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Long-Term Strategy of Photovoltaic System as One of Outstanding Energy Source (다변화 에너지원으로써의 태양광발전의 나아갈 방향)

  • Kim, Kyung-Soo;Kwon, Oh-Eun;Kang, Gi-Hwan;Yu, Gwon-Jong;Yoon, Soon-Gil
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1404-1404
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    • 2011
  • Shortage of fossil fuel energy makes current industry to find a new energy sources. One of the solutions is using the renewable energy sources like wind, sun, water, and so on. If we think with flex idea, the existing PV system's role can be greatly changed. So in this paper, I want to suggest some ideas for PV systems as one of outstanding energy source. The specific and technical explanation will be shown in the following paper in detail.

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Surface Passivation Schemes for High-Efficiency c-Si Solar Cells - A Review

  • Balaji, Nagarajan;Hussain, Shahzada Qamar;Park, Cheolmin;Raja, Jayapal;Yi, Junsin;Jeyakumar, R.
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.227-233
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    • 2015
  • To reduce the cost of solar electricity, the crystalline-silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic industry is moving toward the use of thinner wafers (100 μm to 200 μm) to achieve a high efficiency. In this field, it is imperative to achieve an effective passivation method to reduce the electronic losses at the c-Si interface. In this article, we review the most promising surface passivation schemes that are available for high-efficiency solar cells.

Quality evaluation of diamond wire-sawn gallium-doped silicon wafers

  • Lee, Kyoung Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.119-123
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    • 2013
  • Most of the world's solar cells in photovoltaic industry are currently fabricated using crystalline silicon. Czochralski-grown silicon crystals are more expensive than multicrystalline silicon crystals. The future of solar-grade Czochralski-grown silicon crystals crucially depends on whether it is usable for the mass-production of high-efficiency solar cells or not. It is generally believed that the main obstacle for making solar-grade Czochralski-grown silicon crystals a perfect high-efficiency solar cell material is presently light-induced degradation problem. In this work, the substitution of boron with gallium in p-type silicon single crystal is studied as an alternative to reduce the extent of lifetime degradation. The diamond-wire sawing technology is employed to slice the silicon ingot. In this paper, the quality of the diamond wire-sawn gallium-doped silicon wafers is studied from the chemical, electrical and structural points of view. It is found that the characteristic of gallium-doped silicon wafers including texturing behavior and surface metallic impurities are same as that of conventional boron-doped Czochralski crystals.

The Study of N-type Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells by PC1D

  • Yi, Junsin;Jung, Junhee;Lau, Meng How
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.287.2-287.2
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    • 2014
  • PV (photovoltaic) has becoming an important industry to invest due to its high robustness and require very little maintenance which goes a long time. Solar cell fabrication involves a few critical processes such as doping to make the N-type and P-type silicon, contact metallization, surface texturization, and anti-reflection coatings. Anti-reflection coating is a kind of surface passivation which ensures the stability, and efficiency of the solar cell. Thus, I will focus on the changes happen to the solar cell due to the reflectance and anti-reflection coating by PC1D. By using the PC1D (solar cell simulation program), I would analysis the effect of reflectance on the N-type cell. At last I will conclude the result regarding what I learned throughout this experiment.

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Utilization of Solar Energy in Agricultural Machinery Engineering: A Review

  • Hussain, M. Imtiaz;Lee, Gwi Hyun
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.186-192
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    • 2015
  • Background: Various solar energy collecting systems have been developed and analyzed for agricultural applications. They include solar thermal and electric devices such as solar crop dryers, solar water pumps, solar greenhouse heating, ventilation for livestock, solar aeration pumps, solar electricity, and many more. Purpose: This review provides the current status of research and development in the field as well as the solar energy systems that are currently in use in the agriculture sector across the globe. Review: Solar energy is the largest and cheapest energy resource on earth; one hour of solar radiation exceeds the complete global energy consumption in one year. The potential annual total solar radiation in South Korea is $3.58-5.4 kWh/m^2/day$. The available solar energy is sufficient for agricultural applications across the entire country. Conclusion: The scope of solar energy utilization in agricultural machinery engineering in South Korea and in other countries is promising.

응력 주입 층을 이용한 Kerf-less 웨이퍼링 기술 동향

  • Yang, Hyeon-Seok;Eom, Nu-Si-A;Kim, Ji-Won;Im, Jae-Hong
    • Ceramist
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2018
  • In the photovoltaics (PV) industry, there were many efforts to reduce the cost of production with high efficiency. The single most important cost factor in silicon technology is the wafer, accounting presently for ~35% of the module cost. it was already shown that the solar cell efficiency can be maintained up to the thickness range of $40-60{\mu}m$. The direct production of ultra-thin silicon wafer is very attractive and numerous different techniques, such as electrochemical process, ion implantation, and epitaxial growth, have been proposed and developed in many academic and industrial laboratories.

Micro-crack Detection in Silicon Solar Wafer through Optimal Parameter Selection in Anisotropic Diffusion Filter (비등방 확산 필터의 최적조건 선정을 통한 태양전지 실리콘 웨이퍼의 마이크로 크랙 검출)

  • Seo, Hyoung Jun;Kim, Gyung Bum
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2014
  • Micro-cracks in crystalline silicon wafer often result in wafer breakage in solar wafer manufacturing, and also their existence may lead to electrical failure in post fabrication inspection. Therefore, the reliable detection of micro-cracks is of importance in the photovoltaic industry. In this paper, an experimental method to select optimal parameters in anisotropic diffusion filter is proposed. It can reliably detect micro-cracks by the distinct extension of boundary as well as noise reduction in near-infrared image patterns of micro-cracks. Its performance is verified by experiments of several type cracks machined.

Study on the Design of DC-DC Converter for Super Junction MOSFET Battery Charger of Electric Vehicles (전기자동차 배터리 충전을 위한 DC - DC컨버터용 Super Junction MOSFET 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Bum June;Hong, Young Sung;Sim, Gwan Pil;Kang, Ey Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.587-590
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    • 2013
  • Release competition and development of eco-friendly vehicles have been conducted violently also automaker, it will be a high growth industry of the charger and battery, which is the driving source of the motor of an electric vehicle. Reduces the on-resistance power elements DC - DC converter for battery charger for electric vehicles, must minimize switching losses. Should have a low on-resistance power than existing products. Compare the Super Junction MOSFET and Planar MOSFET, As a result, super junction MOSFET improve on about 87.4% on-state voltage drop performance than planar MOSFET.

Growth and characterization of 240kg multicrystalline silicon ingots grown by directional solidification (방향성 응고법으로 성장된 대형(240kg) 다결정 규소 잉곳의 성장 및 특성평가)

  • 김정민;김영관
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.182-186
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    • 2003
  • The photovoltaic industry has been forced to lower the production cost in many ways. Ingot preparation technology is growing rapidly toward large-scale production. Multicrystalline silicon ingot of 69 cm square cross section, 240kg has been produced with fully automated equipment. During solidification, heat has been extracted from the bottom of the crucible through the graphite pedestal moving downward. The characteristics of the large ingot grown in this method are found to be uniform structurally and electrically.