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Influence of the Recombination Parameters at the Si/SiO2 Interface on the Ideality of the Dark Current of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

  • Kamal, Husain;Ghannam, Moustafa
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.232-242
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    • 2015
  • Analytical study of surface recombination at the $Si/SiO_2$ interface is carried out in order to set the optimum surface conditions that result in minimum dark base current and maximum open circuit voltage in silicon solar cells. Recombination centers are assumed to form a continuum rather than to be at a single energy level in the energy gap. It is shown that the presence of a hump in the dark I-V characteristics of high efficiency PERL cells is due to the dark current transition from a high surface recombination regime at low voltage to a low surface recombination regime at high voltage. Successful fitting of reported dark I-V characteristics of a typical PERL cell is obtained with several possible combinations of surface parameters including equal electron and hole capture cross sections.

Trichel Pulse in Negative DC Corona discharge and Its Electromagnetic Radiations

  • Zhang, Yu;Liu, Li-Juan;Miao, Jin-Song;Peng, Zu-Lin;Ouyang, Ji-Ting
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.1174-1180
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    • 2015
  • We investigate in this paper the radiated electromagnetic waves together with the discharge characteristics of Trichel pulse of negative DC corona discharge in air in pin-to-plate and wire-to-plate configurations. The feature of the current pulse and the frequency spectrum of the electromagnetic radiations were measured under various pressures and gas gaps. The results show that the repetition frequency and the amplitude of Trichel pulse current depend on the discharge conditions, but the rising time of the pulse relates only to the radius of needle or wire and keeps constant even if the other conditions (including the discharge current, the gas gap and the gas pressure) change. There exists the characterized spectrum of electromagnetic waves from negative corona discharge in Trichel pulse regime. These characterized radiations do not change their frequency at a given cathode geometry even if the averaged current, the gas gap or the air pressure changes, but the amplitude of radiations changes accordingly. The characterized electromagnetic radiations from Trichel pulse corona relate to the formation or the rising edge of current pulse. It confirms that the characterized radiations from Trichel pulse supply information of discharge system and provide a potential method for detecting charged targets.

Technology 수렴가능성에 대한 실증적 고찰

  • 조상섭;이장우
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.19-29
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    • 2003
  • 본 연구는 우리나라 산업간에 Technology 수렴가능성에 대한 기존 선형(Linearity) 설정 관계식보다 비선형(Nonlinearity) 설정관계식에서 실증분석하는 데 연구목적이 있다. 본 연구목적을 위하여 장기적 시계열자료를 이용하여(1970∼2000), 우리나라 제조업과 총 산업(Grand Total)간에 Technology Gap에 대한 정상성(Stationarity)을 검증함으로써, Technology수렴 가능성을 검토하였다. 본 연구결과는 Technology수렴가설에 대한 두 가지 중요한 실증분석방향을 제공하고 있다. 첫째, 우리나라 산업간에 Technology 수렴가능성은 비선형관계에서 분석해야 한다는 결론을 얻었다. 따라서 우리나라 산업간에 Technology 수렴가능성은 단순 선형관계를 기반으로 할 경우, 설정오류에 따른 Technology 수렴가능성이 성립하지 않을 가능성이 높게 나타날 수 있었다. 둘째, 우리나라 경제의 경우, Technology 수렴가능성에 대한 분석결과는 비선형관계에서 Technology Regime별로 Technology 수렴가능성이 다르게 나타나고 있음으로 실증분석방법론 및 그 결과에 대한 시사점도출에 유의해야 한다.

