• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.205-206
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• 2011

태양광 발전용 마이크로 인버터는 PV 모듈에 직접 설치되기 때문에 크기, 무게 등이 중요한 설계 요소다. 따라서 출력 필터 설계 시 전력 품질 뿐만 아니라 필터에 사용되는 수동 소자의 크기 또한 고려해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 마이크로 인버터용 출력 필터로서 Trap-CL 구조를 분석하고, 필터의 소형화를 고려한 설계 기법을 제안한다. 설계 된 Trap-CL 필터의 특성을 단상 플라이백 인버터에 적용하여 확인하였으며, 기존 플라이백 인버터에 사용되던 CL 필터와의 비교를 통하여 그 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.246-250
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• 2009

String & tabbing step in the crystalline PV module manufacturing process for the temperature directly affects solar cells. In fact, in the manufacture of PV modules tend to be temperature factor and the corresponding changes n the output shows the same characteristics. In this journal, it will be considered about thermal characteristics, especially changes of characteristic in high temperature of the solar cell through experiment that we measure electric output characteristics of solar cells after those are applied with high temperature changes for two seconds. And we can think about the possibility of efficiency improvements over looks in PV module manufacturing processes.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.45-55
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• 2018

Environmentally benign lead-free solder coated ribbon (e. g. SnCu, SnZn, SnBi${\cdots}$) has been intensively studied to interconnect cells without lead mixed ribbon (e. g. SnPb) in the crystalline silicon(c-Si) photovoltaic modules. However, high melting point (> $200^{\circ}C$) of non-lead based solder provokes increased thermo-mechanical stress during its soldering process, which causes early degradation of PV module with it. Hence, we proposed low-temperature conductive paste (CP) based tabbing method for lead-free ribbon. Modules, interconnected by the lead-free solder (SnCu) employing CP approach, exhibits similar output without increased resistivity losses at initial condition, in comparison with traditional high temperature soldering method. Moreover, 400 cycles (2,000 hour) of thermal cycle test reveals that the module integrated by CP approach withstands thermo-mechanical stress. Furthermore, this approach guarantees strong mechanical adhesion (peel strength of ~ 2 N) between cell and lead-free ribbons. Therefore, the CP based tabbing process for lead free ribbons enables to interconnect cells in c-Si PV module, without deteriorating its performance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04c
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• pp.230-232
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• 2008

본 논문은 정상상태에서의 태양광 PV 모듈의 출력특성을 가지며 일사량과 온도의 변화에 따라 가 변하는 I-V 곡선의 특성을 나타내는 태양광 어레이 시뮬레이터의 제작에 관한 연구 결과이다. 본 시뮬레이터는 태양전지의 I-V 곡선상의 동작점을 실시간으로 표시하여, 가변하는 일사량과 온도를 설정하는 유저 인터페이스를 Labview 프로그램으로 구현하였으며 직류 프로그래머블 전원장치(DC programmable power supply)를 GPIB로 연결하여 구현하였다. 정상 부하조건 뿐만 아니라 개방조건, 단락조건에서도 동작하는 태양전지 동작점 추적 알고리즘을 개발하였으며 실험을 통하여 제안한 알고리즘의 효용성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.201-208
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• 2017

Recently, the installation of photovoltaic(PV) systems has been increasing due to the worldwide interest in eco-friendly and abundant solar energy. On the other hand, a PV system has approximately 25% power loss while the energy generated from solar cells is transformed to the power coupling point through a power conversion system (DC/AC). If the output voltage of a string in the PV system is lower than the operating range of the inverter when a part of module in the string has a shadow due to weather conditions, the string is not synchronized and the whole efficiency of output power in a PV system may be reduced significantly. Therefore, to overcome this problem, this paper proposes a novel control method to compensate for the lower voltage by introducing a DC/DC voltage regulator for each string in a PV system, which adopts a concept for MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) control function using the P&O algorithm and adopts constant voltage control method used in an existing inverter. This paper also implements a 2kW DC/DC voltage regulator based on the proposed algorithm and performs a variety of scenario-based experiments. From the simulation result, it was confirmed that the operation efficiency in the proposed method is improved compared to the existing method.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.64-69
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• 2022

Double-sided photovoltaic (PV) modules have received significant attention in recent years as a technology that can achieve higher annual energy production rates than single-sided modules. The shingled technology is a promising method for manufacturing high-density and high-power modules. These modules are divided by laser and joined with electrically conductive adhesives. The output efficiency of the divided cells depends on the division pattern and the electrode pattern, making it important to understand the output characteristics. In this study, the output characteristics of large-area double-sided light-receiving shingled cells with different split patterns and electrode patterns were investigated. The M6 size, with 6 divisions in the electrode pattern, had the highest efficiency when using 142 front fingers and 146 rear fingers. The M10 size, with 7 divisions, had the highest output when using 150 fingers equally in the front and rear. The M12 size, also with 7 divisions, showed the highest output characteristics when using 192 front fingers and 208 rear fingers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.12-13
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• 2007

In this paper, we studied the analysis of environmental effects on maximum output power change of crystalline silicon photovoltaic module. During the test period, there was a 5% reduction of maximum output power on an average. And the degree of output power uniformity became better compared to initial value. Using climate data like rain, snow and dust, we tried to find the reasons for maximum power fluctuation. The surface of PV module was monitored using microscope and infrared camera to study temperature distribution. The further analysis is described in the following paper.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.73-76
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• 2022

BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaic) supplemented the minimum area problem required when installing existing solar modules. However, in order to apply it to buildings, research was needed to increase the aesthetics of solar modules and use them as a design. Accordingly, modules with color applied to the entire surface of the photovoltaic module were being developed, but there was a disadvantage of low power. Therefore, by dividing and bonding the cell strips, it was possible to improve the output power by applying a shingled technology in which other divided cells overlap in a busbar region where light couldn't be received. Shingled technology was advantageous for color modules because the front busbar part that degrades aesthetics was removed. In this research, four color shingled solar modules (Green, Yellow, Blue, Gray) were manufactured and power degradation was analyzed by measuring transmittance and reflectance. Gray color had 80.83% transmittance, which was 31.31% higher than Yellow, resulting in a power difference of 4.45 W.