Application of Vacuum Technologies for Photovoltaic Systems, Flat Panel Display and Solid-State Lighting
International Workshop 2010
All invited speakers (in alphabetic order)
Dr. Frank Fenske received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics in
1974 and 1980, respectively. From 1974 to 1981 he worked on interface problems in MIS structures at the Academy of Sciences. Later he
focused research on silicides and multilayer contact systems to silicon. Since 1991 he has been with the Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin (now HelmholtzZentrum Berlin), where he is working on a variety of problems related to the physics
and technology of silicon based thin film solar cells. Areas of special interest are
properties of transparent conducting oxides and absorber films in close relation to
their preparation conditions by physical vapour deposition techniques.
Prof. Dr. Michael Heuken, born Oberhausen, Germany, 17 Nov. 1961.
Dipl.-Ing./Dr.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering, Duisburg University,
Germany in 1985/1989. Senior engineer, RWTH Aachen (IHT), in the
field of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy for electronic and
optoelectronic devices. 1994 finished Habilitation in semiconductor
technology and devices with a thesis on ZnSSe based optoelectronic
devices. Since 1997 joined AIXTRON AG Aachen, Germany, presently
as Vice President Corporate Research and Development. 1999, honored as
Professor at RWTH Aachen. Author and co-author of more than 400 publications.
President of DGKK from 2002 to 2005, Councilor of IOCG (International Organization
of Crystal Growth) representing Germany, board member of EPIC (European
Photonics Industry Consortium), board member of OptechNet e.V and member of
VDE/ITG. Referee for international journals. Several granted patents in the field of
MOVPE technology.
Dr. Alexander Lawerenz is head of the photovoltaics department at the
CiS Research Institute for Microsensors and Photovoltaics in Erfurt,
Germany. He studied physics at the Universities of Konstanz and Hamburg. In 2002 he achieved his PhD degree in Freiberg, Germany with a
thesis on the interaction of dislocations and oxygen and their influence
on carrier recombination in multicrystalline silicon. One year later he
joined the CiS Forschungsinstitut working on the fields of mechanical
and electrical properties of silicon wafers and on process engineering of silicon solar
cells.
Prof Dr. Frank Richter is Professor of Solid State Physics at Chemnitz
University of Technology, Germany. After obtaining his PhD in 1974, he
worked for 15 years at the Institute for Semiconductor Physics (IHP) in
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, and did research in microelectronic technology, particularly silicon epitaxy and silicides for intereconnects and con-
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tacts. In 1989, he moved to Chemnitz University. Since then, his scientific interest
has been directed towards plasma-assisted thin film deposition and surface engineering. Current activities are focused on in-situ characterization of pulsed plasmas, process modeling, and mechanical characterization of thin films. He has published more
than 100 refereed articles in high-level international journals as well as book chapters. Prof. Frank Richter is presently the President of the German Vacuum Society
and is an elected member of the Review Board of Condensed Matter Physics of the
German Research Foundation.
Prof. Dr. Carsten Ronning is full professor and currently director of
the Institute of Solid State Physics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of
Jena, Germany. He studied physics at the Universities of Bremen and
Konstanz, and completed his PhD thesis entitled “Diamond-like materials prepared via mass selected ion beam deposition” in 1996. After
holding a post-doc position at the North-Carolina State University
(USA), he performed intense research at the University of Göttingen on
thin films, semiconductor physics as well as on semiconductor nanowires. His position today at the University Jena includes the heading of a Photovoltaics group specialised on the preparation of CdTe and CIGS thin film solar cells.
