R&D Activities
Technology Transfer & Commercialization
2020 Research-based spin-off company: Flexible CIGS module, Solarnd, 450 million won
2019 CIGS thin film solar cell technology, Nano-valley Inc. , 30 million won
2017 Commercialization Technology for out-door blanket by using CIGS thin film solar cells, DS Solar, 100 million won
2017 Research-based spin-off company: Flexible CIGS module, LI-cable, 75 million won
2006 - 2010 CIGS Thin film solar cell technology by co-evaporation process, LG Innotek, 1,620 million won
2006 Substrate temperature monitoring technology for CIGS thin film evaporation system, Alpha-plus, 58 million won
R&D Projects (Principal investigator only)
2021 – 2025 Development of non-silicon flexible tandem solar cell technologies, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 15,300 million won
2020 – 2022 Establishment of an industrial cooperative PV research center with 100 MW pilot line for next-generation technology development, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 45,595 million won
2019 – 2021 Field-test studies of roof-top photovoltaic power system utilizing the light PV module, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power CO., LTD, 750 million won
2019 – 2023 Development of energy share community based on low carbon energy
efficiency technologies, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 35,846 million won
2018 – 2020 R&D and Demonstration of Building Applied PV and Virtual Solar Power Plant Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2,200 million won
2016 – 2021 High-performance flexible inorganic thin-film solar cell
technology for urban power distribution, Ministry of Science and ICT, 14,820 million won
2014 – 2018 Development of core technology for wearable energy device platform by using Meta Materials, Ministry of Science and ICT, 1,200 million won
2013 – 2017 Development of CIGS thin film module by non-vacuum R2R process, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 15,000 million won
2013 - 2016 Development of CIGS thin film solar cells for high-voltage module, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Int’l Cooperation), 1,000 million won
2012 - 2016 Development of core technology for 25% CIGS tandem solar cells, National Research Council of Science & Technology, 10,000 million won
2010 - 2014 Development of Crystalline-Chalcogenide for High-efficient thin film solar cells, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 2,000 million won
2009 - 2011 Development of high efficiency CIGS thin film solar cells on glass substrate, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 5,000 million won
2008 – 2011 Development of Se, S-based low-cost compound thin film
solar cells by earth-abundant materials, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 1,800 million won
2008 - 2011 Development of CIGS sub-module on glass by sputtering and selenization process, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 1,650 million won
2005 - 2007 Development of CIGS thin film solar cells on flexible stainless steels, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 175 million won
2004 - 2012 Establishment of International PV Standardization Network, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, 1,200 million won