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Next-Generation thin Film Solar Cell Technology Trends and Future Technologies

차세대 박막 태양전지 기술 동향 및 미래 기술에 대한 연구

  • Moojin Kim (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kangnam University)
  • 김무진 (강남대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2024.07.04
  • Accepted : 2024.12.20
  • Published : 2024.12.30
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Abstract

Recently, interest in climate environment and energy consumption has become an important issue worldwide. Interest in and research on new and renewable energy sources are continuously increasing, and among them, the most popular technology is solar cell technology that directly converts solar energy into electricity. This technology has the advantage of being harmless to humans and being able to produce electricity by utilizing infinite solar energy. This paper covers important solar cell trends, and the main solar cells include perovskite, organic, quantum dot, and inorganic-based technologies. The development status and commercialization potential of these solar cells will be reviewed so that they can gain an advantage in competition with other renewable energy. It is necessary to closely examine the problems faced by each next-generation solar cell technology and the research direction to solve them. The development of these technologies is expected to play an important role in energy supply in the future, contributing to solving the climate change problem.

최근 기후 환경과 에너지 소비에 대한 관심은 세계적으로 중요한 이슈가 되고 있다. 이러한 상화에서 신재생에너지원에 대한 관심과 연구가 지속적으로 증가하고 있으며, 그 중에서도 가장 각광을 받고 있는 기술은 태양에너지를 직접 전기로 변환하는 태양전지 기술이다. 이 기술은 인간에게 무해하고 무한한 태양 에너지를 활용하여 전력을 생산할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 먼저, 본 문헌에서는 중요하다고 판단되는 태양전지 동향을 다루었으며, 그 주요 태양전지에는 페로브스카이트, 유기물, 양자점, 무기물 기반의 기술들이 있다. 이러한 태양전지들의 개발 현황과 상용화 가능성을 검토하여 타 신재생에너지와의 경쟁에서 우위를 점할 수 있도록 할 것이다. 이를 위해서는 각 차세대 태양전지 기술들이 직면한 문제와 그 해결을 위한 연구 방향을 면밀히 살펴보아야 할 것이다. 결론적으로, 이러한 기술의 발전은 향후 에너지 공급에 중요한 역할을 하여, 기후 변화 문제 해결에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Semiconductor major track (Materials, Components, Equipment) project supported by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (No. P0022196).

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