• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.410-410
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• 2012

투명 전도성 TCO (Transparent Conductivity Oxide)박막 중 ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) 박막은 n-type의 전도특성을 갖는 산화물로서 가시광선 영역에서의 높은 투과율, 전기 전도도, 넓은 밴드갭을 나타내기 때문에 디스플레이 및 태양전지 분야에 널리 사용 되어 지고 있다. 이 실험에서는 ITO 증착시 산소 유량의 변화에 따라 특성의 변화를 관찰하고자 실험을 진행 하였다. 실험에서 산소 유량은 0 sccm에서 12 sccm까지 변화를 주었으며, ITO는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터를 이용하여 유리위에 증착하였다. 실험에서 인가된 RF power는 2 kW, 13.56 MHz, 공정 압력은 $4.5{\times}10^{-6}torr$에서 진행하였다. 유리와 타겟 사이의 거리는 200 mm로 고정하였으며, 온도는 상온에서 공정을 진행하였다. 증착된 ITO의 전기전도도(${\sigma}$)는 3 sccm까지는 증가하는 경향을 보이다가 그 이후부터는 감소하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 투과율과 이차전자방출계수의 결과 또한 전기전도도와 유사한 경향성을 보여 주었다. 이를 통해 3 sccm의 산소 유량으로 증착된 ITO의 전기적 특성이 가장 좋은 것으로 확인이 되었다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.36-39
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• 2018

Transparent olivine $LiNiPO_4$ thin films on sapphire substrates were fabricated by radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering. The X-ray diffraction patterns show these thin films have the phase of $LiNiPO_4$ with an ordered olivine structure indexed to the orthorhombic Pmna space group. $LiNiPO_4$ thin films deposited on sapphire substrates exhibit transmittance of about 83 %. It was confirmed that the $LiNiPO_4$ thin film exhibits a high potential of 5 V-class.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.499-503
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• 2019

Characteristics of solar cells employing a lattice matched GaInP/GaAs quantum well (QW) structure in a single N-AlGaInP/p-InGaP heterojunction (HJ) were investigated and compared to those of solar cells without QW structure. The epitaxial layers were grown on a p-GaAs substrate with $6^{\circ}$ off the (100) plane toward the <111>A. The heterojunction of solar cell consisted of a 400 nm N-AlGaInP, a 590 nm p-GaInP and 14 periods of a 10 nm GaInP/5 nm GaAs for QW structure and a 800 nm p-GaInP for the HJ structure (control cell). The solar cells were characterized after the anti-reflection coating. The short-circuit current density for $1{\times}1mm^2$ area was $9.61mA/cm^2$ for the solar cell with QW structure while $7.06mA/cm^2$ for HJ control cells. Secondary ion mass spectrometry and external quantum efficiency results suggested that the significant enhancement of $J_{sc}$ and EQE was caused by the suppression of recombination by QW structure.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.173-178
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• 2004

Silicon thin film were synthesized from silane and argon gas mixture directly on copper foil by rf PECVD and then lithium ion batteries were prepared from them employed as the negative electrodes without any further treatment. In the present study, two different kinds of silicon thin films, amorphous silicon and copper silicide were prepared by changing deposition temperature. Amorphous silicon film was prepared below $200^{\circ}C$, but copper silicide film with granular shape was formed by the reaction between silicon radical and diffused copper ions under elevating temperature above $400^{\circ}C$. The amorphous silicon film gives higher capacity than copper silicide, but the capacity decreases sharply with charge-discharge cycling. This is possibly due to severe volume changes. The cyclability is improved, however, by employing the copper silicide as a negative electrode. The copper silicide plays an important role as an active material of the electrode, which mitigates volume change cause by the existence of silicon and copper chemical bonding and provides low electrical resistance as well.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.354-354
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• 2012

