Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention may provide a continuous production system for 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), the continuous production system including: raw material supply units supplying an aqueous 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) solution and a basic aqueous solution, respectively; a micro-mixing unit mixing the aqueous HMF solution and the basic aqueous solution supplied from the raw material supply units, respectively, to form a raw material mixture; an electrochemical reaction unit synthesizing FDCA while passing the raw material mixture introduced from the micro-mixing unit in a single pass; and a product storage unit storing a product discharged from the electrochemical reaction unit.
Abstract:
Methods of manufacturing a CIGS thin film for a solar cell are provided. According to the method, a CIGS thin film having an ideal double band gap grade structure with a large particle size may be obtained by heat-treating a solution-treated CIG oxide thin film by a three-step chalcogenization process. Accordingly, performance of the solar cell may be improved.
Abstract:
Proposed is an iridium alloy catalyst having reversible catalytic activity for an oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and a hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) by including an iridium alloy including iridium (Ir) and nickel (Ni). The iridium alloy catalyst according to the present disclosure is rapidly converted to an iridium alloy catalyst in an oxide form and an iridium alloy catalyst in a metallic form according to applied voltage by controlling its crystallinity. Thus, even in case an oxide layer is formed after the OER, the oxidation layer disappears during the HER and HOR and the properties of an iridium metal catalyst remain, thereby maintaining HER/HOR performance.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a colored thin film solar cell capable of minimizing reduction of efficiency of a thin film solar cell and improving a utility value by visually changing a black color of the thin film solar cell into an aesthetically pleasing color to exhibit an exterior appearance, thereby facilitating commercialization of the thin film solar cell, and provides a method for manufacturing the same.
Abstract:
Provided is a CIGSSe thin film for a solar cell, a method for preparing the same, and a solar cell using the same. More particularly, the CIGSSe thin film for a solar cell shows a decrease in peak intensity of sulfur from the surface of the thin film to the local minimum value point of sulfur content in the depth direction, after the analysis based on the Auger electron spectroscopy, and thus controls the band-gap in the thin film. Therefore, the solar cell including the CIGSSe thin film shows an excellent effect in improving photoelectric conversion efficiency.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for producing chalcopyrite compound (e.g., copper indium selenide (CIS), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), copper indium sulfide (CIS) or copper indium gallium sulfide (CIGS)) thin films. The methods are based on solution processes, such as printing, particularly, multi-stage coating of pastes or inks of precursors having different physical properties. Chalcopyrite compound thin films produced by the methods can be used as light-absorbing layers for thin-film solar cells. The use of the chalcopyrite compound thin films enables the fabrication of thin-film solar cells with improved efficiency at low costs.