• 도시과학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2019

Recently, interest in solar energy, which is the center of new government energy policy, is increasing. However, the focus is on mass production of solar power plants, and policies and related technologies for maintenance and management of existing installed PV modules are insufficient. In this study, we use UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to acquire RGB and infrared images, apply it to the structure-from-motion (SfM) based image analysis tool, model the three- And the position of the hot spot was monitored and coordinates were detected. As a result, it is possible to provide basic spatial information for maintenance of solar module by monitoring and position detection of hot-spot suspected solar cells by superimposing infrared image and RGB image based on unmanned aerial vehicle.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2024

Photovoltaic (PV) power generation is the world's best and largest renewable energy that generates electricity with infinite sunlight. Solar cell modules are a component of photovoltaic power generation and must have a long-term durability of at least 25 years. The development of processes and equipment that can be recovered through the recycling of metals and valuable metals when the solar module's lifespan is over has been completed to the level of commercialization, but few processes have been developed that require repair due to initial defects. This is mainly due to the economic problems caused by remaking. However, if manufacturing processes such as repairing solar cell modules that have been proven to be early defects are established and the technical review of long-term reliability and durability reaches a certain level, it is considered that it will be a recommended process technology for environmental economics. In this paper, assuming that a defective solar cell module occurs artificially, a manufacturing process for replacement of solar cells was developed, and a technical verification of the manufacturing technology was conducted through long-term durability evaluation in accordance with KS C 8561. Through this, it was determined that remanufacturing technology for solar cell replacement of solar cell modules that occurred in a short period of time after installation was possible, and the research results were announced through a journal to commercialize solar modules using manufacturing technology in the solar market in the future.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.646-651
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• 2018

최근 태양전지의 Donor/Acceptor 계면에 그래핀 양자점을 완충 층으로 삽입하여 광 전환 효율을 향상시킨 많은 연구 결과들이 보고되었다. 그래핀 양자점은 그래핀 단일 층이 여러 겹 쌓여서 구성된 수 나노미터 크기의 물질로, 양자 제한 효과에 의한 밴드갭 조절이 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만 대부분의 그래핀 양자점을 활용한 연구에서 레이저 분쇄나 수열 처리 등과 같은 복잡하고 접근성이 떨어지는 용액 공정들이 박막 형성에 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Indium tin oxide(ITO)/$TiO_2$/Poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)/Al 구조로 구성된 태양전지의 Donor/Acceptor 계면에 그래핀 양자점을 단순한 초음파 처리를 통해 용매에 분산시켜 박막 공정에 사용하였음에도 불구하고, 단락 전류를 $1.26{\times}10^{-5}A/cm^2$에서 $7.46{\times}10^{-5}A/cm^2$으로, 곡선인자(Fill factor)를 0.27에서 0.42로 향상된 결과를 확인하였다. 이러한 결과를 트랜지스터 구조의 소자를 활용한 전기적 성질 확인과 순환 전압-전류법을 통한 에너지 레벨 분석 및 가시광 흡수 스펙트럼 분석 등을 통하여 고찰하였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 그래핀 양자점 용액 공정이 복잡한 처리 공정 없이도, 보다 폭넓게 활용 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.35.1-35.1
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• 2011

New photovoltaic (PV) materials and manufacturing approaches are needed for meeting the demand for lower-cost solar cells. The prototypal thin-film photovoltaic absorbers (CdTe and $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$) can achieve solar conversion efficiencies of up to 20% and are now commercially available, but the presence of toxic (Cd,Se) and expensive elemental components (In, Te) is a real issue as the demand for photovoltaics rapidly increases. To overcome these limitations, there has been substantial interest in developing viable alternative materials, such as $Cu_2ZnSnS_4$ (CZTS) is an emerging solar absorber that is structurally similar to CIGS, but contains only earth abundant, non-toxic elements and has a near optimal direct band gap energy of 1.4~1.6 ev and a large absorption coefficient of ${\sim}10^4\;cm^{-1}$. The CZTS absorber layers are grown and investigated by various fabrication methods, such as thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation with a post sulfurization, sputtering, non-vacuum sol-gel, pulsed laser, spray-pyrolysis method and electrodeposition technique. In the present work, we report an alternative method for large area deposition of CZTS thin films that is potentially high throughput and inexpensive when used to produce monolithically integrated solar panel modules. Specifically, we have developed an aqueous chemical approach based on chemical bath deposition (CBD) with a subsequent sulfurization heat treatment. Samples produced by our method were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, absorbance and photoluminescence. The results show that this inexpensive and relatively benign process produces thin films of CZTS exhibiting uniform composition, kesterite crystal structure, and good optical properties. A preliminary solar cell device was fabricated to demonstrate rectifying and photovoltaic behavior.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.27-40
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• 2013

