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The Single-Side Textured Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Using Dielectric Coating Layer (절연막을 이용한 단면 표면조직화 결정질 실리콘 태양전지)

  • Do, Kyeom-Seon;Park, Seok-Gi;Myoung, Jae-Min;Yu, Gwon-Jong;Song, Hee-Eun
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.245-248
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    • 2011
  • Many researches have been carried out to improve light absorption in the crystalline silicon solar cell fabrication. The rear reflection is applied to increase the path length of light, resulting in the light absorption enhancement and thus the efficiency improvement mainly due to increase in short circuit current. In this paper, we manufactured the silicon solar cell using the mono crystalline silicon wafers with $156{\times}156mm^2$, 0.5~3.0 ${\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ of resistivity and p-type. After saw damage removal, the dielectric film ($SiN_x$)on the back surface was deposited, followed by surface texturing in the KOH solution. It resulted in single-side texturing wafer. Then the dielectric film was removed in the HF solution. The silicon wafers were doped with phosphorus by $POCl_3$ with the sheet resistance 50 ${\Omega}/{\Box}$ and then the silicon nitride was deposited on the front surface by the PECVD with 80nm thickness. The electrodes were formed by screen-printing with Ag and Al paste for front and back surface, respectively. The reflectance and transmittance for the single-sided and double-sided textured wafers were compared. The double-sided textured wafer showed higher reflectance and lower transmittance at the long wavelength region, compared to single-sided. The completed crystalline silicon solar cells with different back surface texture showed the conversion efficiency of 17.4% for the single sided and 17.3% for the double sided. The efficiency improvement with single-sided textured solar cell resulted from reflectance increase on back surface and light absorption enhancement.

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A Study of RCSTP Nutrient Removal Efficiency in Winter Season (동절기 마을하수처리장 영양염류 제거에 관한 연구)

  • Im, Jiyeol;Gil, Kyungik
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.363-370
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    • 2014
  • Sewage distribution rate in rural area is only 50% level than urban area. Normally, rural area sewage is focused on the reason of water source pollution owing to rural areas were located in near water source. The Korea government is effort to manage the rural community sewage for protect the water source. In this study conducted analysis on rural community sewage treatment plant(RCSTP) nutrient treatment efficiency using operation results on winter season. Research areas are newly constructed in Bong-hwa, Yeong-yang and An-dong areas which are located in near An-dong Im-ha Dam. Based on operation result, sludge retention time(SRT) and mixed liquer suspended solid(MLSS) were effected on RCSTP nutrient treatment efficiency. Thus, it is necessary to manage of operation condition for nutrient treatment efficiency in RCSTP during the winter season.

Analysis of Microbial Communities Using Culture-dependent and Culture-independent Approaches in an Anaerobic/Aerobic SBR Reactor

  • Lu Shipeng;Park Min-Jeong;Ro Hyeon-Su;Lee Dae-Sung;Park Woo-Jun;Jeon Che-Ok
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 2006
  • Comparative analysis of microbial communities in a sequencing batch reactor which performed enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) was carried out using a cultivation-based technique and 16S rRNA gene clone libraries. A standard PCR protocol and a modified PCR protocol with low PCR cycle was applied to the two clone libraries of the 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from EBPR sludge, respectively, and the resulting 424 clones were analyzed using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) on 16S rRNA gene inserts. Comparison of two clone libraries showed that the modified PCR protocol decreased the incidence of distinct fragment patterns from about 63 % (137 of 217) in the standard PCR method to about 34 % (70 of 207) under the modified protocol, suggesting that just a low level of PCR cycling (5 cycles after 15 cycles) can significantly reduce the formation of chimeric DNA in the final PCR products. Phylogenetic analysis of 81 groups with distinct RFLP patterns that were obtained using the modified PCR method revealed that the clones were affiliated with at least 11 phyla or classes of the domain Bacteria. However, the analyses of 327 colonies, which were grouped into just 41 distinct types by RFLP analysis, showed that they could be classified into five major bacterial lineages: ${\alpha},\;{\beta},\;{\gamma}-$ Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and the phylum Bacteroidetes, which indicated that the microbial community yielded from the cultivation-based method was still much simpler than that yielded from the PCR-based molecular method. In this study, the discrepancy observed between the communities obtained from PCR-based and cultivation-based methods seems to result from low culturabilities of bacteria or PCR bias even though modified culture and PCR methods were used. Therefore, continuous development of PCR protocol and cultivation techniques is needed to reduce this discrepancy.

