As the founding director of NJIT-Rutgers(Newark) Joint Applied Physics M.S./Ph.D. Program and MJIT MtSE M.S./Ph.D. Program, I am devoted to graduate (also undergraduate) physics teaching and solar energy research. I am also a writer of biography of great physicists
Electricity and Magnetism, Device Physics, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics,
Past Courses
MTSE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
PHYS 103: GENERAL PHYSICS
PHYS 121: PHYSICS II
PHYS 231A: PHYSICS III LAB
PHYS 621: CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMIC
PHYS 721: ELECTROMAGNETICS II
PHYS 792: PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Research Interests
CdTe thin film growth and characterization. CdTe solar cell and panel. Optical fiber sensors. Fiber optic sensor systems. Power supply security. MEMS. Nanotechnology and Metamaterials. Physics of semiconductor materials and devices. IR image sensors. MBE.
Conference Proceeding
"Spatial-Sensitive Feature of DLTS and Application in CdS/CdTe Solar Cells" 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, September, 2015.
"Modulation spectroscopy as a probe of surface electric field in CdTe solar cells " 29th EU SEC, September, 2014.
"Injection Dependent Minority Carrier Lifetime and Defect Configuration in Thin Film CdTe Solar Cells" 40th IEEE PVSC, June, 2014.
"A.E. Delahoy, Z Cheng, K.K. Chin “Evidence for CdTe1-xSx Compound Formation in CdTe Solar Cells from High-Precision, Temperature-Dependent Device Measurements,” Proc. 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, June 16-21, 2013, Tampa, FL." December, 2013.
"A.E. Delahoy, Z. Cheng, K.K. Chin “Carrier Collection in Thin-Film CdTe Solar Cells: Theory and Experiment” 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" EUSEC 27, September, 2012.
"Zhitao Wang, Zimeng Cheng, Alan Delahoy, and Ken K. Chin “A New Solar Cell Modeling for CdTe Solar Cell” 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition" 27th EUSEC, September, 2012.
"3. P. Kharangarh, D. Misra, G. E. Georgiou, A. E. Delahoy, Z. Cheng, G. Liu, H. Opyrchal, T. Gessert and K. K. Chin “Investigation of Defects in n+-CdS/p-CdTe Solar Cells" 38th IEEE PVSC, June, 2012.
"4. Zimeng Cheng and Ken K. Chin “The Steady State Occupancy And Effective Fermi Level of P-N Junction" 38th IEEE PVSC, June 2012, June, 2012.
"Investigation of defects in N+-CDS/P-CdTe solar cells" 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), June, 2012.
"P. Kharangarha, D. Misrab, G. E. Georgioua and K.K. China, "Investigation of Electrically Active Defects in n-CdS/p-CdTe Solar Cells," " Annual Conference of Electro-Chemical Society, November, 2011.
"Investigation of Electrically Active Defects in n-CdS/p-CdTe Solar Cells" ECS Transactions, The Electrochemical Society, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.
"Carrier Density and Compensation in Cu Doped CdTe with Multi-transition Energy Levels" IEEE PVSC Proceedings, June, 2011.
"LARGE AREA CDS THIN FILMS GROWN BY CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION" 37th IEEE PVSC , June, 2011.
"Diffusion Theory and Thermionic Emission Theory of Type II p-n Junction" 25th EUSEC, December, 2010.
"Zimeng Cheng1, Zhitao Wang1, Poonam Kharangarh1, Jingong Pan1, Dongguo Chen1, Guowei Wang2, Zheng Zheng2, Jiansheng Liu2, George E. Georgiou1, Ken K. Chin1 “Simulations of Dopants of p-CdTe thin film in n-CdS/p-CdTe Solar Cell,” to be presented at 25th EUPVSEC, 1Apollo CdTe Solar Energy Center (pending), NJIT, Newark NJ 07102 USA, 2School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083 China, 25th EU PVSC Proceedings, Valencia, Spain, 2010." December, 2010.
"“Numerical and Graphic Method for Calculation of Majority Carrier Compensation of Multiply Doped Semiconductors Used in Photovoltaics,” by Guowei Wang1, Jiansheng Liu1, Zheng Zheng1, Zimeng Cheng2, George Georgiou 2, Ken K. Chin2, 25th EU PVSEC Proceedings, Valencia, Spain, 2010." Proceedings of 25th eU PVSEC, December, 2010.
