University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation

University of Seoul Foundation of Industry Academic Cooperation

Byung-Eun Park

A silicon solar cell with high photoelectric conversion efficiency is disclosed. A solar cell for converting light incident from an outside into electricity according to the present invention includes a substrate, a lower electrode, a ferroelectric layer, an auxiliary electrode, a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is formed on the substrate. The ferroelectric layer is formed on the substrate and outside the lower electrode. The auxiliary electrode is formed on the ferroelectric layer. The first conductivity-type semiconductor layer is formed on the lower electrode and the auxiliary electrode. The second conductivity-type semiconductor layer is formed on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and is composed of a semiconductor of a second conductivity type opposite to a first conductivity type. The upper electrode is made of transparent conductive material, and is formed on the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer.

Solar cell

Disclosed relates to a ferroelectric memory device that is manufactured easily, operates at low voltage and has excellent data preservation period, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the present invention, a ferroelectric layeris formed on a part corresponding to a channel regionon the silicon substrate. The ferroelectric layermade of an organic material such as PVDF, etc. shows polarization characteristics at low voltage below 1V, and such polarization characteristics continue over a specific time period, not changed as time goes by. Accordingly, it is possible to manufacture a ferroelectric memory device that operates at low voltage and is manufactured with a simplified structure in a simplified method.

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Seoul, South Korea

Byung-Eun Park