• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

Current major photovoltaic (PV) market share (> 60%) is being occupied by the multicrystalline (mc)-silicon solar cells despite of low efficiency compared to single crystalline silicon solar cells. The diamond wire sawing technology reduces the production cost of crystalline silicon solar cells, it increases the optical loss for the existing mc-silicon solar cells and hence its efficiency is low in the current mass production line. To overcome the optical loss in the mc-crystalline silicon, caused by the diamond wire sawing, next generation texturing process is being investigated by various research groups for the PV industry. In this review, the limitation of surface structure and optical loss due to the reflectivity of conventional mc-silicon solar cells are explained by the typical texturing mechanism. Various texturing technologies that could minimize the optical loss of mc-silicon solar cells are explained. Finally, next generation texturing technology to survive in the fierce cost competition of photovoltaic market is discussed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.364-364
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• 2009

The solar cell is in the spotlight as a future green energy source. In the solar cells based on silicon wafer, the improvement of efficiency is one of crucial issues. One of techniques for high efficiency is texturing on the surface of solar cells. We studied the laser texturing on the surface of multi-crystalline silicon solar cells. The laser texturing followed by chemical etching is adequate for the multi-crystalline structure which have random crystallographic directions. We used the fiber laser for texturing and the SiNx as a masking layer for etching process. We investigated the shapes of holes for texturing in the various laser power conditions and analyzed the holes after removal of thermal damages caused by laser ablation through a 3D profiler.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2022

Thermoelectric materials can reversely convert heat and electricity into each other; therefore, they can be very useful for energy harvesting from heat waste. Among many thermoelectrical materials, SnSe exhibits outstanding thermoelectric performance along the particular direction of a single crystal. However, single-crystal SnSe has poor mechanical properties and thus it is difficult to apply for mass production. Therefore, polycrystalline SnSe materials may be used to replace single-crystal SnSe by overcoming its inferior thermoelectric performance owing to surface oxidation. Considerable efforts are currently focused on enhancing the thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline SnSe. In this study, we briefly review various enhancement methods for SnSe thermoelectric materials, including doping, texturing, and nano-structuring. Finally, we discuss the future prospects of SnSe thermoelectric powder materials.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.86-86
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• 2010

Micro- and nanoscale texturing and control of surface energy have been considered for superhydrophobicity on polymer and silicon. However these surfaces have been reported to be difficult to meet the robustness and transparency requirements for further applications, from self cleaning windows to biochip technology. Here we provided a novel method to fabricate a nearly superhydrophobic soda-lime glass using two-step method. The first step involved wet etching process to fabricate micro-sale patterns on soda-lime glass. The second step involved application of $SiO_x$-incorporated DLC to generate high intrinsic contact angle on the surface using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. To investigate the effect of surface roughness, we used both positive and negative micro-scale patterns on soda-limeglass, which is relatively hard for surface texturing in comparison to quartz or Pyrex glasses due to the presence of impurities, but cheaper. For all samples we tested the static wetting angle and transparency before and after 100 cycles of wear test using woolen steel. The surface morphology is observed using optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results shows that negative patterns had a greater wear resistance while the hydrophobicity was best achieved using positive patterns having static contact angle up to 140 deg. with about 80% transparency. The overall experiment shows that positive patterns at etching time of 1 min shows the optimum transparency and hydrophobicity. The optimization of micro-scale pattern to achieve a robust, transparent, superhydrophobic soda-lime glass will be further investigated in the future works.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2013

Most of the world's solar cells in photovoltaic industry are currently fabricated using crystalline silicon. Czochralski-grown silicon crystals are more expensive than multicrystalline silicon crystals. The future of solar-grade Czochralski-grown silicon crystals crucially depends on whether it is usable for the mass-production of high-efficiency solar cells or not. It is generally believed that the main obstacle for making solar-grade Czochralski-grown silicon crystals a perfect high-efficiency solar cell material is presently light-induced degradation problem. In this work, the substitution of boron with gallium in p-type silicon single crystal is studied as an alternative to reduce the extent of lifetime degradation. The diamond-wire sawing technology is employed to slice the silicon ingot. In this paper, the quality of the diamond wire-sawn gallium-doped silicon wafers is studied from the chemical, electrical and structural points of view. It is found that the characteristic of gallium-doped silicon wafers including texturing behavior and surface metallic impurities are same as that of conventional boron-doped Czochralski crystals.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.206-209
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• 2002

The fixed abrasive pad(FAP) has been introduced in chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) field recently. In comparison with the general CMP which uses the slurry including abrasives, FAP takes advantage of planarity. resulting from decreasing pattern selectivity and defects such as dishing due to the reduction of abrasive concentration especially. This paper introduces the manufacturing technique of $Al_2$O$_3$-FAP using hydrophilic polymers with swelling characteristic in water and explains the self.texturing phenomenon. It also focuses on the chemical effects on tungsten film and the FAP is evaluated on the removal rate as a function of chemicals such as oxidizer, catalyst, and acid. The removal rate is achieved up to 1000A1min as about 70 percents of the general one. In the future. the research has a plan of the advanced FAP and chemicals in tungsten CMP considering micro-scratch, life-time, and within wafer non-uniformity.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2006

Based on current practical needs for geo-spatial information on mobile platform, the main theme of this study is a design and implementation of dynamic 3D terrain rendering system using spaceborne imagery, as a kind of texture image for photo-realistic 3D scene generation on mobile environment. Image processing and 3D graphic techniques and algorithms, such as TIN-based vertex generation with regular spacing elevation data for generating 3D terrain surface, image tiling and image-vertex texturing in order to resolve limited resource of mobile devices, were applied and implemented by using graphic pipeline of OpenGL|ES (Embedded System) API. Through this implementation and its tested results with actual data sets of DEM and satellite imagery, we demonstrated the realizable possibility and adaptation of complex typed and large sized 3D geo-spatial information in mobile devices. This prototype system can be used to mobile 3D applications with DEM and satellite imagery in near future.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.82-98
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• 2019

