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Study about Conversion Efficiency of c-Si Solar Cells Using Low energy(40keV) Electron Beam (40keV 저에너지 전자빔을 이용한 단결정 Si 태양전지의 변환 효율에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon J.P.;Kang B.B.;Park S.J.;Yoon P.H.;Cha I.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2003.07b
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    • pp.942-948
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    • 2003
  • This paper about the small electron beam irradiator for solar cell's efficiency. Many things are studied by method to increase conversion efficiency of solar cell. We selected electron beam by method for conversion efficiency of solar cell. Energy bands of this electron beam irradiator is 80keV(max.). And, solar cells that apply in this paper are crystal Si. Average efficiency of solar cell that applies in this experiment is 10$\%$. This system manufactured low energy electron beam irradiator. And, electron beam irradiation to solar cell in vacuum chamber of this irradiator. Irradiation area is 20*20 [mm2] by 40[keV].

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Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement with surface Damage Removal Etching and Anti-reflection Coating Process (표면결함식각 및 반사방지막 열처리에 따른 태양전지의 효율 개선)

  • Cho, Chan Seob;Oh, Jeong Hwa;Lee, Byeungleul;Kim, Bong Hwan
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2014
  • In this study general solar cell production process was complemented, with research on improvement of solar cell efficiency through surface structure and thermal annealing process. Firstly, to form the pyramid structure, the saw damage removal (SDR) processed surface was undergone texturing process with reactive ion etching (RIE). Then, for the formation of smooth pyramid structure to facilitate uniform doping and electrode formation, the surface was etched with HND(HF : HNO3 : D.I. water=5 : 100 : 100) solution. Notably, due to uniform doping the leakage current decreased greatly. Also, for the enhancement and maintenance of minority carrier lifetime, antireflection coating thermal annealing was done. To maintain this increased lifetime, front electrode was formed through Au plating process without high temperature firing process. Through these changes in two processes, the leakage current effect could be decreased and furthermore, the conversion efficiency could be increased. Therefore, compared to the general solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 15.89%, production of high efficiency solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 17.24% was made possible.

Polymer Solar Cells: Fundamentals and Recent Trends

  • Kim, Young-Kyoo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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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.

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A new proposal of three-step dc-dc converter scheme for solar power system

  • Lee, Hee-Chang;Park, Sung-Joon
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.358-361
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    • 2007
  • We report on a new type dc-dc converter design that combines the advantage of dc ripple noise elimination and high efficiency. As potential low cost solar cells, DSC module and the panel's system efficiency and stability are still critical problems to the way of marketing. In this study, a new three-step dc-dc converter scheme with the phase-shift-carrier technology is proposed to apply for solar power system. We have achieved power conversion efficiency around 94.88%.

A Study on the Fixed-Concentrating Hybrid Panel using Reflector (반사판을 이용한 고정식 집속형 복합 Panel에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Kiu-Jo;Kim, Wan-Tae;Lee, Tae-Ho;Yoo, Hung-Chul;Huh, Chang-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2001
  • The most effective methods for utilizing solar energy are to use the sunlight and solar thermal energy such as hybrid panel simultaneously and to use concentrator. From such a view point systems using various kinds of photovoltaic panels are constructed in the world. However, there has not been a hybrid panel with a concentrator. If the sunlight is concentrated on solar cell, cell conversion efficiency increases and the temperature of the solar cell s increases. As the temperature of the solar cells increases, the cell conversion efficiency gradually decreases. For maintaining the cell conversion efficiency constant, it is necessary to keep solar cell at low temperature. In this paper, after designing a concentration rate for concentrating, we propose a model for cooling the cell and for using wasted heat. And, we compare it with conventional panels after calculating the electrical and thermal efficiency, using the energy balance equation.

