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Efficiency of Photovoltaic Cell with Random Textured Anti Glare (RTAG) Glass

  • Kim, Geon Ho;Jeon, Bup Ju
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2016
  • The surface treatment of cover glass for conversion efficiency of photovoltaic cell is important to reduce reflectivity and to increase the incident light. In this work, random textured anti glare (RTAG) glass was prepared by wet surface coating method. Optical properties due to the changes of surface morphology of RTAG glass were compared and conversion efficiency of photovoltaic cell was researched. Grain size and changes of surface morphologies formed with surface etching time greatly affected optical transmittance and transmission haze. Current density (Jsc) were high at the condition when surface morphologies reflection haze were low and transmission haze were high. Jsc was $40.0mA/cm^2$ at glancing angle of $90^{\circ}$. Incidence light source was strongly influenced by surface treatment of cover glass at high incidence angle but was hardly affected light source at the low angle of incidence.

Applied Spherical Lens with Reflect Mirror for the CPV module (반사판 적용 구형렌즈를 갖는 집광형 태양전지모듈)

  • Lee, Kang-Yeon;Jeong, Byeong-Ho;Kim, Hyo-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2011
  • There are two main types of concentrating optical systems in use today: refractive types that use Fresnel lenses, and reflective systems that use one or more mirrors. Regardless of the chosen optical system, the result is concentrated sunlight being aimed at the sensitive face of the cell, to produce more energy from less photovoltaic material. In this paper, for the achieve trackerless CPV system, CPV module included that the spherical lens with reflect mirror makes it possible to achieve high and stable power generation performance for the high concentration photovoltaic power generation system and cope with the needs for a variety of shapes and sizes in flexible manners and that the multiple cavity assemble method greatly reduces costs. Development of these high performance multi-junction CPV module promises to accelerate growth in photovoltaic power generation.

Fire Prevention Systems for Photovoltaic Connection Panel (태양광 접속반의 화재 방지 시스템)

  • Han, Man Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.137-138
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    • 2019
  • The photovoltaic module connects the voltage generated by the solar cell to the inverter. In the photovoltaic module, a diode is used to block the reverse voltage from the inverter to the solar cell. The heat generation of this diode is the main cause of the solar connection fire. In this paper, we propose a method to monitor the heat generation of diodes and prevent fire by using IoT devices.

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Analysis of the Current-voltage Curves of a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-film Solar Cell Measured at Different Irradiation Conditions

  • Lee, Kyu-Seok;Chung, Yong-Duck;Park, Nae-Man;Cho, Dae-Hyung;Kim, Kyung-Hyun;Kim, Je-Ha;Kim, Seong-Jun;Kim, Yeong-Ho;Noh, Sam-Kyu
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.321-325
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    • 2010
  • We analyze the current density - voltage (J - V) curve of a Cu(In,Ga)$Se_2$ (CIGS) thin-film solar cell measured at different irradiation power densities. For the solar-cell sample investigated in this study, the fill factor and power conversion efficiency decreased as the irradiation power density (IPD) increased in the range of 2 to 5 sun. Characteristic parameters of solar cell including the series resistance ($r_s$), the shunt resistance ($r_{sh}$), the photocurrent density ($J_L$), the saturation current density ($J_s$) of an ideal diode, and the coefficient ($C_s$) of the diode current due to electron-hole recombination via ionized traps at the p-n interface are determined from a theoretical fit to the experimental data of the J - V curve using a two-diode model. As IPD increased, both $r_s$ and $r_{sh}$ decreased, but $C_s$ increased.

Calculation of capacity of solar cell and battery for stable solar system design (안정적인 태양광발전시스템의 설계를 위한 태양전지와 배터리 용량산정 방안)

  • Lee Mi-Young;Lee Jun-Ha;Lee Hoong-Joo;Lee Woo-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.396-400
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    • 2005
  • Solar cell and battery capacity are very important for stable design of stand-alone solar photovoltaic power generation system. If capacity computation of solar cell and battery is a wrong, operation of the solar system becomes unstable and results in breakdown. Therefore, in this paper, a solar cell and battery capacity calculation method considering the load characteristics has been proposed for the stable operation of the solar photovoltaic power generation system.

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Properties of the Exciton Blocking Layer in Organic Photovoltaic cell (유기 광기전력 소자의 엑시톤 억제층 특성)

  • Oh, Hyun-Seok;Lee, Ho-Shik;Park, Yong-Phil;Lee, Won-Jae;Kim, Tae-Wan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.04b
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    • pp.20-21
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    • 2008
  • Photovoltaic effects in organic solar cell were studied in a cell configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/CuPd(20nm)/$C_{60}$(40nm)/BCP/Al(150nm) at room temperature. Here, the BCP layer works as an exciton blocking layer. The exciton blocking layer must transport electrons from the acceptor layer to the metal cathode with minimal increase in the total cell series resistance and should absorb damage during cathode deposition. Therefore, a proper thickness of the exciton blocking layer is required for an optimized photovoltaic cell. Several thicknesses of BCP were made between $C_{60}$ and Al. And we obtained characteristic parameters such as short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage, and power conversion efficiency of the device under the illumination of AM 1.5.

