• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권6호
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• pp.514-518
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• 2018

Carrier diffusion length in the light-sensitive material is one of the key elements in improving the light-current conversion efficiency of solar-cell devices. In this paper, we measured the carrier diffusion length in lead-halide perovskite ($MAPbI_3$) and mixed lead-halide ($MAPbI_{3-x}Cl_x$) perovskite devices using scanning photocurrent microscopy (SPCM). The SPCM signal decreased as we moved the focused laser spot away from the metal contact. By fitting the data with a simple exponential curve, we extracted the carrier diffusion length of each perovskite film. Importantly, the diffusion length of the mixed-halide perovskite was higher than that of the halide perovskite film by a factor of 3 to 6; this is consistent with the general expectation that the carrier mobility will be higher in the case of the mixed lead-halide perovskites. Finally, the diffusion length was investigated as a function of applied bias for both samples, and analyzed successfully in terms of the drift-diffusion model.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2022

The development of advanced materials to improve the efficiency of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting paves the way for widespread renewable energy technologies. Efficient photoanodes with strong absorbance in visible light increases the effectiveness of solar energy conversion systems. MoS₂ in a two-dimensional semiconductor that has excellent absorption performance in visible light and high catalytic activity, showing considerable potential as an agent of PEC water splitting. In this study, we successfully modulated the MoS₂ morphology on indium tin oxide substrate by using the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition method, and applied the PEC application. The PEC photocurrent of the vertically grown MoS₂ nanosheet structure significantly increased relative to that of MoS₂ nanoparticles because of the efficient transfer of charge carriers and high-density active sites. The enhanced photocurrent was attributed to the efficient charge separation and improved light absorption of the MoS₂ nanosheet structure. Meanwhile, the photocurrent property of thick nanosheets decreased because of the limit imposed by the diffusion lengths of carriers. This study proposes a valuable photoelectrode design with suitable nanosheet morphology for efficient PEC water splitting.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2023

A high-efficiency underwater radiation monitoring system, HydroGamma, has been developed for detecting ¹³⁷Cs and ¹³¹I in the event of waterborne radiation contamination. The system consists of a 3-inch NaI (Tl) detector, solar panels for power supply, data acquisition and transmission modules, and batteries. HydroGamma also includes a ⁴⁰K calibration source for remote performance evaluation and energy calibration. In this study, some simulations and experiments were carried out to evaluate the minimum detectable activities (MDA) of HydroGamma. We installed the HydroGamma at Tapjeongho Lake in Nonsan-si and acquired background data since MDA is calculated based on the experimental background data. The results show that the minimum detectable activities for ¹³⁷Cs and ¹³¹I were 1.78Bq L^-1 and 1.81Bq L^-1, respectively even though the gamma rays emitted from ⁴⁰K(1,460 keV) affect the minimum detectable activities for them.

• 센서학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.283-290
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 고효율 단결정 실리콘 태양전지의 제작방법인 PERL방식을 사용하여 비저항이 $0.1{\sim}2{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$을 갖는 (100)면의 p형실리콘 기판으로 $n^+/p/p^+$ 접합의 태양전지를 제작하였다. 이를 위해 웨이퍼의 절단, KOH을 사용한 역피라미드 모양으로의 에칭, 인과붕소의 도핑, 반사방지막과 전극의 증착 및 열처리 등의 공정을 행하였다. 이때 소자표면의 광학적인 특성과 도핑농도가 저항값에 미치는 영향을 조사하고, Silvaco로 $n^+$도핑에 대한 확산 깊이와 도핑농도를 시뮬레이션하여 측정치와 비교하였다. AM(air mass) 1.5 조건하에서 입사되는 빛의 세기가 $100\;mW/cm^2$인 경우의 단락전류는 43 mA, 개방전압은 0.6 V, 그리고 충실도는 0.62였다. 이때 제작된 태양전지의 광전변환효율은 16%였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2017

