• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 주요 차세대 태양전지로 분류되는 염료감응 태양전지와 유기(고분자)태양전지에 대한 연구 동향을 살펴보고 이들의 하이브리드 기술전망에 관해 살펴보았다. 특히 두 분야는 기존 무기물 소재의 태양전지와의 경쟁력을 제고하기 위한 측면에서도 상호 전략적인 기술융합을 통한 하이브리드 기술의 개발이 필요한 시점이다. 기술적으로나 시기적으로 아직 초기단계임에도 기술융합에 대한 새로운 응용 가능성에 많은 관심을 끌고 있을 뿐 아니라 성공적인 융합기술 개발의 파급효과도 매우 클 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.753-764
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• 2015

Among several types of energy saving smart window technologies, the leader, the dynamic EC (electrochromic) window one needs integrated PV (photovoltaics), to minimize expensive electrical wiring as well as to obviate the need for external energy. Self-powered smart windows were reviewed according to PV types used. DSSCs (dye sensitized solar cells) were found to be compatible with EC cells, to have several categories of next generation smart windows such as PECCs (photoelectrochromic cells), PVCCs (photovoltachromic cells), EC polymer PECCs. In addition silicon solar cells and third generation solar cells were investigated. They are summarized in a table showing their advantages and disadvantages respectively for a fast comparison. The strategy to expedite the commercialization of these next generation smart windows includes developing retrofit smart window coverings for use on flexible polymer substrates adhered to the inside surface of a window and easily replaced after use for upto 10 years.

• Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.68-68
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• 2012

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.236-236
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• 2007

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

Current major photovoltaic (PV) market share (> 60%) is being occupied by the multicrystalline (mc)-silicon solar cells despite of low efficiency compared to single crystalline silicon solar cells. The diamond wire sawing technology reduces the production cost of crystalline silicon solar cells, it increases the optical loss for the existing mc-silicon solar cells and hence its efficiency is low in the current mass production line. To overcome the optical loss in the mc-crystalline silicon, caused by the diamond wire sawing, next generation texturing process is being investigated by various research groups for the PV industry. In this review, the limitation of surface structure and optical loss due to the reflectivity of conventional mc-silicon solar cells are explained by the typical texturing mechanism. Various texturing technologies that could minimize the optical loss of mc-silicon solar cells are explained. Finally, next generation texturing technology to survive in the fierce cost competition of photovoltaic market is discussed.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 차세대 태양전지로 대표되는 유기, 염료 감응형, 페로브스카이트 태양전지의 최신 연구 동향과 건축, 조형예술, 의류패션 등 분야를 막론한 다양한 산업의 소재로의 과제와 활용 가능성을 분석하였다. 더불어, 웨어러블 IoT 장치와 결합하여 자연 및 인공광과 우리 몸의 움직임에 따라 생성되는 크고 작은 진동 에너지를 전기에너지로 공급하는 역할을 하게 될 '스마트 텍스타일 하이브리드 에너지 하베스팅 소자'의 새로운 미래전망과 그 가능성을 제시하였다. 차세대 태양전지와 마찰·압전소자를 융합한 '하이브리드 텍스타일 에너지 하베스팅 디바이스'는 4차 산업혁명 시대의 웨어러블 IoT 기기에 소재 자체로 결합하여 새로운 '융합 일체형 스마트 의류'로 발전할 것이다. 이 연구가 제안한 차세대 나노기술과 소자가 에너지 하베스팅 기능을 갖는 스마트 섬유 소재 분야에 적용되고, 미래 의류 산업에 융합되어 의료, 헬스케어 등 다양한 분야에 AI 서비스 제공하는 창의적인 제품으로 진화하는 패러다임의 전환점이 되길 바란다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.2743-2750
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• 2011

