-film transistors (TFTs),
carbon nanotube radio-frequency (RF) electronics, carbon nanotube display technology
Education:
2008.9-2012.7, Bachelor of Science in Microelectronics, Bachelor of Economics (Double Degree), Peking University
2012.8-2017.5, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
Experience:
2017.6-2018.6, Process Integration Device Engineer, Logic Technology Development Group in Ronler Acres Campus, Intel Corporation
2018.6-2021.3, Associate Professor & MA student advisor, Division of Electric Information, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2021.3-, Associate Professor, Research Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Peking University
Publicatoins:
1. Cao, Y.; Brady, G. J.; Gui, H.; Rutherglen, C.; Arnold, M. S.; Zhou, C. Radio Frequency Transistors Using Aligned Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes with Current-Gain Cutoff Frequency and Maximum Oscillation Frequency Simultaneously Greater Than 70 GHz. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 6782-6790.
2. Cao, Y.; Che, Y. C.; Gui, H.; Cao, X.; Zhou, C. W. Radio Frequency Transistors Based on Ultra-High Purity Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes with Superior Extrinsic Maximum Oscillation Frequency. Nano Research 2016, 9, 363-371.
3. Cao, X.; Cao, Y.*; Zhou, C. W. Imperceptible and Ultraflexible P-Type Transistors and Macroelectronics Based on Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 199-206. (*:co-first author)
4. Cao, Y.; Che, Y. C.; Seo, J. W. T.; Gui, H.; Hersam, M. C.; Zhou, C. W. High-Performance Radio Frequency Transistors Based on Diameter-Separated Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. Applied Physics Letters 2016, 108.
5. Cao, Y.; Cong, S.; Cao, X.; Wu, F.; Liu, Q.; Amer, M. R.; Zhou, C. Review of electronics based on single-walled carbon nanotubes. Topics in current chemistry 2017, 375, 75.
6. Chen, H. T.; Cao, Y.; Zhang, J. L.; Zhou, C. W. Large-Scale Complementary Macroelectronics Using Hybrid Integration of Carbon Nanotubes and IGZO Thin-Film Transistors. Nature Communications 2014, 5.
7. Cong, S.; Cao, Y.; Fang, X.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Q.; Gui, H.; Shen, C.; Cao, X.; Kim, E. S.; Zhou, C. Carbon Nanotube Macroelectronics for Active Matrix Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays. ACS Nano 2016.
8. Cao, X.; Chen, H. T.; Gu, X. F.; Liu, B. L.; Wang, W. L.; Cao, Y.; Wu, F. Q.; Zhu, C. W. Screen Printing as a Scalable and Low-Cost Approach for Rigid and Flexible Thin-Film Transistors Using Separated Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2014, 8, 12769-12776.
9. Esqueda, I. S.; Cress, C. D.; Cao, Y.; Che, Y.; Fritze, M.; Zhou, C. The Impact of Defect Scattering on the Quasi-Ballistic Transport of Nanoscale Conductors. Journal of Applied Physics 2015, 117.
10. Yao, M. Q.; Huang, N. F.; Cong, S.; Chi, C. Y.; Seyedi, M. A.; Lin, Y. T.; Cao, Y.; Povinelli, M. L.; Dapkus, P. D.; Zhou, C. W. Gaas Nanowire Array Solar Cells with Axial P-I-N Junctions. Nano Letters 2014, 14, 3293-3303.
11. Esqueda, I. S.; Cress, C. D.; Che, Y. C.; Cao, Y.; Zhou, C. W. Charge Trapping in Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays Induced by Ionizing Radiation Exposure. Journal of Applied Physics 2014, 115.
12. Wei, M.; Robin, M.; Portilla, L.; Ren, Y.; Shao, S.; Bai, L.; Cao, Y.; Pecunia, V.; Cui, Z.; Zhao, J., Air-stable N-type printed carbon nanotube thin film transistors for CMOS logic circuits. Carbon 2020, 163, 145-153.
13. Fang Liu, Xingxing Chen, Haoming Liu, Jie Zhao, Meiqi Xi, Hongshan Xiao, Tongkang Lu, Yu Cao, Yan Li, Lianmao Peng, Xuelei Liang, High-yield and low-cost separation of high-purity semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes with closed-loop recycling of raw materials and solvents. Nano Research 2021, 14, 4281–4287.
14. F Liu, X Chen, M Xi, N Wei, L Bai, L Peng, Y Cao, X Liang, Comparative study of the extraction selectivity of PFO-BPy and PCz for small to large diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nano Res. 2022.
Research Projects:
Research on Key Techniques for the Preparation of High-Purity Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes for Integrated Circuits, Science and Technology Major Project of Shanxi
Patents:
Screen printing systems and techniques for creating thin-film transistors using separated carbon nanotubes, Chongwu Zhou, Xuan Cao, Haitian Chen, Bilu Liu, Yu Cao, Xiaofei Gu, Wenli Wang, Fanqi Wu, WO2016094580A1.
Awards:
1. 2018 CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program
2. 2018 Young Talents Program of Beijing
3. 2016 National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Funded Foreign Students
4. 2016-2017 Ming-Hsieh Institute Scholar, University of Southern California
5. 2010 Wu-Si Scholarship, Peking University
6. 2009 Guang-Hua Scholarship, Peking University
Dr. Yu Cao is a research associate professor at the Research Center for Carbon-based Electronics, Peking University. His research focuses on electronics based on carbon nanotubes. Dr. Yu Cao was awarded Bachelor of Science in Microelectronics and Bachelor of Economics (Double Degree) at Peking University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California, U.S.A. He has served as Process Integration Device Engineer at the Logic Technology Development Group of Intel Corporation located in Ronler Acres Campus, Hillsboro, U.S.A. He has also worked as associate professor and MA student advisor at Division of Electric Information, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and been supported by CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program. Dr. Yu Cao has authored multiple research articles in journals as Nature Communications, ACS Nano, Nano Research, and Carbon.