최근, 전 세계적으로 신 재생에너지에 대한 관심이 증가됨에 따라 친환경적이고 무한한 태양에너지를 이용하는 태양광 발전의 설치가 매년 급증하고 있다. 그러나, 태양광발전시스템은 일반적으로 태양광 전지에서 발생한 에너지로부터 전력변환장치(DC/AC)를 거쳐 계통연계 지점까지 약 25[%]의 전력손실을 발생시키고 있다. 이 전력손실 가운데, 일부 태양광 모듈에 음영이나 환경변화(일사량, 온도, 습도 등)로 인해 스트링의 출력 전압이 인버터의 동작전압보다 낮아지면 해당 스트링이 동작하지 않아 전체의 발전효율이 감소하거나, 최악의 경우 인버터가 탈락되어 계통의 출력 전력이 저하되는 등의 손실이 큰 부분을 차지하고 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 상기의 문제점을 개선하기 위하여, 각각의 스트링별로 DC/DC 전압 레귤레이터를 도입하여 환경변화에 따른 전압 저하로 발생하는 스트링의 탈락을 방지하는 제어방식을 제시하였고, 기존 인버터의 MPPT(P&O) 제어와 정전압 제어기능을 전압 레귤레이터에서 수행하는 방식을 채택하였다. 또한, 제안한 알고리즘을 바탕으로 2kW급의 전압 레귤레이터를 구현하여 기존의 운용방식과 비교, 분석한 결과, 환경변화에 따른 다양한 시나리오에서 제안한 운용방식의 운용효율이 크게 향상됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2005

[ $CuGaSe_2$ ] 단결정 박막은 수평 전기로에서 합성한 $CuGaSe_2$ 다결정을 증발원으로하여, hot wall epitaxy(HWE) 방법으로 증발원과 기판(반절연성 GaAs(100))의 온도를 각각 $610^{\circ}C,\;450^{\circ}C$로 고정하여 단결정 박막을 성장하였다. 이때 단결정 박막의 결정성은 광발광 스펙트럼(PL)과 이중결정 X-선 요동곡선 (DCRC)으로부터 구하였다. Hall 효과는 Van der Pauw 방법에 의해 측정되었으며, 293 K에서 운반자 농도와 이동도는 각각 $4.87{\times}10^{17}/cm^3,\;129cm^2/V{\cdot}s$였다. $n-Cds/p-CuGaSe_2$ 합 태양전지에 $80mW/cm^2$의 광을 조사시켜 최대 출력점에서 전압은 0.41 V, 전류밀도는 $21.8mA/cm^2$였고, fill factor는 0.75 그리고 태양전지 전력변환 효율은 11.17% 였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.278-278
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• 2009

A photovoltaic device consisting of arrays of radial p-n junction wires enables a decoupling of the requirements for light absorption and carrier extraction into orthogonal spatial directions. Each individual p-n junction wire in the cell is long in the direction of incident light, allowing for effective light absorption, but thin in orthogonal direction, allowing for effective carrier collection. To fabricate radial p-n junction solar cells, p or n-type vertical Si wire cores need to be produced. The majority of Si wires are produced by the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method. But contamination of the Si wires by metallic impurities such as Au, which is used for metal catalyst in the VLS technique, results in reduction of conversion efficiency of solar cells. To overcome impurity issue, top-down methods like noble metal catalytic etching is an excellent candidate. We used noble metal catalytic etching methods to make Si wire arrays. The used noble metal is two; Au and Pt. The method is noble metal deposition on photolithographycally defined Si surface by sputtering and then etching in various BOE and $H_2O_2$ solutions. The Si substrates were p-type ($10{\sim}20ohm{\cdot}cm$). The areas that noble metal was not deposited due to photo resist covering were not etched in noble metal catalytic etching. The Si wires of several tens of ${\mu}m$ in height were formed in uncovered areas by photo resist. The side surface of Si wires was very rough. When the distance of Si wires is longer than diameter of that Si nanowires are formed between Si wires. Theses Si nanowires can be removed by immersing the specimen in KOH solution. The optimum noble metal thickness exists for Si wires fabrication. The thicker or the thinner noble metal than the optimum thickness could not show well defined Si wire arrays. The solution composition observed in the highest etching rate was BOE(16.3ml)/$H_2O_2$(0.44M) in Au assisted chemical etching method. The morphology difference was compared between Au and Pt metal assisted chemical etching. The efficiencies of radial p-n junction solar Cells made of the Si wire arrays were also measured.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.71-71
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• 2011

