• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2022

고분자전해질 연료전지의(PEMFC)의 제막 과정에서 성능 및 내구성을 위해 건조와 어닐링의 열처리 과정이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 고분자막 내구성 향상을 위한 최적의 어닐링 온도에 대해 연구하였다. 125~175 ℃ 온도 범위에서 어닐링하였고, 각 어닐링 온도에서 내구성의 기초 자료로 열 안정성 및 수소투과도를 측정하였다. 펜톤 반응과 OCV holding에 의해 전기화학적 내구성을 분석했다. 165 ℃ 어닐링 온도가 열 안정성과 수소투과도 면에서 최적의 온도였다. 펜톤 반응에서 165 ℃에서 어닐링한 막의 불소유출속도가 제일 낮고, OCV holding 실험에서도 165 ℃에서 어닐링한 막의 수명이 제일 길어, 165 ℃가 고분자막의 내구성을 위한 최적의 온도임을 확인했다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.619-625
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• 2021

Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ (CZTSSe) based thin-film solar cells have attracted growing attention because of their earth-abundant and non-toxic elements. However, because of their large open-circuit voltage (V_oc)-deficit, CZTSSe solar cells exhibit poor device performance compared to well-established Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)₂ (CIGS) and CdTe based solar cells. One of the main causes of this large V_oc-deficit is poor absorber properties for example, high band tailing properties, defects, secondary phases, carrier recombination, etc. In particular, the fabrication of absorbers using physical methods results in poor surface morphology, such as pin-holes and voids. To overcome this problem and form large and homogeneous CZTSSe grains, CZTSSe based absorber layers are prepared by a sputtering technique with different RTA conditions. The temperature is varied from 510 ℃ to 540 ℃ during the rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process. Further, CZTSSe thin films are examined with X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, IPCE, Energy dispersive spectroscopy and Scanning electron microscopy techniques. The present work shows that Cu-based secondary phase formation can be suppressed in the CZTSSe absorber layer at an optimum RTA condition.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.128-132
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• 2021

Advances in screen printing technology have been led to development of high efficiency silicon solar cells. As a post PERx structure, an n-type wafer-based rear side TOPCon structure has been actively researched for further open-circuit voltage (Voc) improvement. In the case of the metal contact of the TOPCon structure, the poly-Si thickness is very important because the passivation of the substrate will be degraded when the metal paste penetrates until substrate. However, the thin poly-Si layer has advantages in terms of current density due to reduction of parasitic absorption. Therefore, poly-Si thickness and firing temperature must be considered to optimize the metal contact of the TOPCon structure. In this paper, we varied poly-Si thickness and firing peak temperature to evaluate metal induced recombination (Jom) and contact resistivity. Jom was evaluated by using PL imaging technique which does not require both side metal contact. As a results, we realized that the SiN_x deposition conditions can affect the metal contact of the TOPCon structure.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.145-159
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• 2021

Light soaking (LS) stability in polymer solar cells (PSCs) has always been a challenge to achieve due to unstable photoactive layer-electrode interface. Especially, the electron transport layer (ETL) and photoactive layer interface limits the LS stability of PSCs. Herein, we have modified the most commonly used and robust zinc oxide (ZnO) ETL-interface using an organic dye molecule and a co-adsorbent. Power conversion efficiencies have been slightly improved but when these PSCs were subjected to long term LS stability chamber, equipped with heat and humidity (45℃ and 85% relative humidity), an outstanding stability in the case of ZnO/dye+co-adsorbent ETL containing devices have been achieved. The enhanced LS stability occurred due to the suppressed interfacial defects and robust contact between the ZnO and photoactive layer. Current density as well as fill factors have been retained after LS with the modified ETL as compared to un-modified ETL, owing to their higher charge collection efficiencies which originated from higher electron mobilities. Moreover, the existence of less traps (as observed from light intensity-open circuit voltage measurements and dark currents at -2V) are also found to be one of the reasons for enhanced LS stability in the current study. We conclude that the mitigation ETL-surface traps using an organic dye with a co-adsorbent is an effective and robust approach to enhance the LS stability in PSCs.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2022

밝기가 동작 전류에 비례하는 LED 조명은 다수의 LED를 직렬 연결하여 정전류원으로 구동하는 방식을 널리 사용하고 있다. 이러한 방식에서는 일부 LED가 고장으로 개방되면 전류 통로가 끊어져 직렬 연결된 모든 LED가 꺼지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 LED 동작 전압보다 약 0.4V 정도 높은 항복전압을 갖는 제너 다이오드를 개별 LED와 병렬로 연결하여 LED 고장 시 전류 우회로를 확보하므로 이러한 문제점을 해결하는 회로를 설계하였다. 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 LED 정상 동작 시에는 제너 다이오드로 전류가 거의 흐리지 않고, LED 고장 시에는 제너 다이오드가 안정적으로 전류 우회로로 동작함을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2444-2452
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• 2022