Growth Rate and Nutrient Content Changes of Humulus japonicus

  • Ju, Eun-Jeong;Kim, Jae-Geun;Lee, Yang-Woo;Lee, Bo-Ah;Kim, Heung-Tae;Nam, Jong-Min;Kang, Ho-Jeong
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.461-467
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    • 2006
  • The growth pattern and the seasonal changes in nutrient contents of Humulus japonicus were investigated. Stem length of H. japonicus reached the maximum from 240 to 260 Julian date and the median value was found at 255 Julian date. The maximum leaf area was observed from 235 to 248 Julian date and the median value was at 240 Julian date. The maximum growth rate of the stem length ranged from 205 to 227 Julian date. The leaf area showed the maximum growth rate from 196 to 214 Julian date. The median date in the growth rate of the stem length and leaf area was 212 and 205 Julian date, respectively. The growth rate of H. japonicus was related to rainy season and precipitation. Phosphorus and sodium contents of H. japonicus were correlated with maximum potential rate of relative growth. Although stem biomass of H. japonicus was $ 1.5{\sim}3.5$ times larger than that of leaf, N content of the leaf ($4.48{\sim}5.27%$) was about 2 times higher than that of the stem ($2.00{\sim}3.62%$). High content of N might be responsible for the high growth rate of H. japonicus in summer. This result provides valuable information for appropriate timing for the removal of H. japonicus.

Shipboard sewage treatment using Membrane Sequence Batch Reactor (MSBR을 이용한 크루즈선 오·폐수 처리 장치)

  • Kim, In-Soo;Lee, Eon-Sung;Oh, Yeom-Jae;Kim, Eog-Jo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.383-388
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    • 2010
  • Lab scale experiment study was carried out for biological process development on cruise. SBR(Sequence Batch Reactor), MBR(Membrane Bioreactor), and MSBR(Membrane Sequence Batch Reactor) system were investigated for practical application on shipboard sewage treatment. From the results it was suggested that MSBR system might be suitable process for cruise in terms of pollutant removal efficiency, maintenance and special environmental conditions of cruise. About 99% of BOD, 98% of COD and 99% of SS were removed in MSBR system. In addition, about 76% of total nitrogen was reduced and the total phosphorus reduction averaged 59%.

Process Development of Algae Culture for Livestock Wastewater Treatment Using Fiber-Optic Photobioreactor (축산폐수 처리를 위한 광섬유 생물반응기를 이용한 조류 배양 공정 개발)

  • 최정우;김영기;류재홍;이우창;이원홍;한징택
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.14-21
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    • 2000
  • In this study, algae cultivation using the photobioreactor has been applied to remove the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds in the wastewater of the livestock industry. The optimal ratio of nitrate and ortho-phosphate concentration was found for the enhancement of removal efficiency. To achieve the high density culture of algae, the photobioreactor consisted of optical fibers wes developed to get the sufficient light intensity. The light could be illuminated uniformly from light source to the entire reactor by the optical fibers. The structured kinetic model was proposed to describe the growth rate, consumption rate of nitrates and ortho-phosphates in algae culture. The self-organizing fuzzy logic controller incorporated with genetic algorithm was constructed to control the semi-continuous wastewater treatment system. The proposed fuzzy logic controller was applied to maintain the nitrated concentration at the given set-point with the control of wastewater feeding rate. The experimental results showed that the self-organizing fuzzy logic controller could keep the nitrate concentration and enhance algae growth.

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The Photovoltaic Properties & Fabrication of $n^{+}$-p InP Homojunction Diodes ($n^{+}$-p InP 동종접합 다이오드의 제작과 광기전력 특성)

  • 최준영;문동찬;김선태
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.05a
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    • pp.110-113
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    • 1992
  • $n^{+}$-p homojunction InP diodes were fabricated using thermal diffusion of Sulfur into p-type InP substrates(Zn doped, LEC grown, p=2.3${\times}$10$^{16}$c $m^{-3}$). The Sulfur diffusion was carried out at 550$^{\circ}C$, 600$^{\circ}C$, 700$^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours in a sealed quartz ampule(~2ml in volume) containing 5mg I $n_2$ $S_3$ and Img of red phosphorus. The formed junction depth was below 0.5$\mu\textrm{m}$. After the removal of diffused layer on the rear surface of the wafer, the beak ohmic contacts to the p-side were made with a vacuum evaporation of An-Zn(2%) followed by an annealing at 450$^{\circ}C$ for 5 minutes in flowing Ar gas. The front contacts were made with a vacuum evaporation of Au-Ge(12%) followed by an annealing at 500$^{\circ}C$ for 3 minutes in flowing Ar gas. The remarkable sprctral response of the cells obtained at the region of 6000-8000${\AA}$ region. The open circuit voltage $V_{oc}$ , short circuit current density $J_{sc}$ , fill factor and conversion efficiency η of the fabricated pattern solar cells(diffusion condition : at 700$^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours) were 0.660V, 14.04㎃/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 0.6536 and 10.09%, respectively.y.

