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2nd Hearing Over Solar Cells and U.S. Safeguards Attended by South Korean Delegation

2nd Hearing Over Solar Cells and U.S. Safeguards Attended by South Korean Delegation

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean officials have defended the country’s makers of solar cells against a possible safeguard action by the United States during a public hearing, the foreign ministry said Thursday. A team of government officials from the foreign and trade ministries in charge of import regulations in overseas markets participated [...]

Scientists Develop Solar Cells Out Of Fluorine

Scientists Develop Solar Cells Out Of Fluorine

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists have developed highly stable and cheap solar cells made out of fluorine, a state-run institute said Tuesday. The team led by Kim Jin-young from the Ulsan National Institute ofScience and Technology (UNIST) developed the edged-selectively fluorinefunctionalized graphene nanoplatelets with structure of perovskite solarcells that can achieve a stability of 82 percent. A perovskite solar cell is a type of cell which includes a perovskite structured compound, considered a [...]

Discarded Railway Tracks Converted to Solar Energy Generators

Discarded Railway Tracks Converted to Solar Energy Generators

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Discarded railways and abandoned land near the tracks are being converted into photovoltaic generation plants. According to the Korea Rail Network Authority (KR), unused tracks on the Jungang Line (Central Line) from Jecheon to Dodam and 74,045 square meters of nearby abandoned land were transformed to solar energy generators [...]