• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.93-99
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• 2011

To guarantee more exact maximum power of solar cell module, it is absolutely required to have performance characteristics of various solar cells. Today, there are many types of solar simulator for large area measurement. But it is very opaque how to select the best one for various solar cell module like crystalline silicon solar cell, high efficiency solar cell, amorphous silicon thin film solar cell, CdTe and CIGS solar cell module. So, in this paper 4 types of photovoltaic module were selected to compare the electrical characteristics by changing light pulse duration time and voltage scan direction. Light pulse duration time was varied from 10msec to 800msec. And two types of voltage scan directions, Voc->Isc and Isc->Voc were selected. From this results, optimum measuring condition was suggested and electrical variation was analysed for each types of solar cell module. The detail description is specified as the following paper.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.696-702
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• 2018

Recently, the current thermal battery technology needs new materials for electrodes in the power and energy density to meet various space and defense requirements. In this paper, to replace the pellet type Li(Si) anode having limitations of the formability and capacity, electrochemical properties of the lithium anode with high density for thermal batteries were investigated. The lithium anode (Li 17, 15, 13 wt%) was fabricated by mixing the molten lithium and iron powder used as a binder to hold the molten lithium at $500^{\circ}C$. The single cell with 13 wt% lithium showed a stable performance. The 2.06 V (OCV) of the lithium anode was significantly improved compared to 1.93 V (OCV) of the Li(Si) anode. Specific capacities during the first phase of the lithium anode and Li(Si) were 1,632 and $1,181As{\cdot}g^{-1}$, respectively. As a result of the thermal battery performance test at both room and high temperatures, the voltage and operating time of lithium anode thermal batteries were superior to those of using Li(Si) anode thermal batteries. The power and energy densities of Li anode thermal batteries were also remarkably improved.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.557-560
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• 2007

The durability of 80 kW class stack module was tested in hydrogen recirculation and non-recirculation systems with the condition of 300Amps (constant current mode) and hydrogen pulse purging (10 seconds close/0.8 seconds open). A localized membrane failure in the interfacial area between membrane and sub-gasket, carbon corrosion in cathode electrode, and Pt dissolution/extraction have been found through the post mortem analysis such as CV, Impedance, SEM, and so on. The main reason of these mechanisms will be discussed in this study.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.350-351
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• 2013

본 논문은 가정용 DC 배전 시스템을 위한 DAB 컨버터 구조의 양방향 절연형 밧데리 충전기를 제안한다. 가정용 DC 배전 시스템은 양방향 AC-DC 정류기, 신재생 에너지원, 에너지 저장 시스템, 가정용 가전기기, 조명 등으로 구성되어진다. 가정용 DC 배전 시스템의 안정적인 동작을 보장하고 부하에 안정적인 전력을 공급하기 위하여 에너지 저장 시스템은 가정용 DC 배전 시스템에 필수적으로 요구되어진다. 다양한 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터 중에서, DAB 컨버터는 고주파 변압기로 절연된 고효율의 승압/강압이 가능한 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터이다. 본 논문에서는 DAB 컨버터의 기본적인 동작 특성과 설계 원리를 설명하고 가정용 DC 배전 시스템을 위한 밧데리의 충/방전 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안한 밧데리 충전기의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 3kW(380Vdc 입력, 150-200Vdc 출력) DAB 컨버터를 제작/테스트하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.426-427
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 다양한 양극 활물질을 가지는 리튬이온 배터리를 이용하여 전기 자동차의 구동 전원으로 사용되는 리튬 이차전지의 성능, 신뢰성 및 안전성을 위한 시험 절차 중 하나인 복합 진동 시험을 진행하였다. 고출력과 고용량의 특성을 가지는 배터리를 복합진동 실험에 기반을 두어 배터리 내부의 전기적 특성 파라미터 변화를 분석한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.76-78
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 부스트 프리레귤레이터가 통합된 새로운 고효율 고정-주파수 LLC 공진형 컨버터를 제안한다. 기존 부스트 프리레귤레이터가 사용된 2단-구조의 컨버터는 연속적인 입력전류 및 넓은 전압이득 범위를 가져 태양광 및 연료전지에 적합한 토폴로지이다. 하지만, 부스트 프리레귤레이터 단에서 하드 스위칭으로 인한 큰 스위칭 손실, 큰 다이오드 도통 손실이 발생하여 낮은 효율을 갖는 문제가 발생한다. 따라서 이를 해결하기 위해, 제안된 회로는 부스트 프리레귤레이터를 통합시킨 새로운 구조를 사용하여 모든 스위치의 영전압 스위칭을 달성하고, 다이오드를 소거하였다. 따라서 제안된 회로는 높은 효율을 갖는다. 제안된 회로의 효용성을 증명하기 위해, 24-32V 입력전압과 12-16V(200W)출력에서 실험이 진행되었다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.14-20
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• 2018

