College of Science and Liberal ArtsDepartment of Physics
News from our Apollo blogNovember 27th, 2010
A delegation from Ningguo in the People’s Republic of China will visit NJIT Nov. 18, 2010 to learn more about sustainable urban living and solar energy. The delegation would like to transform Ningguo into China’s “Solar City.” The trip follows a visit this past July from an NJIT delegation led... read more!
August 9th, 2010
Professor Ken K. Chin, Director of Apollo CdTe Solar Energy Research Center, gives a talk at the 35th IEEE PVSC (Photovoltaic Specialists Conference) entitled “Local Charge Neutrality Condition, Fermi Level, and Carrier Compensation of CdTe Polycrystalline Thin Film in CdS/CdTe Solar Cells,” the... read more!
August 9th, 2010
NJIT SVP for R&D Dr. Don Sebastial and Apollo Center Director Professor Ken Chin and Deputy Director Dr. Jingong Pan visited Apollo Solar, Chengdu, as well as Beijing and other cities in China, 7/13 – 8/13, 2010 Dr. Sebastian giving a talk on NJIT and... read more!
August 8th, 2010
NJIT received today from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. a three-year, $1.5 million grant to establish a solar research center. The company, based in Chengdu, the People’s Republic of China, mines and refines tellurium (Te) and high-purity tellurium-based metals for specific segments of the global... read more!
July 14th, 2010
Although replacing power stations is not energy harvesting, the adoption of thin film photovoltaics in such large installations will help to make them more viable in small energy harvesting applications. Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. a refiner and producer of high purity tellurium, tellurium-based... read more!
July 14th, 2010
President Barack Obama announced the loan to Abound Solar, a Loveland-based company with a manufacturing facility in Longmont, during his weekly radio address Saturday. The company, which employs 360 people in Colorado and manufactures thin film solar panels, will nearly double its employee base in... read more!
July 14th, 2010
According to the agreement, Apollo Solar will invest 60 MM RMB (US $8.75 MM) to build the 2 MW demo solar power station and will be responsible for the construction of the entire project, including planning, design, construction and installation of the solar power station. The 2MW demo solar power... read more!