"Local Charge Neutrality Condition, Fermi Level, and Carrier Compensation of " Proceedings of 35th IEEE PVSC , June, 2010.
"The Roles of Cu Impurity States in CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells" Proceedings of 35th IEEE PVSC, June, 2010.
"Zimeng Cheng1, Kwok Lo2, Dongguo Chen1, Jingong Pan1, Tao Zhou2, Qi Wang3, George E. Georgiou1, and Ken K. Chin1, “Working Quantum Efficiency of CdTe Solar Cell,” (1Department of Physics, Apollo CdTe Solar Energy Center, NJIT, Newark NJ 07102 USA, 2Department of Physics, NJIT, Newark NJ 07102 USA, 3National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO 80401 USA), 35th IEEE PVSC. " Proceedings of 35th IEEE PVSC, June, 2010.
"A Novel Concentrator Design with PV Junctions on the Sides of a Flat Panel" Proceedings of 34th PVSC, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2009.
Journal Article
Zimeng Cheng, Alan Delahoy, Ken Chin, . 2014. "Steady state minority carrier lifetime and defect level occupation in thin film CdTe solar cells." Thin Solid Film, vol. 2014, pp. 9.
Ken K. Chin. 2013. "Transition Gibbs Free Energy Level and Formulation of Carrier SRH Recombination in Photonic Devices." Jpurnal of Semiconductors., vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 34120001 -0004.
P. Kharangarh, Durgamadhab Misra, G. Georgiou, Ken K. Chin. 2013. "Characterization of space charge layer deep defects in n+-CdS/p-CdTe solar cells by temperature dependent capacitance spectroscopy." Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 113, pp. 114504.
P. Kharangarh, Durgamadhab Misra, G. Georgiou, Ken K. Chin. 2012. "Evaluation of Cu Back Contact Related Deep Defects in CdTe Solar Cells." ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. Q110-Q113.
Ken K. Chin. 2012. "Dual roles of doping and trapping of semiconductor defect levels and their." JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 111, 000000 (2012), vol. JOUR111, 000000 (2012), no. DOI: 10.1063/1.4719046 Date: 14-May-12, pp. 10.
Ken K. Chin. 2011. "Local Charge Neutrality Condition, Fermi Level, and Majority Carrier Density of Semiconductor with Multiple Localized Multi-Level Intrinsic/Impurity Defects ." Journal of Semiconductors, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. p. 112001-1-8.
Ken K. Chin. 2011. "Ji Ma, Su-Huai Wei, and T. A. Gessert, NREL, Golden, CO, USA, and Ken K. Chin, Apollo CdTe Solar Energy Research Center, NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA, "Carrier density and compensation in semiconductors with multi dopants and multi transition energy levels: The case of Cu impurity in CdTe." Physical Review B 83, 245207 (2011)., vol. 83, pp. 245207.
Ken K. Chin. 2011. "Approximate Graphical Method for Solving Fermi Level and Majority Carrier Density of Semiconductors with Multiple Donors and Multiple Acceptors." Journal of Semiconductors, vol. 32 (6), pp. p. 062001-1-6 (2011)..
Ken K. Chin. 2010. "p-Doping Limit and Donor Compensation in CdTe Polycrystalline Thin Film Solar Cells." Science Direct: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 94, pp. 1627-1629.
Book
Ken K. Chin. "Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensors (in Chinese, National Key Books))." 1 - 399 pp. Science Publishing House, 2013.
Ken K. Chin. "Einstein, 2nd Edition." 2011.
Ken K. Chin. "Faraday, 2nd Edition." 2011.
Ken K. Chin. "Albert Einstein." China Youth Publishing House, 2010.
Ken K. Chin. "Michael Faraday (in Chinese)." China Youth Publishing House, 2010.
Chapter
Ken K. Chin. "Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensors." In Telecki, eds., pp. 496. 2012.
Ken K. Chin. "Einstein and Atomic Bomb." pp. 20. 2010.
Other
"Investigation of Electrically Active Defects in n-CdS/p-CdTe Solar Cells" 220th ECS Meeting, Boston, MA, October 9 - October 14, 2011, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2011.