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Experimental research on flow regime and transitional criterion of slug to churn-turbulent and churn-turbulent to annular flow in rectangular channels

  • Qingche He;Liang-ming Pan;Luteng Zhang;Wangtao Xu;Meiyue Yan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.11
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    • pp.3973-3982
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    • 2023
  • As for two-phase flow in rectangular channels, the flow regimes especially like churn-turbulent and annular flow are significant for the physical problem like Countercurrent Flow Limitation (CCFL). In this study, the rectangular channels with cross-sections of 4 × 66 mm, 6 × 66 mm, 8 × 66 mm are adopted to investigate the flow regimes of air-water vertical upward two phase flow under adiabatic condition. The gas and liquid superficial velocities are 0 ≤ jg ≤ 20m/s and 0.25 ≤ jf ≤ 3m/s respectively which covering bubbly to annular flow. The flow regimes are identified by random forest algorithm and the flow regime maps are obtained. As the results, the transitional void fraction from slug to churn turbulent flow fluctuate from 0.47 to 0.58 which is significantly affected by the dimensional size of channel and flow rate. Besides, the void fraction at transitional points from churn-turbulent (slug) to annular flow are 0.66-0.67, which are independent with the gap size. Furthermore, a new criteria of slug to churn-turbulent flow is established in this study. In addition, by introducing the interfacial force model, the criteria of churn-turbulent (slug) flow to annular flow is verified.

Study of Mass and Flow Resistance in a Square Ribbed Microchannel using Lattice Boltzmann Method

  • Taher, Mohammad Abu;Kim, Heuy-Dong;Lee, Yeon-Won
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2014
  • Mass and flow resistance in a square ribbed microchannel have been studied numerically using the Lattice Boltzmann Method. It has been build up on two dimensional nine velocity vectors model with single relaxation time method called the Lattice Bhatnagor-Gross-Krook model. To analyze the roughness effect on the flow resistance namely the friction factor and mass flow has been discussed at the slip flow regime, $0.01{\leq}Kn{\leq}0.10$, where Kn is the Knudsen number. The wall roughness is considered by square microelements with a relative roughness height up to maximum 10% of channel height. The velocity profiles in terms of streamlines near the riblets are demonstrated to be responsible for the roughness effect. It is found that the roughness effect leads to increase the flow resistance with roughness height but it is decreased significantly with increasing the space between two roughness elements as well as the Knudsen number. In addition, the mass flow decreased linearly with increasing both roughness height and gap but significantly changed at the slip flow regime.

Measurement of Fluid Dynamic Characteristics around Stenotic Obstruction in a Circular Channel

  • An, Jin-Hyo;Cheema, T.A.;Jeong, Seong-Ryong;Lee, Choon-Young;Kim, Gyu-Man;Park, Cheol-Woo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.7
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    • pp.921-929
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    • 2011
  • We measured experimentally the properties of fluid dynamics, velocity fields, and the pressure, around stenotic obstruction located inside a circular channel structure. Particle image velocimetry system was employed to obtain velocity fields at the central section of the circular channel in the streamwise direction. The stenosis model used was made of acrylic material with different stenotic aspect ratios. The working fluid was water and it was returned by a centrifugal pump system. Pressure measurements were carried out to validate the effect of a narrow passageway. Results showed that the acceleration of gap flow through stenotic obstruction and the pressure drop in the recirculation regime behind the stenosis model can be observed.

Numerical Study on Laminar Flow over Three Side-by-Side Cylinders

  • Kang, Sangmo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.1869-1879
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    • 2004
  • The present study has numerically investigated two-dimensional flow over three circular cylinders in an equidistant side-by-side arrangement at a low Reynolds number. For the study, numerical simulations are performed, using the immersed boundary method, in the range of g* < 5 at Re= 100, where g* is the spacing between two adjacent cylinder surfaces divided by the cylinder diameter. Results show that the flow characteristics significantly depend on the gap spacing and a total of five kinds of wake patterns are observed over the range: modulation-synchronized (g* (equation omitted) 2), inphase-synchronized (g* (equation omitted) 1.5) , flip-flopping (0.3 < g* (equation omitted) 1.2) , deflected (g* (equation omitted) 0.3), and single bluff-body patterns (g* < 0.3). Moreover, the parallel and symmetric modes are also observed depending on g* in the regime of the flip-flopping pattern. The corresponding flow fields and statistics are presented to verify the observations.