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Experimental Investigation on High Efficient Electrolytes of Electrochemical Photovoltaic Cells (전기화학형 광전변환 셀의 고효율 전해질 제작에 관한 실험적 고찰)

  • Kim, Doo-Hwan;Han, Chi-Hwan;Sung, Youl-Moon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.1
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    • pp.100-104
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    • 2011
  • In this work, an optimum condition of electrolytes preparation for photovoltaic cells application was investigated experimentally in terms of impedance and conversion efficiency of the cells. 3-methoxyppropionitrie and redox pairs with LiI and $I_2$ were used as stable solvents for fabrication of electrolyte. Efficiency comparison of the prepared cells carried out for various additives and ionic liquids. From the results, there was an optimum concentration (about 0.3 M) of ionic liquids for efficient cell fabrication. For case of electrolyte using single DMAp additive, the maximum conversion efficiency of the cell was 6.4%($V_{oc}$: 0.78V, $J_{sc}$: 14.4 mA/$cm^2$, ff: 0.57). For case of electrolyte using both DMAp and CEMim additives, the maximum conversion efficiency of the cell was 7.2%($V_{oc}$: 0.79V, $J_{sc}$: 16 mA/$cm^2$, ff: 0.57). From the result of electrochemical impedance measurement, both Z1 and Z3 values of binary additives-based cell decreased compared to those of single additive-based. This is due to the decreased in internal and charge transfer resistivities of the cells.

Solar Cell Design for Large Area Multi Busbar Module Power Loss Reduction (대면적 Multi busbar 모듈 전력 손실 저감을 위한 태양전지 설계)

  • Juhwi Kim;Jaehyeong Lee
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.34-37
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    • 2023
  • Solar energy had become the main energy industry of renewable energy along with hydroelectric power generation. One of the technologies that contributed to the popularization of photovoltaic power and the decrease in the unit price of photovoltaic modules was the large-area solar cell. However, as the area increased, the light receiving area increased and the current value increased accordingly. Since power loss occurs when the current value was large, the number of busbar was increased to increase the current collection rate, and a technology to lower the current value through half-cutting was developed. The bus bar of the solar cell served as a passage through which the generated current was transmitted. This was because when the number of busbar decreases, the moving distance of electrons increased, so the amount of power generation decreases and when it increases, shadows occured. An important aspect of the electrode design was the optimal balance of these busbars and number of fingers. Therefore, in this study, the characteristics of the solar cell according to the number of front bus bars of the large-area solar cell were simulated using Griddler 2,5 pro. After selecting the number of busbar with the best characteristics, the difference was compared by varying the number of fingers and a better direction for the number of cutting was presented.

Electrical Properties of Organic Photovoltaic Cell using CuPc/$C_{60}$ double layer (CuPc/$C_{60}$ 이중층을 이용한 유기 광기전 소자의 전기적 특성)

  • Lee, Dong-Shin;Park, Yong-Pil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.744-746
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    • 2008
  • Organic photovoltaic effects were studied in a device structure of ITO/CuPc/Al and ITO/CuPc/$C_{60}$/BCP/Al. A thickness of CuPc layer was varied from 10 nm to 50 nm, we have obtained that the optimum CuPc layer thickness is around 40 nm from the analysis of the current density-voltage characteristics in CuPc single layer photovoltaic cell. From the thickness-dependent photovoltaic effects in CuPc/$Cu_{60}$ heterojunction devices, higher power conversion efficiency was obtained in ITO/20nm CuPc/40nm $C_{60}$/Al, which has a thickness ratio (CuPc:$C_{60}$) of 1:2 rather than 1:1 or 1:3. Light intensity on the device was measured by calibrated Si-photodiode and radiometer/photometer of International Light Inc(IL14004).

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Operation of Photovoltaic Generation System with Battery and Electrolyzer (Battery와 Electrolyzer를 이용한 태양광 발전시스템 운영)

  • Gang, Gi-Hyeok;Kim, Yun-Seong;Loc, Nguyen Khanh;Won, Dong-Jun
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.57 no.11
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    • pp.1994-2000
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    • 2008
  • The output power of photovoltaic(PV) generation system is strongly affected by weather conditions. To make up for the defect of solar energy, energy storages such as battery and electrolyzer are usually integrated with photovoltaic cell. This paper focuses on the way to store energy surplus with battery and electrolyzer and to provide energy with battery. Photovoltaic generation system is modeled with PV cell, DC/DC converter, DC/AC inverter, battery and electrolyzer. The operation algorithm to regulate PV output power with battery and electrolyzer is suggested. The simulation results show that battery and electrolyzer effectively cooperate with each other to compensate the fluctuation of PV generation system.