Dr. Johannes Struempfel is working as Chief Scientist at VON ARDENNE Company in Dresden. This company which enjoys a long tradition is a leading manufacturer for industrial vacuum coating equipments
globally. Particularly focused on large area coatings deposited on glass,
metal strips and webs VON ARDENNE applies PVD technologies for
production using magnetron sputtering and high-rate electron beam
evaporation. After his studies at Dresden Technical University, Dr. Struempfel was
graduated as physicist. Since more than 35 years he is working at VON ARDENNE in
both Thin Film and Plasma Technologies. He is specialized in advanced developments of optical coatings for large area applications. In a very early stage he realized
the control of highly productive reactive sputter processes for deposition of low and
high index oxides. His particularly experiences are related to transparent conductive
oxides TCO and cleaning of surfaces by plasma impact respectively. As an author of
numerous papers and publications Dr. Struempfel is committed to several conference
committees or boards within the international and German plasma community.
Prof. Dr. Dietrich R. T. Zahn Dietrich R. T. Zahn received a diploma in
Physics from the RWTH Aachen in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Physics from the
University of Wales Cardiff in 1988. After a post-doc period at the Technical University in Berlin, he became Professor of Semiconductor Physics
at the Chemnitz University of Technology in 1993. His research focuses
on the spectroscopic characterization of semiconductor interfaces and
thin films, with particular emphasis on organic/inorganic hybrid systems, low dimensional systems, e.g., quantum dot superlattices, as well as advanced interconnects in
micro-/nanoelectronics. He is author or co-author of more than 400 related publications. Since 2006 he has been chairman of the Thin Film Division of the German
Physical Society and Vice President for Research at the Chemnitz University of
Technology.
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Prof. Sun Zhuo, the professor of East China Normal University, and
director of Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advaced
Instruments, MOE, China; the co-founder of a few nanotechnology
companies (Nanocs, Nanoking, Sunlights). Dr Sun is also the Director of
LED chapter, Shanghai Optoelectronics Association; and Deputy
Director of Shanghai Solid State Lighting Research Center. He was
obtained Ph.D from Lanzhou University in 1995, then worked as a Research Fellow
in Shanghai Jiaotong University (1995) and Nanyany Technological University
(Singapore) (1996-2003), respectively. Dr. Sun's research interesting includes thin
film/nanostructred materials processing and applications, vacuum/plasma systems,
LED, FED, solar cells, etc. As a principal investigator, he has been responsible for a
few key research projects on nanotechnology related to flat panel display, high efficiency light source, thin film solar cell, vacuum systems supported by Singapore and
China. He has published over 200 articles in renowned international
journals/conferences, and filed over 40 patents, and awarded as “Shanghai Sci&Tech
Youth Creative Talent Award” and “Shanghai IT Youth Top 10”, etc. He is a member
of Society of Information Display (SID), the Excutive Chair of “Asia Display 2007”,
and has been awarded 2007 SID “Presidential Citation”. He is also the Excutive Chair
of IEEE “International Nanoelectronics Conference 2008”.
Prof. Dr. Junhao Chu,
Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Expert of Semiconductor Physics and Devices
He is born at YiXin city in JiangSu province in March 1945, graduated from Physics Department in Shanghai Normal University in 1966,
and got Master degree and PhD degree from Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,
CAS in 1981 and 1984, respectively, elected as Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005.
He is professor in Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics in CAS, and Director
of Research center for Solar cells in CAS, he is also Dean of School of Information
Science and Technology in East China Normal University, and Chief Editor of Chinese Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. He had been the director of National
Laboratory for Infrared Physics from 1993 to 2003. He has made a systematically
investigation on the infrared opto-electronic materials and devices such as narrow
gap semiconductors and ferroelectric thin films. He presented widely used expressions for energy band gap, absorption coefficient etc. for HgCdTe, set up a theoretical
model to describe the two-dimensional electron subband structures in the MIS structure of narrow gap semiconductors. He found the properties of fundamental optoelectronic transitions, determined opto-electric territorial for HgCdTe materials and
devices. He developed researches on the physics of ferroelectric thin film materials
and devices, fabricated PZT and BST uncooled infrared detectors to realize thermal
imaging. He has published more than 300 papers, and 3 books. He is also an author
for Landolt-Boernstein “Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and
Technology”. He acquired the second class Awards of Natural Science in China
(2005).