Lanthanide(III)-cored complex as a wavelength conversion material has been successfully designed and synthesized for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, for the first time, since light with a short wavelength has not been effectively used for generating electric power owing to the limited absorption of these DSSCs in the UV region. A black dye (BD) was chosen and used as a sensitizer, because BD has a relatively weak light absorption at shorter wavelengths. The overall conversion efficiency of the BD/WCM device was remarkably increased, even with the relatively small amount of WCM added to the device. The enhancement in $V_{oc}$ by WCM, like DCA, could be correlated with the suppression of electron recombination between the injected electrons and $I_3{^-}$ ions. Furthermore, the short-circuit current density was significantly increased by WCM with a strong UV light-harvesting effect. The energy transfer from the Eu(III)-cored complex to the $TiO_2$ film occurred via the dye, so the number of electrons injected into the $TiO_2$ surface increased, i.e., the short-circuit current density was increased. As a result, BD/WCM-sensitized solar cells exhibit superior device performance with the enhanced conversion efficiency by a factor of 1.22 under AM 1.5 sunlight: The photovoltaic performance of the BD/WCM-based DSSC exhibited remarkably high values, $J_{sc}$ of 17.72 mA/$cm^2$, $V_{oc}$ of 720 mV, and a conversion efficiency of 9.28% at 100 mW $cm^{-2}$, compared to a standard DSSC with $J_{sc}$ of 15.53 mA/$cm^2$, $V_{oc}$ of 689 mV, and a conversion efficiency of 7.58% at 100 mW $cm^{-2}$. Therefore, the Eu(III)-cored complex is a promising candidate as a new wavelength conversion coadsorbent for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells to improve UV light harvesting through energy transfer processes. The abstract should be a single paragraph which summaries the content of the article.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.61-61
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• 2011

Polymer solar cells have become one of the rising next generation solar cells due to their potential for lightweight and bendable plastic solar modules. Recently, the power conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells has reached ~8 %, which can make ~6 % plastic solar modules when it comes to the modular aperture ratio of ~80 %. Although this efficiency is far behind that of conventional inorganic solar cells, the plastic solar modules are expected to create new energy market into which the inorganic solar modules could not make inroads. In the near future, the plastic solar modules can be integrated with consumer electronics that should overcome the regulation of energy consumption. For this application, the polymer solar cells should be fabricated in a variety of module shapes, which can be resolved by employing conventional and/or advanced coating and molding technologies of plastics products. In this tutorial, the fundamental aspect of polymer solar cells will be briefly introduced and then recent trends in terms of materials and devices will be reviewed together with showing recent results in organic nanoelectronics laboratory.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2021

차세대 태양전지 중 유기물을 활용하는 유기 태양전지는 미래 핵심 에너지 생산 장치로, 최근 급격한 성장세와 함께 많은 주목을 보이고 있다. 유기 태양전지 효율 향상을 위해서 계면 공학 기술이 많이 응용되고 있다. 특히 양전극인 양극과 음극에 계면 공학을 활용하여 에너지 준위 조절을 통한 소자 효율 향상과, 궁극적으로 적층형 유기 태양전지에 계면 공학을 활용하여 우수한 전기적, 광학적 성능을 이끌어 내어 고성능 소자를 제작하는 방식이 널리 활용되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 유기태양전지에 활용되고 있는 계면 공학에 대하여 최근 연구 동향을 요약 및 소개하고 고성능 유기 태양전지 제작 방식에 대하여 논의하고자 한다.

• 세라미스트
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.146-169
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• 2019

To overcome the theoretical efficiency of single-junction solar cells (> 30 %), tandem solar cells (or multi-junction solar cells) is considered as a strong nominee because of their excellent light utilization. Organic-inorganic halide perovskite has been regarded as a promising candidate material for next-generation tandem solar cell due to not only their excellent optoelectronic properties but also their bandgap-tune-ability and low-temperature process-possibility. As a result, they have been adopted either as a wide-bandgap top cell combined with narrow-bandgap silicon or CuIn_xGa_(1-x)Se₂ bottom cells or for all-perovskite tandem solar cells using narrow- and wide-bandgap perovskites. To successfully transition perovskite materials from for single junction to tandem, substantial efforts need to focus on fabricating the high quality wide- and narrow-bandgap perovskite materials and semi-transparent electrode/recombination layer. In this paper, we present an overview of the current research and our outlook regarding perovskite-based tandem solar technology. Several key challenges discussed are: 1) a wide-bandgap perovskite for top-cell in multi-junction tandem solar cells; 2) a narrow-bandgap perovskite for bottom-cell in all-perovskite tandem solar cells, and 3) suitable semi-transparent conducting layer for efficient electrode or recombination layer in tandem solar cells.