Fadong obtained his Ph.D. in Physics in 2010 from University of Massachusetts Lowell. He worked at Konarka Technologies, Inc before he joined US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) at SUNY CNSE. Dr. Yan coordinates and manages the back end of line (BEOL) process and hardware development activities for CIGS solar cell/module manufacturing at the PVMC Manufacturing Development Facility (MDF) located at the CNSE Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, NY. He is responsible for coordination and execution of consortium and proprietary process and equipment development BEOL activities. The MDF processes include MW scale systems such as grid application, thermal anneal, interconnection, lamination and module testing equipment.
Nanopatterning
Nanomaterial morphology
Solar cell and module stability/reliability
Solar cell manufacturing and process development
