• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2008

It is well known that surface texturing improves the tribological properties of mechanical components for enhancing hydro-dynamic effect or serving as a micro reservoir. There are not, however, enough researches to reveal the effects of surface texturing on the tribological properties under grease lubrication which is used in lubricating many mechanical elements. In the present study, therefore, the effects of surface texturing on the tribological properties are investigated under grease lubrication based on an experimental approach. The results show that surface texturing decreases friction coefficient. It is found that the friction coefficient can be decreased by controlling the diameter and density of micro-dimple. The diameter of dimple is more effective under high load and low speed than otherwise. And, the density of dimple is effective under low load and high speed.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.597-598
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• 2012

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.211-215
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• 2017

Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) and wet etching are employed in existing texturing processes to fabricate solar cells. Laser etching is used for particular purposes such as selective etching for grooves. However, such processes require a higher level of cost and longer processing time and those factors affect the unit cost of each process of fabricating solar cells. As a way to reduce the unit cost of this process of making solar cells, an atmospheric plasma source will be employed in this study for the texturing of crystalline silicon wafers. In this study, we produced the atmospheric plasma source and examined its basic properties. Then, using the prepared atmospheric plasma source, we performed the texturing process of crystalline silicon wafers. The results obtained from texturing processes employing the atmospheric plasma source and employing RIE were examined and compared with each other. The average reflectance of the specimens obtained from the atmospheric plasma texturing process was 7.88 %, while that of specimens obtained from the texturing process employing RIE was 8.04 %. Surface morphologies of textured wafers were examined and measured through Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and similar shapes of reactive ion etched wafers were found. The Power Conversion Efficiencies (PCE) of the solar cells manufactured through each process were 16.97 % (atmospheric plasma texturing) and 16.29 % (RIE texturing).

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2010

Surface texturing of micro dimple or pore-shaped pattern was prepared using a fiber laser system. Surface texturing was designed to have a square pattern with a particular pitch distance for each corresponding density of 5, 10, 20, and 30%. Thermal damages such as bulges and burrs formed during laser irradiation were observed around the dimples. Thermal damages were later removed by lapping using alumina particles of $0.3{\mu}m$ in diameter. Oscillating friction tests were performed against heat-treated high speed steels under lubricated condition. The lubricant used was SAE 5W-30 automotive engine oil. Normal contact pressure and oscillating frequency was 0.28 MPa and 20 Hz, respectively. The tests were continued for 20 minutes, and friction plots were recorded for examination. Results revealed that the coefficient of friction was lowered regardless of texturing density. Moreover, the lowest coefficient of friction was obtained for 10% density texturing. It is attributed to increased lubricity due to the introduction of surface texturing. In addition, it is concluded that the optimum texturing density and pattern must be found for the best lubricity and low friction.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2016

Most machines lose a lot of energy due to friction. Wear due to friction also reduces performance. Therefore, it is important to reduce friction on the surface to improve energy efficiency and decrease wear. Surface texturing refers to making patterns on the surface for reducing friction. There are many surface texturing methods, such as using lasers, abrasive jet machining, and so on. Recently, mechanical manufacturing methods, such as cutting and grinding, have been highlighted. Among them, the grinding method has the advantage of making patterns in large areas quickly. Therefore, it is appropriate for surface texturing on large machines. This paper is a study on the slope change of the surface texturing pattern using grinding. Therefore, we researched the slopes of the patterns corresponding to "spindle speed and feed rate" and "curvature of workpiece surface" using a mathematical model and experiment. As a result, we made a proper mathematical model concerning our research. Therefore, using the mathematical model in this paper, we could predict the slope change of the pattern according to grinding conditions.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

Current major photovoltaic (PV) market share (> 60%) is being occupied by the multicrystalline (mc)-silicon solar cells despite of low efficiency compared to single crystalline silicon solar cells. The diamond wire sawing technology reduces the production cost of crystalline silicon solar cells, it increases the optical loss for the existing mc-silicon solar cells and hence its efficiency is low in the current mass production line. To overcome the optical loss in the mc-crystalline silicon, caused by the diamond wire sawing, next generation texturing process is being investigated by various research groups for the PV industry. In this review, the limitation of surface structure and optical loss due to the reflectivity of conventional mc-silicon solar cells are explained by the typical texturing mechanism. Various texturing technologies that could minimize the optical loss of mc-silicon solar cells are explained. Finally, next generation texturing technology to survive in the fierce cost competition of photovoltaic market is discussed.

• 한국염색가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국염색가공학회 2009년도 학술발표대회
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• pp.227-228
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• 2009

This study was performed to develop a new PET yarn having the new appearance and touch effect of polyester (PET) yarn, using spinning and texturing technologies. The spinning technology is the manufacturing technology resulting in the denier difference in yarn filaments, and the texturing technology is the texturing conditions leading to spun yarn effects, using the filaments from the spinning processing.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.47.2-47.2
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• 2010

텍스쳐링은 태양전지 표면에 어떠한 "요철"을 만들거나 거칠게 만들어 빛이 반사되는 면을 최대한 늘리는 구조를 만드는 공정으로 anti-reflection coating과 같이 태양전지에 입사되는 빛의 반사를 최소화 시키는데 그 목적이 있다. 단결정 실리콘 웨이퍼의 경우 표면에 피라미드 구조를 형성하는 것이 텍스쳐링 공정인데, 수산화칼륨과 이소프로필 알콜의 혼합용액으로 인해 식각되는 웨이퍼 표면이 작은 "pellet"으로 시작하여 그 크기와 수가 점점 증가하여 피라미드의 형태를 갖춰가는 방법으로 진행된다. 이와 같은 텍스쳐링 공정의 성패를 좌우하는 가장 큰 이슈는 "식각률"이다. 이 식각률에 영향을 주는 인자는 그 종류가 많으나 온도, 시간, KOH 농도(비율) 세 가지로 압축할 수 있다. 또 다른 요소인 Bath 내 chemical flow 및 Bubbling은 정량화하기 어렵고, 이용 장비가 변경되면 공정 조건 또한 변경되기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 단결정 실리콘 웨이퍼에 적용하는 최적의 텍스쳐링 조건을 수립하기 위해 주요 공정변수를 온도, 시간, KOH 농도로 정하고, 다구치 방법을 사용하여 주요공정변수의 범위를 정하였으며, 보다 완벽한 강건설계를 위하여 3인자 3수준의 망소특성으로 설계하였다. 그 결과 반사율과 식각률의 경향성을 파악하여 주요 변수들 간 최적의 조건을 찾을 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.159-160
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• 2012

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.933-934
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• 2012