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The Blending Effect of Electro-deposited Copper-indium-diselenide Particles on the Photovoltaic Properties of Poly(3-octylthiophene)/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Cells (폴리(옥틸티오펜)/풀러렌 벌크 이종접합의 광기전성에 미치는 CIS 입자의 블렌딩 효과)

  • Cho, Young-Don;Lee, Sun-Hyoung;Kim, Jeong-Soo
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.84-87
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    • 2010
  • Copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) particles were prepared by the electrochemical reduction from the mixture solution of corresponding ion compounds. The prepared CIS was used as an insertion layer or a blending component in the organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunction cells composed of poly(3-octylthiophene) and fullerene. The increase of CIS content resulted in the rapid decrease of the open-circuit voltage as well as short-circuit current. The photovoltaic parameters were analyzed in relation to the structures, composition, and morphology of the photovoltaic blends.

Influence of Illumination on Domain Switching and Photovoltaic Current in Poled $(Pb_{1x}La_x)TiO_3$ Freeoelectric Ceramics

  • Park, Si-Kyung;Park, Dong-Gu;Kim, Sung-Ryul
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.267-271
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    • 2000
  • The influence of photoexcited nonequilibrium carriers on domain switching and photovoltaic current was investigated in two kinds of poled La-modified PbTiO$_3$ferroelectric ceramics, (Pb$_{0.85}$La$_{0.15}$)TiO$_3$and (Pb$_{0.76}$La$_{0.24}$)TiO$_3$, under illumination in the absence of external electric field. Both photovoltaic current and cumulative AE event counts increased with illumination time. The observed nonsteady-state photovoltaic current could be explained on the basis of the cycles of a series of physical events consisting the establishment of space charge field by photoexcited carriers trapped at the grain boundaries, the photoinduced domain switching, and the increase in the remanent polarization. An analysis of energy distribution of the observed AE signals also revealed that the space charge field in (Pb$_{0.85}$La$_{0.15}$)TiO$_3$allowed both 18$0^{\circ}C$ and 90$^{\circ}$domains to be switched during illumination.

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Synthesis of Nanoporous $TiO_2$ Materials Using Sol-gel Combustion Method and Its Photovoltaic Characteristics (나노 다공질 구조의 이산화티타늄 박막 제작과 광전변환 특성 고찰)

  • Heo, Jong-Hyun;Sung, Youl-Moon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.58 no.2
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    • pp.322-326
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    • 2009
  • In this work, nanoporous $TiO_2$ powder was fabricated using Ketjen black, and applied in photovoltaic device based on the Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs). $TiO_2$ powder was fabricated using Ti-isopropoxide and 2-propanol by sol-gel combustion method. For added $0{\sim}2g$ variable of Ketjen black, characteristic of porosity, size of particle and crystallite of obtained $TiO_2$ nano powder was investigated. The photovoltaic efficiency of the prepared DSCs was measured using $TiO_2$ film which prepared on each different heat treatment temperature($100^{\circ}C{\sim}600^{\circ}C$) with paste of $TiO_2$ powder. The porosity and size in particle of $TiO_2$ powder made with Ketjen black Ig was influenced significantly effect to DSCs characteristic. Heat treatment at $500^{\circ}C$ makes the better photovoltaic efficiency which around 6.11%($J_{sc}=13.35mA/cm^2$, $V_{oc}=0.73V$, ff=0.63). The sol-gel combustion method was useful to DSCs fabrication.

A Variable Step Size Incremental Conductance MPPT of a Photovoltaic System Using DC-DC Converter with Direct Control Scheme

  • Cho, Jae-Hoon;Hong, Won-Pyo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.74-82
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a novel maximum power point tracking for a photovoltaic power (PV) system with a direct control plan. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) must usually be integrated with photovoltaic (PV) power systems so that the photovoltaic arrays are able to deliver maximum available power. The maximum available power is tracked using specialized algorithms such as Perturb and Observe (P&O) and incremental Conductance (indCond) methods. The proposed method has the direct control of the MPPT algorithm to change the duty cycle of a dc-dc converter. The main difference of the proposed system to existing MPPT systems includes elimination of the proportional-integral control loop and investigation of the effect of simplifying the control circuit. The proposed method thus has not only faster dynamic performance but also high tracking accuracy. Without a conventional controller, this method can control the dc-dc converter. A simulation model and the direct control of MPPT algorithm for the PV power system are developed by Matlab/Simulink, SimPowerSystems and Matlab/Stateflow.

Effect of Laser Scribing in High Efficiency Crystal Photovoltaic Cells to Produce Shingled Photovoltaic Module (슁글드 모듈 제작을 위한 고효율 실리콘 태양전지의 레이저 스크라이빙에 의한 영향)

  • Lee, Seong Eun;Park, Ji Su;Oh, Won Je;Lee, Jae Hyeong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.291-296
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    • 2020
  • The high power of a shingled photovoltaic module can be attributed to its low cell-to-module loss. The production of high power modules in limited area requires high efficiency solar cells. Shingled photovoltaic modules can be made by divided solar cells, which can be produced by the laser scribing process. After dividing the 21% PERC cell using laser scribing, the efficiency decreased by approximately 0.35%. However, there was no change in the efficiency of the solar cell having relatively lower efficiency, because the laser scribing process induce higher heat damages in solar cells with high efficiency. To prove this phenomena, the J0 (leakage current density) of each cell was analyzed. It was found that the J0 of 21% PERC increased about 17 times between full and divided solar cell. However, the J0 of 20.2% PERC increased only about 2.5 times between full and divided solar cell.

