Bilge Yildiz

Bio

Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003.
• B.Sc., Nuclear Engineering, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey, 1999.

Awards

• Faraday Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2024
• Fellow of The Electrochemical Society, 2023
• Corresponding Member Abroad, Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2023
• Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science, 2022
• American Physical Society Fellow, 2021
• Ross Coffin Purdy Award, 2018
• Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award, 2012
• Somiya Award for International Collaboration, 2012
• NSF CAREER Award, 2011 – 2016
• ANS Faculty PAI Outstanding Teaching Award, 05/2008
• Pacesetter Award, Argonne National Laboratory, 08/2006

Research

Professor Bilge Yildiz’s research centers on the science and technology of materials development for energy conversion applications in harsh environments. The scientific insights derived from her research impact the design of novel surface chemistries for efficient and durable solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells, and for corrosion resistant films in a wide range of extreme environments as in nuclear energy generation and oil exploration. Her research has made significant contributions in advancing molecular-level understanding of the kinetics of oxygen reduction and oxidation on ionic solid surfaces. Specifically Prof. Yildiz studies the effects of temperature, stress and reactive fluids on the surface reactivity and degradation by combining theoretical and experimental analyses of electronic structure, defect mobility and composition, and provide design guidelines for high-performance and durable materials.

The key findings in much of Prof. Yildiz’s work were obtained through the development of in situ surface science techniques in conjunction with first-principles calculations and novel atomistic simulations. The Yildiz laboratory develops and implements new scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy capabilities in harsh in situ conditions of temperature, reactive gasses and mechanical stresses; a first-of-its kind capability. Her computational specialization includes development of new multiscale models to overcome the timescale limitation of traditional atomistic methods while coupling to the same atomistic length scales attainable in her experiments.

Publications

Recent Publications

1. Antisite defects stabilized by antiphase boundaries in YFeO3 thin films
   Abinash Kumar, Konstantin Klyukin, Shuai Ning, Cigdem Ozsoy-Keskinbora, Mikhail Ovsyanko, Felix van Uden, Ruud Krijnen, Bilge Yildiz, Caroline A. Ross, James M. LeBeau
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09152v1
2. Voltage control of ferrimagnetic order and voltage-assisted writing of ferrimagnetic spin textures
   Mantao Huang, Muhammad Usama Hasan, Konstantin Klyukin, Delin Zhang, Deyuan Lyu, Pierluigi Gargiani, Manuel Valvidares, Sara Sheffels, Alexandra Churikova, Felix Büttner, Jonas Zehner, Lucas Caretta, Ki-Young Lee, Joonyeon Chang, Jian-Ping Wang, Karin Leistner, Bilge Yildiz & Geoffrey S. D. Beach
   Nature Nanotechnology, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00940-1
3. Probing point and planar defects in multiferroic YFeO3 thin films
   Abinash Kumar, Shuai Ning, Konstantin Klyukin, Bilge Yildiz, Caroline Ross and James LeBeau
   Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(S1), 2144-2145. DOI: 10.1017/S143192762100773X
4. Electronegative metal dopants improve switching consistency in Al2O3 resistive switching devices
   Zheng Jie Tan*, Vrindaa Somjit*, Cigdem Toparli, Bilge Yildiz, Nicholas Fang
   arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.13301
   *=equally contributing authors
5. CMOS-compatible protonic programmable resistor based on phosphosilicate glass electrolyte for analog deep learning
   Murat Onen, Nicolas Emond, Ju Li, Bilge Yildiz, and Jesús A. del Alamo
   Nano Letters, 21, 14, 6111–6116, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01614
6. An antisite defect mechanism for room temperature ferroelectricity in orthoferrites
   Shuai Ning, Abinash Kumar, Konstantin Klyukin, Eunsoo Cho, Jong Heon Kim, Tingyu Su, Hyun-Suk Kim, James LeBeau, Bilge Yildiz, and Caroline Ross
   Nature Communications, 12, 4298, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24592-w
7. Structure, kinetics, and thermodynamics of water and its ions at the interface with monoclinic ZrO2 resolved via ab initio molecular dynamics
   Jing Yang, Mostafa Youssef, and Bilge Yildiz
   The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02064
8. Tuning Point Defects by Elastic Strain Modulates Nanoparticle Exsolution on Perovskite Oxides
   Jiayue Wang, Jing Yang, Alexander K. Opitz, William Bowman, Roland Bliem, Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Andreas Nenning, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Adrian Hunt, Jean-Jacques Gallet, and Bilge Yildiz
   Chemistry of Materials, 33, 13, 5021–5034, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00821
9. Highly Durable C2 Hydrocarbon Production via the Oxidative Coupling of Methane Using a BaFe0.9Zr0.1O3−δ Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conducting Membrane and La2O3 Catalyst
   Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Bonjae Koo, Bilge Yildiz, and Ahmed F. Ghoniem
   ACS Catalysis, 11, 3638−3661, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04888
10. Hf Deposition Stabilizes the Surface Chemistry of Perovskite Manganite Oxide
    Roland Bliem*, Dongha Kim*, Jiayue Wang, Ethan J. Crumlin, and Bilge Yildiz
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 6, 3346–3354, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09707
    *=equally contributing authors
11. Precipitation of dopants on acceptor-doped LaMnO3 revealed by defect chemistry from first principles
    Franziska Hess and Bilge Yildiz
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 064702, 2021. DOI: 10.1063/5.0035691

All publications

Teaching

22.101 Applied Nuclear Physics
22.70 Applications of Nuclear Materials
22.33/033 Nuclear Systems Design Project

News

• Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies
• Bilge Yildiz wins 2024 Faraday Medal
• MIT engineers develop a way to determine how the surfaces of materials behave
• Team engineers nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy and fuel conversion
• Bilge Yildiz selected as Fellow of The Electrochemical Society
• Bilge Yildiz elected to the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Bilge Yildiz wins Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science
• New hardware offers faster computation for artificial intelligence, with much less energy
• Developing electricity-powered, low-emissions alternatives to carbon-intensive industrial processes
• MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition
• First-ever Climate Grand Challenges recognizes 27 finalists
• Toward batteries that pack twice as much energy per pound
• Electrochemistry, from batteries to brains
• Six from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2021
• A fix for foulants
• A material’s insulating properties can be tuned at will
• Two committees to examine MIT’s outside engagements
• MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
• Yildiz and team win 2018 Purdy award
• New analysis explains role of defects in metal oxides
• Extending life and improving performance of fuel cell electrodes
• How to make metal alloys that stand up to hydrogen
• Switchable material could enable new memory chips
• New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material
• Bilge Yildiz digs deep into surfaces of matter
• Surface properties command attention
• Designing Better Surfaces for Energy

Video

• Seeking Deep Understanding of Surfaces

More News

• Strain can alter materials’ properties
• Stress corrosion cracking: New experiments, new insights
• Keeping hydrogen from cracking metals
• Going to the Red Planet
• Unleashing oxygen: ‘Superlattice’ could boost fuel cell performance
• Probing the mysteries of cracks and stresses
• MIT researchers shed light on atomic level factors responsible for the chemical expansion effect
• Understanding and predicting materials behavior: NSE takes an interdisciplinary approach
• New Insights Into Material Surfaces Advance Energy Conversion Technologies
• Better Fuel Cells and Reactors, Built From the Atomic Level
• NSE's Yildiz wins 2012 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award
• MIT research team wins Somiya Award for International Collaboration
• Professor Bilge Yildiz wins MISTI Global Seed Fund grant
• Prof. Bilge Yildiz wins prestigious NSF CAREER award