정보화 사회로 진입하면서 공간정보의 중요성은 급격하게 부각되고 있다. 특히 스마트시티, 디지털트윈과 같은 Real World Object의 3차원 공간정보 구축 및 모델링은 중요한 핵심기술로 자리매김하고 있다. 구축된 3차원 공간정보는 국토관리, 경관분석, 환경 및 복지 서비스 등 다양한 분야에서 활용된다. 영상기반의 3차원 모델링은 객체 벽면에 대한 텍스처링을 생성하여 객체의 가시성과 현실성을 높이고 있다. 하지만 이러한 텍스처링은 영상 취득 당시의 가로수, 인접 객체, 차량, 현수막 등의 물리적 적치물에 의해 필연적으로 폐색영역이 발생한다. 이러한 폐색영역은 구축된 3차원 모델링의 현실성과 정확성 저하의 주요원인이다. 폐색영역 해결을 위한 다양한 연구가 수행되고 있으며, 딥러닝을 이용한 폐색영역 검출 및 해결방안에 대한 연구가 수행되고 있다. 딥러닝 알고리즘 적용한 폐색영역 검출 및 해결을 위해서는 충분한 학습 데이터가 필요하며, 수집된 학습 데이터 품질은 딥러닝의 성능 및 결과에 직접적인 영향을 미친다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 학습 데이터의 품질에 따라 딥러닝의 성능 및 결과를 확인하기 위하여 다양한 영상품질을 이용하여 영상의 폐색영역 검출 능력을 분석하였다. 폐색을 유발하는 객체가 포함된 영상을 인위적이고 정량화된 영상품질별로 생성하여 구현된 딥러닝 알고리즘에 적용하였다. 연구결과, 밝기값 조절 영상품질은 밝은 영상일수록 0.56 검출비율로 낮게 나타났고 픽셀크기와 인위적 노이즈 조절 영상품질은 원본영상에서 중간단계의 비율로 조절된 영상부터 결과 검출비율이 급격히 낮아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. F-measure 성능평가 방법에서 노이즈 조절한 영상품질 변화가 0.53으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 연구결과로 획득된 영상품질별에 따른 폐색영역 검출 능력은 향후 딥러닝을 실제 적용을 위한 귀중한 기준으로 활용될 것이다. 영상 취득 단계에서 일정 수준의 영상 취득과 노이즈, 밝기값, 픽셀크기 등에 대한 기준을 마련함으로써 딥러닝을 실질적인 적용에 많은 기여가 예상된다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.214-225
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• 2023

Piezoelectric actuators, which utilize piezoelectric crystals or ceramics, are commonly used in precision positioning applications, offering high-speed response and precise control. However, the use of low-performance ceramics and expensive single crystals is limiting their versatile use in the actuator market, necessitating the development of both high-performance and cost-effective piezoelectric materials capable of delivering higher forces and displacements. The use of textured Pb (lead)-based piezoelectric ceramics formed by so-called templated grain growth method has been identified as a promising strategy to address the performance and cost issue. This review article provides insights into recent advances in texturing Pb-based piezoelectric ceramics for improved performance in actuation applications. We discussed the relevant issues in detail focusing on current challenges and emerging trends in the textured piezoelectric ceramics for their reliability and performance in actuator applications. We discussed in detail focusing on current challenges and emerging trends of textured piezoelectric ceramics for their reliability and performance in actuator applications. In conclusion, the article provides an outlook on the future direction of textured piezoelectric ceramics in actuator applications, highlighting the potential for further success in this field.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.131-149
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• 1999

여러 연구들을 통하여 표면 거칠음 정도가 접촉면 전단력에 매우 중요함이 밝혀졌으며, 따라서 그 역할을 충분히 이해하기 위해서는 표면 거칠음 정도가 정확히 정량화 되어야 한다. 이 연구에서는 표면 형상을 정량화하기 위하여 일반적으로 사용되는 표면 거칠기 매개변수와 측정방법에 대하여 여러 참고문헌들을 검토하였다. 이것을 바탕으로 Normalized Roughness Parameter, $R_n$ (Uesugi and Kishida, 1986), Profile Roughness Parameter, $R_L$, 그리고 Surface Roughness Parameter, $R_n$(Dove and Frost, 1996)가 적합한 표면 거칠기 매개변수로 선택되었으며, 디지털 이미지 분석 시스템을 이용한 Optical Profile Microscopy(OPM) 방법을 표면 거칠음 측정방법으로 선택하였다 이 실험장비를 이용하여 일반적으로 사용되는 지오멤브레인의 표면과 표면 패턴을 대표하는, 표면이 매끄러운 것과 3가지 종류의 돌기형 HDPE 지오멤브레인을 사용하여, 전단 시험에 사용되지 않았던 지오멤브레인과 전단시험후의 지오멤브레인에 대한 표면 거칠음 정도의 정량화 작업을 수행하였다. 그 결과, $R_L과\; R_S$값은 이 연구에 사용된 지오멤브레인의 거칠음 정도를 충분한 측정범위로 표현할 수 있는 매개변수로 밝혀졌으나, $R_n$값은 충분히 표면 거칠음 정도의 차이를 표현하기에는 부족하게 매우 좁은 변화 범위를 나타내었다. 이 연구는 접촉면에서 표면 거칠음 정도가 접촉면 전단력에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 우선적으로 표면 거칠음 정도의 정량화 작업을 연구한 것이다.