A Study on PV System Output Changes by PV Array Installation Position and Mount Angle Change (태양광 어레이 설치 위치 및 각도변경 전후의 태양광 발전 시스템의 출력 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Jeong-Phil;Cha, In-Su;Choi, Jeong-Sik;Kim, Dong-Mook;Park, Jong Bock;Ha, Min Ho;Kim, Won Bae
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.189-194
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, We have simulated the output variation of the PV arrays installation with position & angle change. The existing 3 solar array system are $43^{\circ}$ southeast and each of the mounting angle is $17^{\circ}$. The PV output power is 240 kW. The composite studied systems in this paper arrays altered 2 PV array among 3 PV array system- the output 144kW. We simulated this system using Solar Pro ver.4.1. The simulation conditions are southwest $43^{\circ}/array$, mount angle $27^{\circ}/array$. Because the southeast have shadow effect-higher mountain The purpose of southwest $43^{\circ}$ is reduce the shadow effect. The simulation results of the suggestion design algorithm compared to 1,590 kWh/year output is increased with the southeast.

Improved Photovoltaic MATLAB Modeling Accuracy by Adding Wind Speed Effect

  • An, Dong-Soon;Poudel, Prasis;Bae, Sang-Hyun;Park, Kyung-Woo;Jang, Bongseog
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2017
  • Photovoltaic (PV) are generally modeled using mathematical equations that describe the PV system behavior. Most of the modeling approach is very simple in terms of that PV module temperature is calculated from nominal constant cell temperature such as ambient temperature and incoming solar irradiance. In this paper, we newly present MATLAB model particularly embedding the effect of wind speed to describe more accurate cell temperature. For analyses and validate purpose of the proposed model, solar power is obtained and compared with and without wind speed from the 50Wp PV module provided by vendor datasheet. In the simulation result, we found that power output of the module is increased to 0.37% in terms of cell temperature a degreed down when we consider the wind speed in the model. This result is well corresponded with the well-known fact that normal PV is 0.4% power changed by cell temperature a degree difference. Therefore it shows that our modeling method with wind speed is more appropriate than the methods without the wind speed effect.

Characterization of Photoinduced Current in Poly-Si Solar Cell by Employing Photoconductive Atomic Force Microscopy (PC-AFM)

  • Heo, Jin-Hee
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.35-38
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    • 2012
  • In this study, we have attempted to characterize the photovoltaic effect in real-time measurement of photoinduced current in a poly-Si-based solar cell using photoconductive atomic force microscopy (PC-AFM). However, the high contact resistance that originates from the metal-semiconductor Schottky contact disturbs the current flow and makes it difficult to measure the photoinduced current. To solve this problem, a thin metallic film has been coated on the surface of the device, which successfully decreases the contact resistance. In the PC-AFM analysis, we used a metal-coated conducting cantilever tip as the top electrode of the solar cell and light from a halogen lamp was irradiated on the PC-AFM scanning region. As the light intensity becomes stronger, the current value increases up to $200{\mu}A$ at 80 W, as more electrons and hole carriers are generated because of the photovoltaic effect. The ratio of the conducting area at different conditions was calculated, and it showed a behavior similar to that generated by a photoinduced current. On analyzing the PC-AFM measurement results, we have verified the correlation between the light intensity and photoinduced current of the poly-Si-based solar cell in nanometer scale.

Analysis of the Effect of the Grid-connected Photovoltaic System in Fault Case of Power System (전력계통 고장시 계통연계형 태양광발전시스템의 영향분석)

  • Park, Sung-Hun;Lee, Yong-Sik;Jeong, Sung-Won;Gim, Jae-Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2019
  • Among the main functions of the grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system, the anti-islanding operation function is a very important problem. Recently, due to the improvement in power generation efficiency and the maintenance advantages in PV system, the use of string inverter has increased so that the possibility of islanding operation has been raised. Generally, when a power system faults, the PV inverter must be disconnected from power system within 10 cycles by the anti-islanding operation function. However, in the real-time of power system, the output power of the PV system within 10cycles is effected. In this paper, we analyzed the effect of grid-connected PV system on power quality in a short time within 10 cycles on fault case of power system using the Matlab Simulink program.

A Study on the Power Converter Control of Utility Interactive Photovoltaic Generation System (계통 연계형 태양광 발전시스템의 전력변환기 제어에 관한 연구)

  • Na, Seung-Kwon;Ku, Gi-Jun;Kim, Gye-Kuk
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, a photovoltaic system is designed with a step up chopper and single phase PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) voltage source inverter. Where proposed Synchronous signal and control signal was processed by one-chip microprocessor for stable modulation. The step up chopper operates in continuous mode by adjusting the duty ratio so that the photovoltaic system tracks the maximum power point of solar cell without any influence on the variation of insolation and temperature because solar cell has typical voltage and current dropping character. The single phase PWM voltage source the inverter using inverter consists of complex type of electric power converter to compensate for the defect, that is, solar cell cannot be developed continuously by connecting with the source of electric power for ordinary use. It can cause the effect of saving electric power. from 10 to 20[%]. The single phase PWM voltage source inverter operates in situation that its output voltage is in same phase with the utility voltage. In order to enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic positioning system using sensor and microprocessor was design so that the fixed type of photovoltaic cells and photovoltaic positioning system were compared. In result, photovoltaic positioning system can improved 5% than fixed type of photovoltaic cells. In addition, I connected extra power to the system through operating the system voltage and inverter power in a synchronized way by extracting the system voltage so that the phase of the system and the phase of single-phase inverter of PWM voltage type can be synchronized. And, It controlled in order to provide stable pier to the load and the system through maintaining high lurer factor and low output power of harmonics.