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A Study of Sewage Treatment with a Self-Cleaning Filtration Unit (자기세정 여과 반응장치를 이용한 하수처리에 관한 연구)

  • Mo, Sung-Young;Lee, Pul-Eip;Kim, Bum-Su;Lee, Tae-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2016
  • In this study, sewage was fed with up flow direction into a reactor equipped with a screw to circulate media that had lower specific gravity than water. It was observed that the media in the reactor could be circulated by a screw with reverse flow of the sewage feeding from the top to the bottom direction. Under these conditions, concentrations of inflow and outflow pollutants were measured at the filtration unit. Experimental results revealed stable circulation of the media with a screw in the reactor. Circulation of the media in the reactor showed more efficiency in removing the pollutants (particulate matters and organics) than no circulation. The maximum removal efficiencies of suspended solid (SS), chemical oxygen demand (CODmn), and total phosphorus (T-P) were 96%, 72% and 65%, respectively. Improvements for SS, CODmn and T-P removals with circulation of media were 52.38%, 43.14% and 118.12% respectively, compared to those without circulation.

The Estimating an Effect of Rapid Flux Increase to a Membrane in the Intermittent Aeration MBR Process Using Alum Treatment (응집제를 활용한 간헐포기 MBR공정에서 순간플럭스 증가가 분리막에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • Choi Song-Hyu;Cho Nam-un;Han Myong Su
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.70-83
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    • 2005
  • By supplying air intermittently in various mode, the effects of oxic/anoxic time ratio and air scrubbing in aeration condition on the membrane flux and permeability were investigated. When suction pump stops, vacuum pressure remains inside the suction pump. Therefore, the effect of remaining vacuum pressure in the suction pump on fouling of membrane was investigated. The effect of EPS (Extra cellular Polymeric Substance) which is generated due to the long SRT and high concentration of MLSS and the dose of coagulant on the membrane were also investigated. The suitable oxic/anoxic time ratio for the best removal efficiency of organic matter and nitrogenous matter was 40 minutes (Oxic) : 20 minutes (Anoxic). At this time ratio, alum was dosed into the aeration tank. The result of dosing alum was that the concentration of alum solution might affect nitrification and denitrification. To remove 1 mg/L of phosphorus in MBR process, it needs 0.75 mg/L of alum solution.

Phytoremediation of the pesticides, endosulfan (${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$) and fenitrothion, using aquatic plants (수생식물을 이용한 엔도설판(${\alpha},\;{\beta}$) 및 페니트로치온의 제거)

  • Kim, Jong-Hyang;Lee, Bang-Hee;Hur, Jong-Sou;Lee, Geun-Seon;Koh, Sung-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.249-256
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    • 2010
  • A phytoremediation study has been conducted to see if some known aquatic plants can remove the pesticides, endosulfan-${\alpha},\;{\beta}$ and fenitrothion which are frequently used in the crop protection and golf course management, and are likely to exist as residual pollutants in the aquatic ecosystems. Among the five aquatic plants tested in the microcosms, water lily Nymphaea tetragona Georgi showed the highest degradation efficacies (85~95%) for the three pesticides as opposed to the control(13~26%). The efficacies for the other plants were in the range of 46~80% in the order of Pistia stratiotes, Cyperus helferi, Eichhornia crassipes, and Iris pseudoacorus. Fenitrothion, an organo-phosphorus pesticide, was much more vulnerable to the phytoremediation than the organo-chlorine pesticides, endosulfan-${\alpha}$ and endosulfan-${\beta}$. The kinetic rate constants ($min^{-1}$) for removal of the three pesticides were more than 10 times higher than the control (non-planting) in case of Nymphaea tetragona Georgi. This aquatic plant showed kinetic rate constants about 2 times as much as the lower kinetic rate constants shown by Iris pseudoacorus. The reason for the highest degradation efficacy of water lily would be that the plant can live in the sediment and possess roots and broad leaves which could absorb or accumulate and degrade more pollutants in association with microbes. These results indicate that some of the selected aquatic plants planted near the agricultural lands and wetlands could contribute to remediation of pesticides present in these places, and could be applicable to protection of the aquatic ecosystems.