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Design Optimization of the Front Side in n-Type TOPCon Solar Cell

  • Jeong, Sungjin;Kim, Hongrae;Kim, Sungheon;Dhungel, Suresh Kumar;Kim, Youngkuk;Yi, Junsin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.616-621
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    • 2022
  • Numerical simulation is a good way to predict the conversion efficiency of solar cells without a direct experimentation and to achieve low cost and high efficiency through optimizing each step of solar cell fabrication. TOPCon industrial solar cells fabricated with n-type silicon wafers on a larger area have achieved a higher efficiency than p-type TOPCon solar cells. Electrical and optical losses of the front surface are the main factors limiting the efficiency of the solar cell. In this work, an optimization of boron-doped emitter surface and front electrodes through numerical simulation using "Griddler" is reported. Through the analysis of the results of simulation, it was confirmed that the emitter sheet resistance of 150 Ω/sq along the front electrodes having a finger width of 20 ㎛, and the number of finger lines ~130 for silicon wafer of M6 size is an optimized technology for the front emitter surface of the n-type TOPCon solar cells that can be developed.

Perovskite solar cell (페로브스카이트 태양전지)

  • Lee, Jin-Wook;Park, Nam-Gyu
    • Vacuum Magazine
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.10-13
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    • 2014
  • Since the development of 9.7% efficient long-term stable solid state perovskite solar cell in 2012, intensive study on perovskite solar cell has been performed. As a result, power conversion efficiency (PCE) has reached 20.1%. In-dept study on perovskite light absorber enabled understanding of origin of superb photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cell. In this article, historical evolutions of perovskite solar cell along with key physical properties enabling high PCE are presented. Several important results for development of high efficiency perovskite solar cell are introduced. Finally, in-present research issues and future direction for solving these issues are discussed.

Efficiency Analysis Solar Cell of the Dynamic Boat's by SPA (SPA에 의한 동적인 보트의 태양전지 효율 분석)

  • Han, Jong-Ho;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.8
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    • pp.1529-1536
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    • 2011
  • Recently, worldwide government policy is pursuing saving energy and preservation. add to this, the solar cells are getting the spotlight nonpolluting energy source, using a variety of products for solar cell. in this paper, we'll make solar tracking system for suitable of dynamic boat. we knew that general boats are using fixed solar cell, it's first time to use tracking system of solar cells for boats so it is hard to application. To solve this problem in this paper we use to a magnetic compass and GPS for suitable solar tracking system of dynamic movement and to analyze fixed and tracking solar system. frist. solar tracking device is designed two-axis control system. one-axis control system is taken a magnetic compass for making efficiency defence solar tracking sensor, two-axis control system apply GPS latitude and longitude data for SPA(Solar position algorithm) so we know the azimuth and altitude. it analyze data value of accuracy comparison from result. so the proposed algorithm confirm to have validity.

Investigation of Ni Silicide formation for Ni/Cu contact formation crystalline silicon solar cells (Ni/Cu 금속 전극이 적용된 결정질 실리콘 태양전지의 Ni silicide 형성의 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Hun;Cho, Kyeong-Yeon;Lee, Soo-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.434-435
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    • 2009
  • The crystalline silicon solar cell where the solar cell market grows rapidly is occupying of about 85% or more. high-efficiency and low cost endeavors many crystalline silicon solar cells. the fabrication processes of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells necessitate complicated fabrication processes and Ti/Pd/Ag contact, however, this contact formation processed by expensive materials. Ni/Cu contact formation is good alternative. in this paper, according to temperature Ni silicide makes, produced Ni/Cu contact solar cell and measured conversion efficiency.

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Theoretical Investigation on the Efficiency of Nanofluid-based Flat-Plate Solar Collector (나노유체 기반 평판형 태양열 집열기의 효율에 관한 이론적인 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Hyun-Jin;Jang, Seok-Pil
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.188-193
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    • 2012
  • Recently, the nanofluid which is stably dispersing or suspending of nanoparticles in the conventional heat transfer fluids (HTF) such as water and ethylene glycol has attracted significant interests as a solar thermal energy absorbing medium because they have excellent absorption and thermophysical properties compared to the typical HTF. In the present study, the efficiency of nanofluid-based flat-plate solar collector is analytically evaluated using the theoretical model of energy balance equation. The theoretical model considers the incoming solar radiation as a volumetric heat generation and the water-based single wall carbon nanohorn(SWCNH) nanofluid is used as a solar energy absorbing medium. Finally, the efficiency of nanofluid-based collector is calculated according to the volume fraction of SWCNH using the analytical solution.

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