The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is gaining popularity in industrial automation such as nuclear power plant instrumentation and control (I&C) systems due to the benefits of having non-existence of operating system, minimum software errors, and minimum common reason failures. Separate functions can be processed individually and in parallel on the same integrated circuit using FPGAs in comparison to the conventional microprocessor-based systems used in any plant operations. The use of FPGAs offers the potential to minimize complexity and the accompanying difficulty of securing regulatory approval, as well as provide superior protection against obsolescence. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a new technology for acquiring and processing plant data wirelessly in which sensor nodes are configured for real-time signal processing, data acquisition, and monitoring. ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) is an open worldwide standard for minimum power, low-cost machine-to-machine (M2M), and internet of things (IoT) enabled wireless network communication. It is always a challenge to follow the specific topology when different Zigbee nodes are placed in a large network such as a plant. The research article focuses on the hardware chip design of different topological structures supported by ZigBee that can be used for monitoring and controlling the different operations of the plant and evaluates the performance in Vitex-5 FPGA hardware. The research work presents a strategy for configuring FPGA with ZigBee sensor nodes when communicating in a large area such as an industrial plant for real-time monitoring.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1537-1544
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• 2022

application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) 및 system on chip (SoC) 설계 시 디지털 회로는 클럭에 동기화되어 작동한다. 칩 설계 시, place & route (P&R)에서 설계 조건과 타이밍 조건, 클럭의 동기화 여부 등을 고려한다. P&R에서 클럭 경로에 대한 delay를 줄이기 위해, clock tree synthesis (CTS) 기법을 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 사전 클럭트리 합성 가능 여부 판단을 위한 shallow-CTS 알고리즘을 소개한다. 오픈 소스 Parser-Verilog를 사용하여 register transfer level (RTL) 합성가능한 Verilog를 파싱하여, Pre-CTS와 Post-CTS 단계를 진행하고, 가장 긴 clock path와 버퍼 삽입 전후의 표준편차를 비교하여 CTS의 정확도에 대해 분석한다. 본 논문에서 시간 투입이 많이 되는 licensed EDA tool을 사용하여 CTS 결과를 확인하지 않고, RTL 수준에서 사전 클럭 트리 합성 검증 방법을 제공하여 비용 및 시간문제를 감소할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2021

환경 친화적인 마그네슘-공기 전지는 이론적 방전용량이 매우 높은 1차전지로 알려진 금속-공기 전지이며 대기 중 산소를 양극 활물질로 사용하고 마그네슘 합금을 연료로 사용하는 관점에서 금속-연료전지로도 불리고 있다. 음극으로 사용하는 마그네슘합금의 성능에 따라 전지 전체 성능이 결정되므로 고성능 전지로 상용화하기 위해서는 음극 재료인 마그네슘 합금 전극의 성능에 대한 연구와 개선이 필요하다. 본 연구는 상용화된 마그네슘 합금(AZ31, AZ61)을 선택하여 마그네슘-공기 전지용 전극재료로서 가능성을 평가하기 위하여 전기화학적인 측정을 실시하고 방전 특성을 조사하였다. 개방회로전위 변화, Tafel 곡선 변화, 순환전류전압곡선 측정을 통해 마그네슘합금들의 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였고 정전류 방전 실험을 통해 AZ61 합금의 우수한 방전 용량(1410mAhg^-1)과 가능성을 평가하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.246-256
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• 2021

Mo,Cu-doped CeO₂ (CMCuO) nanopowders were synthesized by the nitrate-fuel combustion method aiming to improve the electrical and electrochemical properties of its Mo-doped CeO₂ (CMO) parent by the addition of copper. An electrical conductivity of ca. 1.22·10^-2 S cm^-1 was measured in air at 800℃ for CMCuO, which is nearly 10 times higher than that reported for CMO. This increase was associated with the inclusion of copper into the crystal lattice of ceria and the presence of Cu and Cu₂O as secondary phases in the CMCuO structure, which also could explain the increase in the charge transfer activities of the CMCuO based anode for the hydrogen and carbon monoxide electro-oxidation processes compared to the CMO based anode. A maximum power density of ca. 120 mW cm^-2 was measured using a CMCuO based anode in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with YSZ electrolyte and LSM-YSZ cathode operating at 800℃ with humidified syngas as fuel, which is comparable to the power output reported for other SOFCs with anodes containing copper. An increase in the area specific resistance of the SOFC was observed after ca. 10 hours of operation under cycling open circuit voltage and polarization conditions, which was attributed to the anode delamination caused by the reduction of the Cu₂O secondary phase contained in its microstructure. Therefore, the addition of a more electroactive phase for hydrogen oxidation is suggested to confer long-term stability to the CMCuO based anode.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

The NEA release mechanism is used to provide restraint and release functions with low shock for critical deployment operations on solar arrays after launch. The GK3 solar array consists of 2 wings and 6 hold down points per panel. The NEA SSD9103S1 is a part of the GK3 solar array hold-down and release mechanism. Each NEA unit is equipped with two Z-diodes which provide power to a NEA unit connected in series after actuation of the fuse wire. This paper presents the hot firing test results of a quadrature NEA SSD9103S1 configuration. One output powers a maximum of 4 NEA SSD9103S1 units simultaneously. The necessary actuation pulse duration has been determined to meet margin requirement for thermal energy of minimum 4. Actuation thermal energy difference is about 6.6% between each half of two fired serial NEAs. Thermal energy margin at worst case is minimum 5.9 in case of an actuation pulse duration of 500 ms. Two series Zener impedance depend on current applied has been characterized by an additional actuation after all fuse wires are open circuit. Total number of actuation commands to the GK3 NEA unit reduce drastically from 24 in case of single NEA configuration down to 8 in case of parallel and quadrature NEA configurations. It can be accommodated by the existing HP2U Pyro design without any impact.