Electric vehicles are environmentally friendly because they emit no exhaust gas, unlike gasoline automobiles. However, since they are driven by the electric power from batteries, the distance they can travel based on a single charge depends on their energy density. Therefore, the lithium-ion battery having a high energy density is a good candidate for the batteries of electric vehicles. Since the electrode is an essential component that governs their efficiency, the electrode manufacturing process plays a vital role in the entire production process of lithium-ion batteries. In particular, the coating process is a critical step in the manufacturing of the electrode, which has a significant influence on its performance. In this paper, we propose an innovative process for improving the efficiency and productivity of the coating process in electrode manufacturing and describe the equipment design method and development results. Specifically, we propose a design procedure and development method in order to improve the core plate coating quality by 25%, using a technology capable of reducing the assembly margin due to its high output/high capacity and improving the product capacity quality and assembly process yield. Using this method, the battery life of the lithium-ion battery cell was improved. Compared with the existing coating process, the target loading level is maintained and dispersed to maintain the anode capacity (${\pm}0.4{\rightarrow}{\pm}0.3mg/cm^2r$ reduction).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.1187-1195
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• 2013

Photovoltaic inverters should always track the maximum power of solar cell arrays in operation. Also, they should be irrespective of the maximum power point voltage of a wide range of solar cells in tracking the maximum power point. If the current ripple of solar cells occurs, the function of maximum power point tracking drops, and normal tracking is difficult when solar radiation or the maximum power point changes. To solve this problem, this paper proposed a new maximum power point tracking algorithm with high efficiency and an algorithm to reduce the current ripple of solar cells. According to the results from the test on 4KW grid-connected PV inverter, the efficiency of maximum power point tracking and inverter output and the total harmonic distortion of inverter output current showed 99.97%, 97.5% and 1.05% respectively. So, the inverter showed excellent performance, and made possible stable maximum power point tracking operation when the solar radiation rapidly changed from 100% to 10% and from 10% to 100% for 0.5 seconds.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.75-80
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• 2019

Silicon solar cells have been widely used as a most promising renewable energy source due to eco-friendliness and high efficiency. As modules of silicon solar cells are connected in series for a practical electricity generation, a large voltage of 500-1,500 V is applied to the modules inevitably. Potential-induced degradation (PID), a deterioration of the efficiency and maximum power output by the continuously applied high voltage between the module frames and solar cells, has been regarded as the major cause that reduces the lifetime of silicon solar cells. In particular, the migration of the $Na^+$ ions from the front glass into Si through the anti-reflection coating and the accumulation of $Na^+$ ions at stacking faults inside Si have been reported as the reason of PID. In this research, the thickness effect of $SiO_x$ layer that can block the migration of $Na^+$ ions on the reduction of PID is investigated as it is incorporated between anti-reflection coating and p-n junction in p-type PERC solar cells. From the measurement of shunt resistance, efficiency, and maximum power output after the continuous application of 1,000 V for 96 hours, it is revealed that the thickness of $SiO_x$ layer should be larger than 7-8 nm to reduce PID effectively.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.258-265
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• 2006

In this paper, an active clamping sepic-flyback converter has been proposed, which is suitable for a fuel cell based power generation system. The proposed converter is superposition of sepic converter mode and flyback mode. It has outstanding high boosting output voltage, component utilization and high efficiency characteristics under the inherently severe low output voltage of the fuel cell generator. In this paper, the validity of the proposed converter has been verified by the informative simulation and experimental results that make used of the PEMFC.