{"id":2,"date":"2011-09-02T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:20:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\"Dr.<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Abasifreke (Aba) Ebong, Professor and Director of Graduate Program<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: Grigg Hall 361 Phone: 704 687 0307<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:aebong1@charlotte.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Ph.D. University of New South Wales, Australia, 1995<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • M.Sc. University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1987<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • B.Sc. University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1984<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Six Sigma Green Belt, GE Global Research Center, NY, 2002<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Research Interest<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Design, modeling, fabrication, characterization, and analysis of solar cells including crystalline, thin films and organic solar cells<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Low-cost and high-efficiency solar cells (Silicon, III-V etc.)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Characterization and understanding of solar cell materials-contacts and interfaces<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Surface passivation of electron devices<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • III-V light emitting diodes for solid-state lighting<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Current Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Low-cost contact to lowly doped emitters for high-efficiency Si solar cells.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • An alternative to Ag paste for lowly doped emitter for high-efficiency Si solar cells.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Understanding the impact of conducting glass layer at the Si\/gridline interface.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Abasifreke (Aba) Ebong, Professor and Director of Graduate Program Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 Office: Grigg Hall 361 Phone: 704 687 0307 Email:aebong1@charlotte.edu Education: Research Interest Current Research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/aebong1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}