• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2014

재생에너지 광소자로서 스마트 농장 등의 에너지원으로서 고분자 태양전지의 응용이 기대되며 향후 상업화를 위해 효율과 신뢰성 개선이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 유기 패시베이션 박막을 가지는 헤테로정션 고분자태 전지를 제작하고, 패시베이션 박막이 고분자 태양전지의 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 사용된 패시베이션 유기재료로는 폴리비닐알코올과 이크롬산 암모늄을 혼합하여 용해한 후 스핀코팅방법으로 P3HT:$PC_{61}BM$/LiF/Al 기판위에 코팅하여 소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 소자구조는 glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:$PC_{61}BM$/LiF/Al/passivation layer 이며, 140시간 공기 중에 노출 후 전기적 특성을 측정, 비교한 결과, 패시베이션 처리된 고분자 태양전지가 패시베이션 박막 처리되지 않은 소자에 비해 보다 우수한 전기적 특성을 보여주었다. 즉, 패시베이션 처리된 소자의 전력변환효율은 제작직후 3.0%에서 140시간 노출 후 1.3%로 감소한 반면 패시베이션 처리되지 않은 소자의 경우는 동일한 노출조건에서 3.5%에서 0.1%로 급격한 특성저하를 나타내었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.221-221
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• 2012

Small-molecule organic photovoltaic cells have recently attracted growing attention due to their potential for the low-cost fabrication of flexible and lightweight solar modules. The PVP/Ag nanoparticles were synthesized by the reaction of poly vinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and silver nitrate at $150^{\circ}C$. In the reaction, the size of the nanoparticles was controlled by relative mole fractions between PVP and Ag. The PVP/Ag nanoparticles with various sizes were then spin coated on the patterned ITO glass prior to the deposition of the PEDOT:PSS hole transport layer. The scattering of the incident light caused by these incorporated nanoparticles resulted in an increase in the path length of the light through the active layer and hence the enhancement of the light absorption. This scattering effect increased as the size of the nanoparticles increased, but it was offset by the decrease in total transmittance caused by the non-transparent nanoparticles. As a result, the maximum power conversion efficiency, 0.96% which was the value enhanced by 14% compared to the cell without incorporation of nanoparticles, was obtained when the mole fraction of PVP:Ag was 24:1 and the size of the nanoparticles was 20~40 nm.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.567-572
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• 2013

In many electro-devices, the vacuum process is used as the manufacturing process. However, the vacuum process has a problem, it is difficult to apply to a continuous process such as a R2R(roll to roll) printing process. In this paper, we propose an ESD (electro static deposition) printing process has been used to apply an organic solar cell of thin film forming. ESD is a method of liquid atomization by electrical forces, an electrostatic atomizer sprays micro-drops from the solution injected into the capillary with electrostatic force generated by electric potential of about several tens kV. The organic solar cell based on a P3HT/PCBM active layer and a PEDOT:PSS electron blocking layer prepared from ESD method shows solar-to-electrical conversion efficiency of 1.42% at AM 1.5G 1sun light illumination, while 1.86% efficiency is observed when the ESD deposition of P3HT/PCBM is performed on a spin-coated PEDOT:PSS layer.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.347.2-347.2
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• 2016

Recently, in order to improve the performance of the colloidal quantum dot solar cells (CQDSCs), various efforts such as the modification of the cell architecture and surface treatment for quantum dot (QD) passivation have been made. Especially, the incorporation of halides into the QD matrix was reported to improve the performances significantly via passivating QD trap states that lower the life-time of the minority-carrier. In this work, we fabricated a lead sulfide (PbS) QD bilayer treated with different ligands and utilized it as a photoactive layer of the CQDSCs. The bottom and top PbS layer was treated using metal iodide ($MI_x$ and butanedithiol (BuDT), respectively. All the depositions and ligand treatments were carried out in air using layer-by-layer spin-coating process. The fabrication of the active layers as well as the n-type zinc oxide (ZnO) layer was successfully carried out on the bendable indium-tin-oxide (ITO)-coated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate, which implies that this technique can be applied to the fabrication of flexible and/or wearable solar cells. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the CQDSCs with the architecture of $PET/ITO/ZnO/PbS-MI_x/PbS-BuDT/MoO_x/Ag$ reached 4.2 %, which is significantly larger than that of the cells with single QD (PbS-BuDT) layer.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.258.2-258.2
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• 2015