These day morden cities have serious climatic problems due to enviornmental load caused by excessive development of urbanization. As technological improvement to answer to various ecological disasters and climate changes are also called on the field of construction, inter-disciplinary studies linked to the estabilishment of sustainable energy generation systems and enviornmental control is needed in a consilient point of view. This study aims to analyse optimal site conditions for photovoltaic system and green roof planting through solar radiation simulation in a integrated perspective. In so doing, it seeks to proffer basic study for developing a sound use of roof area that is sustainable in environmental and resources aspects. A computer simulation showed that, in the case of total seasonal solar radiation, summer season resulted 312.5kWh in 35% of total annual solar radiation. This season indicated the lowest radiation rate of the year for direct sunlight in 45.8% of total seasonal solar radiation. Due to such solar radiation simulation, at the largest optimal planting area, Glechoma hederacea var. longituba secured $719.16m^2$ of gross roof area.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2017

본 논문의 연구 목적은 저탄소 에너지화에 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 태양광 발전 시스템의 철도분야 적용확대를 위한 설계 단계에서의 태양광 발전량 예측 연구로 실제 운영하고 있는 지평 태양광발전소를 대상으로 태양광 발전량 상용 예측 프로그램인 PVsyst를 활용하여 프로그램 기본 제공 NASA와 Meteonorm의 해외 기상정보를 이용한 연간 태양광 발전량 예측값과 기상청(KMA) 기상정보를 이용한 발전량 예측값을 비교하고, 한국전력거래소(KPX) 실제 발전량과의 비교 분석을 통해 태양광발전소 구축비의 적정성을 확보하여 철도분야의 태양광 발전 시스템 확대적용과 나아가 신기후 체제에 대응한 저탄소 에너지화에 기여하고자 한다.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.291-296
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• 2011

This paper presents energy self-sufficiency simulated in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by adopting solar energy production systems that vary with installation conditions. Relative to the national average energy consumption in WWTPs, the employment of 100 kW photovoltaics (PVs) was simulated to achieve 2.75% of energy self-sufficiency. The simulated results suggested that the installation of PVs toward South or South west would produce the highest energy self-sufficiency in WWTPs. When super-hydrophilic coating was employed in the conventional PVs, 5% of additional solar energy production was achievable as compared to uncoated conventional PVs. When 100 kW of PVs were installed in a future test-bed site, Kihyeung Respida located in Yougin, Sourth Korea, the energy self-sufficiency by solar energy was simulated to be 1.77% (2010). The simulated energy self-sufficiency by azimuth(direction) will be useful reference for practitioners in designing the solar PV systems in the WWTPs.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2021

In this study, we fabricated light-weight solar module for various applications such as building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), vehicles, trains, etc. Ethylene tetra fluoro ethylene (ETFE) film was applied as a material to replace the cover glass, which occupies more than 65% of the weight of the PV module. Glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) was applied to the ones with a low durability by replacing the cover glass to ETFE. Moreover, to achieve a high solar power conversion in this study, we applied a shingled design to weight reduced solar modules. The shingled module with GRP shows 183.7 W of solar-to-power conversion, and the output reduction rate after weight load test was 1.14%.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.332-340
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 다목적 최적화 기법을 이용하여 다양한 신재생에너지 자원 기반 통합 에너지 공급 시스템을 설계 및 평가 한다. 본 연구에서는 에너지 공급 시스템의 주요 구성요소로써 태양광 모듈, 풍력터빈 및 화석연료 기반 발전장치 등 에너지 생산 기술을 비롯하여 배터리와 인버터 등의 전력 에너지 저장 및 변환 장치 등도 포함한다. 특히, 6개의 한국 대표 지역을 선별하여 각 지역의 에너지 요구량 및 실제 신재생 에너지 자원 데이터를 기반으로 최적의 독립 통합 에너지 공급 시스템을 설계하였으며, 총 소요비용, 단위에너지비용 및 생애주기 이산화탄소 배출 분석 등, 다양한 지표를 이용하여 시스템의 경제성 및 환경성을 분석한다. 특히 다목적최적화 기법을 이용하여 최소 비용과 최소 이산화탄소 배출 등 두 목적함수를 동시에 만족하는 파레토 솔루션을 규명함으로써 신재생 자원 기반 독립 에너지 공급 시스템 설계의 가능성 및 효과를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 신재생에너지 자원이 좋은 지역일수록 시스템 구축 비용 증가에 따른 이산화탄소 절감 효과가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 신재생에너지 자원 기반 에너지 공급 시스템의 전력 단가는 현재 기존 단가보다 평균 0.35~0.46 $/kWh높게 나타났으며, 이산화탄소 배출량의 경우 기존 배출량보다 470~490 g$CO_2$/kWh정도의 저감효과를 보임을 분석하였다.