Judul: Analisis Daya Saing Dan Faktor-Faktor Yang Memengaruhi Ekspor Ban Indonesia Ke Kawasan Amerika Latin
Abstrak: Industri ban merupakan industri yang berpotensi untuk meningkatkan ekspor Indonesia ke pasar non-tradisional seperti kawasan Amerika Latin. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis daya saing komparatif, kompetitif, dan dinamika ekspor ban Indonesia serta faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi ekspor ban Indonesia ke kawasan Amerika Latin. Periode analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu dari tahun 2009 sampai 2014 dengan menggunakan metode analisis Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Export product Dynamic (EPD), Gravity model dan Porter’s Diamond. Hasil penelitian ini adalah ban Indonesia memiliki daya saing yang kuat di kawasan Amerika Latin kecuali di negara Argentina. Selain itu, ban Indonesia memiliki posisi dinamika ekspor yang baik (rising star) di negara Panama, Venezuela, Uruguay, Meksiko, Guatemala, dan Costa Rica. Faktor-Faktor yang memengaruhi ekspor ban Indonesia ke Amerika Latin adalah jarak ekonomi, GDP riil perkapita Indonesia, GDP riil perkapita negara tujuan, nilai tukar riil, dan populasi negara tujuan.
Keyword: Daya Saing, RCA, EPD, Porter’s Diamond, Gravity Model, Ban

Judul: Analisis Daya Saing dan Faktor-faktor yang Memengaruhi Ekspor Spare Parts Indonesia ke Kawasan Amerika Latin
Abstrak: Spare parts industry is one of growing value chain industries, it also has high value, and potency in Indonesia. Latin America region is one of nontraditional export market that has potency for Indonesia’s diversification of export destinations especially for spare parts products. This study aims to analyze the competitiveness and the factors affect Indonesia’s spare parts export to Latin American region from 2009 to 2013. The methods used in this paper are the Constant Market Share Analysis (CMSA) and gravity model with panel data methods. The CMSA results indicate that the average of competitiveness Indonesia’s spare parts export to Latin American period 2009 to 2013 influenced by the competitiveness effect. The gravity model results indicate factors that have significant impact to the value of Indonesia’s spare parts export are real GDP interaction of exporters and importers country, exchange rate importers country to Dollar, and export prices. Meanwhile, economic distance and import tariff have no significant impact on the value of Indonesia’s spare parts export.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, spare parts, panel data, gravity model, competitiveness, CMSA

Judul: Hybrid solar cells of ZnO nanoparticles/chlorophyll was modified metal ions (Zn2+ and Cu2+ )
Abstrak: Zinc Oxide (ZnO) is a n-type semiconductor with a wide the energy band (Band Gap) is 3.37 eV at room temperature and 3.34 eV at low temperature with a large exiton binding energy is 60 meV. ZnO has been synthesized by hydrothermal method, resulting in a decrease in particle size over the duration of the hydrothermal changes. Crystallographic structure of ZnO were characterized using XRD, has shown the characteristic pattern of a hexagonal wurtzite structure, the crystallite size increases to changes in particle size. Changes in particle size has also led to a change in the absorption peak of ZnO as has been demonstrated posted under test using the optical properties of UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Changes of this uptake has also led to changes in the energy band gap, which increases its band gap energy of the particle size. In electronic applications, especially in solar cells. Chlorophyll is considered less effective, because of their very nature are easily degraded as a result of several reactions which are acid, lighting and temperature. The results of the stability test using a halogen lamp 34 W/m2 for 5 hours, that the substitution of chlorophyll with metal ions Zn2+ and Cu2+ has been shown to form more stable than natural chlorophyll. The characterization of the optical properties, the combination of ZnO / chlorophyll in the form of hybrid films has led to a shift in the absorption region of ZnO becomes more widely from the UV to Visible. ZnO/chlorophyll has absorption range of 350-515 nm, ZnO / Zn-feofitin 332-401 nm and 332-632 nm for Cu-feofitin. The combination of ZnO/chlorophyll and CuSCN as a solid electrolite in hybrid solar cell, a modified chlorophyll with metal ions Zn2+ and Cu2+ has been shown to form a more stable I-V curve. It is characterized by its fill factor value greater than natural chlorophyll. Nevertheless, solar cells with natural chlorophyll has been able to produce higher efficiency values of chlorophyll were substituted.
Keyword: Hydrothermal, ZnO/Chlorophyll modified, Hybrid Solar Cell