염료감응형 태양전지(Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; DSSC)는 공정비용과 재료가 저렴하여 차세대 태양전지로 각광받고 있다. 특히 투명한 재료를 사용하므로 flexible한 기판을 이용하여 그 적용범위가 넓다. DSSC는 상부전극인 FTO와 전해질의 접촉으로 인해 일부 FTO의 전자가 외부로 나가지 못하고 산화환원 반응에 의해 도로 전해질로 들어갈 확률이 있다. 이로 인해 효율 감소문제를 야기 할 수 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 FTO위에 여러 물질들을 증착하거나 코팅 등의 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔다. ZnO를 DSSC로 적용한 연구는 많이 이루어졌지만 대부분 공정이 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)으로 진행 되어왔다. 본 연구에서는 FTO위에 ZnO를 진공 공정에 비해 저렴하고 간단한 spin-coating으로 blocking layer를 형성하였다. 그 후 염료에서 여기 된 전자를 FTO로 전달해 주는 역할을 하는 TiO2를 doctor blade방법으로 형성하였다. ZnO는 TiO2하고 전도대와 가전자대의 에너지 준위 차이가 거의 없고, ZnO의 전자 이동도가 TiO2보다 높기 때문에 FTO로 전자를 큰 저항 없이 전달 할 수 있다. 또한 투과율이 좋아 염료까지의 빛의 투과성도 뛰어나다. ZnO blocking layer를 형성하여 FTO에서 전해질로의 전자이동을 막아주는 역할을 하여 DSSC의 performance 향상을 확인하였다. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope(FE-SEM)을 통해 FTO/ZnO/TiO2의 계면 및 두께를 확인하였고. DSSC의 특성 분석을 위해 I-V curve, Power conversion efficiency, Impedance spectroscopy를 측정 하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2011

In this review, we have investigated the effect of $TiO_2$-based blocking layers (t-BLs), deposited on a transparent conductive oxide (TCO)-coated glass substrate, on the photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The t-BL was deposited using spin-coating or sputtering technique, and its thicknesses were varied to study the influence of the thin $TiO_2$ layer in between transparent conducting glass and nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ (nc-$TiO_2$). The DSSC with the t-BL showed the improved adhesion and the suppressed charge recombination at a TCO glass substrate than those without the t-BL, which led to the higher conversion efficiency.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.329-334
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• 2016

Hydrogen is eco-friendly alternative energy source and the photoelectrochemical water splitting is believed to be one of the promising methods for hydrogen production. Many researchers have studied several potential photocatalysts to increase the photoelectochemical performance efficiency for hydrogen conversion. In this study, the GO (graphene oxide) was prepared by Tour's method and was dispersed in precursor solutions of $WO_3$ and $BiVO_4$. Those precursor solutions were spin-coated on FTO glass and several photocatalyst thin films of $WO_3$, $BiVO_4$ and $WO_3/BiVO_4$ were prepared by calcination. The morphologies of prepared photocatalyst thin films were measured by scanning electron microscope. The photoelectrochemical performances of photocatalyst thin films with rGO (reduced graphene oxide) and without rGO were analyzed systematically.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2001

$>LaMnO_3$$(La, Sr)MO_3$, and $(La, Sr)MO_3/YSZ$ gel films were deposited by spin-coating technique on scandium-doped zirconia (YSZ) substrate using the precursor solution prepared from $La(O-i-C_3H_7)_3$, $Co(CH_3COO)_2$or $Mn(O-i-C_3H_7)_2$,2-methoxyethanol, and polyethylene glycol. By heat-treating the gel films, the electrochemical cells, $(La, Sr)MnO_3{\mid}ScSZ{\mid}Pt$ were fabricated. The effect of polyethylene glycol on the microstructure evolution of $$LaCoO_3and $LaMnO_3$thin films was investigated, and NOx decomposition characteristics of the electrochemical cells were investigated at $500^{\circ}C$ to $600^{\circ}C$. By applying a direct current to the $(La, Sr)MnO_3{\mid}ScSZ{\mid}Pt$ electrochemical cell, good NOx conversion rate could be obtained relatively at low current value even if excess oxygen is included in the reaction gas mixture.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2020

In perovskite solar cells with planar heterojunction configuration, selection of proper charge-transporting layers is very important to achieve stable and efficient device. Here, we developed solution processible Cu doped NiO_x (Cu:NiO_x) thin film as a hole-transporting layer (HTL) in p-i-n structured methylammonium lead trihalide (MAPbI₃) perovskite solar cell. The transmittance and thickness of NiO_x HTL is optimized by control the spin-coating rate and Cu is additionally doped to improve the surface morphology of undoped NiO_x thin film and hole-extraction properties. Consequently, a perovskite solar cell containing Cu:NiO_x HTL with optimal doping ratio of Cu exhibits a power conversion efficiency of 14.6%.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2013

We investigated the effects of ZnO thin film deposition methods on the performance of inverted polymer solar cells with a structure of ITO/ZnO/P3HT:PCBM/MoO3/Al. The ZnO thin films were deposited by various methods (spin coating of nanoparticles, sol-gel process, atomic layer deposition) and their morphology was analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The device with ZnO nanoparticle thin films showed the highest power conversion efficiency of 3 % with low series resistance and high shunt resistance. The superior performance of the device with the ZnO nanoparticle layer is attributed to better electron extraction capability.