Flow structures around rectangular cylinder in the vicinity of a wall

  • Derakhshandeh, J.F.;Alam, Md. Mahbub
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.293-304
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    • 2018
  • A numerical study is conducted on the flow characteristics of a rectangular cylinder (chord-to-width ratio C/W = 2 - 10) mounted close to a rigid wall at gap-to-width ratios G/W = 0.25 - 6.25. The effects of G/W and C/W on the Strouhal number, vortex structure, and time-mean drag and lift forces are examined. The results reveal that both G/W and C/W have strong influences on vortex structure, which significantly affects the forces on the cylinder. An increase in G/W leads to four different flow regimes, namely no vortex street flow (G/W < 0.75), single-row vortex street flow ($0.75{\leq}G/W{\leq}1.25$), inverted two-row vortex street flow ($1.25<G/W{\leq}2.5$), and two-row vortex street flow (G/W > 2.5). Both Strouhal number and time-mean drag are more sensitive to C/W than to G/W. For a given G/W, Strouhal number grows with C/W while time-mean drag decays with C/W, the growth and decay being large between C/W = 2 and 4. The time-mean drag is largest in the single-row vortex street regime, contributed by a large pressure on the front surface, regardless of C/W. A higher C/W, in general, leads to a higher time-mean lift. The maximum time-mean lift occurs for C/W = 10 at G/W = 0.75, while the minimum time-mean lift appears for C/W = 2 at the same G/W. The impact of C/W on the time-mean lift is more substantial in single-row vortex regime. The effect of G/W on the time-mean lift is larger at a larger C/W.

Are Pension Systems between the UK, Germany and Sweden Converging? Focusing on Benefit Adequacy and Financial Sustainability (영국, 독일, 스웨덴의 연금제도는 수렴하고 있는가? 급여 적절성과 재정적 지속가능성을 중심으로)

  • Jung, Chang Lyul;Kwon, Hyeok Chang
    • 한국사회정책
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2016
  • This paper examines whether the pension systems of the western countries which was traditionally classified into the Beveridgean and Bismarckian pension regime will converge after recent pension reforms in the financial sustainability and adequacy perspective by comparing between UK, Germany and Sweden. As a result of pension reforms for the last 20 years, the gap between the Beveridgean and Bismarckian pension regime will be likely to decrease and, in particular, the tendency to convergency in adequacy is found. Even though it is not jumped to a conclusion that public pension expenditure between the three countries is likely to converge, the tendency to convergency in financial sustainability is also found if the difference of demographic aging between countries is considered. The paper suggests that it is necessary to make agreement between the range of pension expenditure and replacement ratio that western countries suggest in pension debate in Korea, instead of hitherto useless controversy between financial sustainability and adequacy.

Andreev reflection in the c-axis transport of $Bi_2$$Sr_2$Ca$Cu_2$$O_{8+x}$ single crystals near $T_c$

  • Chang, Hyun-Sik;Lee, Hu-Jong
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.140-145
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    • 2002
  • An enhancement of the c-axis differential conductance around the zero-bias voltage near the superconducting transition temperature $T_{c}$ has been observed in $Au/Bi_2$$Sr_2$$CaCu_2$$O_{8+x}$ junctions. We attribute such an enhancement to the Andreev reflection (AR) between the surface Cu-O bilayer with suppressed superconductivity and the next superconducting Cu-O bilayer. The continuous evolution of the differential conductance, from gap like depression to an AR-like peak structure, around the zero-bias voltage points to weakening of the barrier strength of the nonsuperconducting layer between adjacent Cu-O bilayers as temperature approaches $T_{c}$ from below. The peak structure disappeared just below the bulk $T_{c}$ value of underdoped Bi2212 single crystals, whereas it survived up to ~1 K above $T_{c}$ in Junctions prepared on slightly overdosed crystals. According to a recently proposed theoretical consideration, a wider temperature range of the AR a bone $T_{c}$ is expected in the underdoped regime when phase-incoherent preformed pairs emerge in the pseudogap state. Our result is in contradiction to the preformed pair scenario. scenario.o.

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