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have drawn great academic attention due to their potential as low-cost renewable energy sources. DSCs contain a nanostructured TiO2 photoanode, which is a key-component for high conversion efficiency. Particularly, one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructured photoanodes can enhance the electron transport for the efficient collection to the conducting substrate in competition with the recombination processes. This is because photoelectron colletion is determined by trapping/detrapping events along the site of the electron traps (defects, surface states, grain boundaries, and self-trapping). Therefore, 1-D nanostructured photoanodes are advantageous for the fast electron transport due to their desirable features of greatly reduced intercrystalline contacts with specified directionality. In particular, anodic TiO2 nanotube (NT) electrodes recently have been intensively explored owing to their ideal structure for application in DSCs. Besides the enhanced electron transport properties resulted from the 1-D structure, highly ordered and vertically oriented nanostructure of anodic TiO2 NT can contribute additional merits, such as enhanced electrolyte diffusion, better interfacial contact with viscous electrolytes. First, to confirm the advantages of 1-D nanostructured material for the photoelectron collection, we compared the electron transport and charge recombination characteristics between nanoparticle (NP)- and nanorod (NR)-based photoanodes in DSCs by the stepped light-induced transient measurements of photocurrent and voltage (SLIM-PCV). We confirmed that the electron lifetime of the NR-based photoanode was much longer than that of the NP-based photoanode. In addition, highly ordered and vertically oriented TiO2 NT photoanodes were prepared by electrochemical anodization method. We compared the photovoltaic properties of DSCs utilizing TiO2 NT photoanodes prepared by one-step anodization and two-step anodization. And, to reduce the charge recombination rate, energy barrier layer (ZnO, Al2O3)-coated TiO2 NTs also applied in DSC. Furthermore, we applied the TiO2 NT photoanode in DSCs using a viscous electrolyte, i.e., cobalt bipyridyl redox electrolyte, and confirmed that the pore structure of NT array can enhance the performances of this viscous electrolyte.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.276-276
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• 2010

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has been explored recently as a promising approach to increase energy conversion efficiency in photovoltaic devices, particularly for thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar cells. The LSPR is frequently excited via an electromagnetic (EM) radiation in proximate metallic nanostructures and its primary con sequences are selective photon extinction and local EM enhancement which gives rise to improved photogeneration of electron-hole (e-h) pairs, and consequently increases photocurrent. In this work, high-dielectric-constant (k) $ZrO_2$ (refractive index n=2.22, dielectric constant $\varepsilon=4.93$ at the wavelength of 550 nm) is proposed as spacing layer to enhance the LSPR for application to the thin film silicon solar cells. Compared to excitation of the LSPR using $SiO_2$ (n=1.46, $\varepsilon=2.13$ at the wavelength of 546.1 nm) spacing layer with Au nanoparticles of the radius of 45nm, that using $ZrO_2$ dielectric shows the advantages of(i) ~2.5 times greater polarizability, (ii) ~3.5 times larger scattering cross-section and ~1.5 times larger absorption cross-section, (iii) 4.5% higher transmission coefficient of the same thickness and (iv) 7.8% greater transmitted electric filed intensity at the same depth. All those results are calculated by Mie theory and Fresnel equations, and simulated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations with proper boundary conditions. Red-shifting of the LSPR wavelength using high-k $ZrO_2$ dielectric is also observed according to location of the peak and this is consistent with the other's report. Finally, our experimental results show that variation of short-circuit current density ($J_{sc}$) of the LSPR enhanced a-Si:H solar cell by using the $ZrO_2$ spacing layer is 45.4% higher than that using the $SiO_2$ spacing layer, supporting our calculation and theory.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2023

친환경적인 태양에너지를 사용하여 대기오염물질인 NO_x를 광화학적 반응으로 변환시키는 연구를 수행하였으며 광촉매를 모르타르 표면에 코팅한 시편을 제조하여 NO_x의 광화학적 전환율을 분석하였다. TiO₂ 광촉매를 거푸집의 하부에 먼저 넣고 시멘트 모르타르를 넣은 후 시멘트 모르타르를 양생시켜 광촉매 코팅된 콘크리트를 제조하였다. 거푸집 바닥에 미리 grease를 도포함으로써 양생 후에 콘크리트가 쉽게 탈형될 수 있도록 하였다. TiO₂ 코팅 양, UV-A 광 세기, 전체 기체 유량, 상대 습도, 그리고 초기 NO_x 농도와 같은 공정 변수를 체계적으로 변화시켜서 광촉매 반응에 의한 NO_x의 전환율을 조사하였다. 제조된 광촉매 코팅된 콘크리트가 다양한 공기 중의 공정 변수 조건에서 NO_x를 성공적으로 전환시키는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 NO_x, SO_x, VOCs 등의 대기오염물질을 효과적으로 제어하기 위한 건물, 터널, 또는 도로와 같은 인프라 시설의 설계를 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 본다.