실리콘 양자점 태양전지는 실리콘이 nm 크기의 양자점으로 될 경우 밴드갭이 증가하여 태양광 중의 가시광선을 광전변환에 활용함으로써 효율을 향상시키는 차세대 태양전지이다. 그러나 실리콘 양자점이 SiO2 매질 내에 분포하므로 양자점층의 두께가 증가할 경우 박막의 직렬저항이 증가하여 일정 두께 이상이 되면 효율이 감소하는 결과를 가져온다. 본 연구에서는 두께증가에 따른 효율저하 문제를 해결하기 위해 다결정 실리콘으로 이루어진 완충층을 도입 하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 두 가지 형태의 실리콘 양자점 태양전지를 제작하여 광전변환 특성을 비교하였다. 첫 번재 구조는 B이 도핑된 단일 실리콘 양자점층 태양전지이다. 양자점층은 2 nm SiOx 층과 2 nm SiO2 층을 적층한 후 $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 20분간 질소 분위기에서 급속 열처리하여 제작하였다. 실리콘 양자점 층의 두께를 40 nm에서 200 nm까지 변화시키면서 효율을 측정한 결과 100 nm 정도에서 효율이 감소하기 시작하였다. 이러한 효율감소는 양자점층의 저항 증가에 따른 전류감소에 의함이 확인되었다. 이와는 대조적으로 실리콘 양자점 층의 저항을 줄이기 위해 실리콘 양자점층 내에 50 nm 간격으로 10 nm 두께의 B이 도핑된 다결정 실리콘층을 배치하는 실리콘 양자점 태양전지를 개발하였다. 이러한 실리콘 양자점 층의 두께를 증가시킬 경우 효율이 지속적으로 증가함을 관찰하였다. 이러한 두 가지 형태의 양자점층을 이차이온질량분석법으로 분석한 결과 단일 실리콘 양자점층의 경우 두께가 약 70 nm 정도부터 이온빔 스퍼터링에 의한 저항증가에 따른 대전현상 (charging)이 관찰되었으나 다결정 실리콘 층이 배치된 실리콘 양자점층에서는 전혀 대전현상이 발생하지 않았다. 이는 다결정 실리콘 층이 캐리어를 이동시키는 매개체 역할을 하는 것으로 해석될 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.219-223
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• 2000

All-solid state lithium rechargeable thin film batteries were fabricated with the configuration of$Cu_{0.5}V_2O_5/Lipon/Li$ using sequential thin film techniques. Copper vanadium oxide thin films and Lipon thin films were prepared by DC reactive dual source magnetron sputtering and RF magnetron sputtering, respectively. According to XRD analysis, we found out that copper vanadium oxide thin films were amorphous. The electrochemical behaviour of them was examined in half cell system using EC : DMC(1:1 in IM $LiPF_5$) liquid electrolyte. The ionic conductivity of Lipon thin film was $1.02\times10^{-6}S/cm$ at $25^{\circ}C$ and $Cu_{0.5}V_2O_5/Lipon/Li$ cell showed that the discharge capacity was about $50{\mu}Ah/cm^2{\mu}m$ beyond 500cyc1es.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.284-288
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• 2008

Sn-thin film as high capacitive anode for thin film lithium-ion battery was prepared by organic-electrolyte electroplating using Sn(II) acetate. Electrolytic solution including $Li^+$ and $Sn^{2+}$ had 3 reduction peaks at cyclic voltammogram. Current peak at $2.0{\sim}2.5\;V$ region correspond to the electroplating of Sn on Ni substrate. This potential value is lower than 2.91 V vs. $Li^+/Li^{\circ}$, of the standard reduction potential of $Sn^{2+}$ under aqueous media. It is the result of high overpotential caused by high resistive organic electrolytic solution and low $Sn^{2+}$ concentration. Physical and electrochemical properties were evaluated using by XRD, FE-SEM, cyclic voltammogram and galvanostatic charge-discharge test. Crystallinity of electroplated Sn-anode on a Ni substrate could be increased through heat treatment at $150^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. Cyclic voltammogram shows reversible electrochemical reaction of reduction(alloying) and oxidation(de-alloying) at 0.25 V and 0.75 V, respectively. Thickness of Sn-thin film, which was calculated based on electrochemical capacity, was $7.35{\mu}m$. And reversible capacity of this cell was $400{\mu}Ah/cm^2$.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.323-327
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• 1998

All solid state lithium based rechargeable batteries were fabricated in a cell structure of Li/PEO-$LiCIO_4$-PC /$LIMn_2O_4$$LIMn_2O_4$ thin films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering and the spinel structure could be obtained by Rapid Thermal Annealing (RT A) process at the temperature of around 750$750^{\circ}C$ . Room temperature cycling of this cell showed a nearly constant cell potential of 4 V( us. Li) and good reversibility.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1019-1023
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• 2012

In this research, a novel direct-aluminum-heating-induced crystallization method was developed for the purpose of application to solar cells. By applying a constant current of 3 A to an aluminum thin film, a 200-nm-thick amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film with a size of $1cm{\times}1cm$ can be crystallized into a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) thin film within a few tens of seconds. The Raman spectrum analysis shows a peak of 520 $cm^{-1}$, which verifies the presence of poly-Si. After removing the aluminum layer, the poly-Si thin film was found to be porous. SIMS analysis showed that the porous poly-Si thin film was heavily p-doped with a doping concentration of $10^{21}cm^{-3}$. Thermal imaging shows that the crystallization from a-Si to poly-Si occurred at a temperature of around 820 K.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.178-181
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• 2000

In this experiments, tin oxide thin film anode for microbattery was deposited by using RF magnetron sputtering. The RF power and operating pressure during deposition were fixed at $2.5W/cm^2$ and 10mTorr respectively. The partial pressure of oxygen was varied from $0\%\;to\;100\%$ to control oxygen content and metal Sn chips were used further reducing of oxygen content. According to reduction in the oxygen content formation of the irreversible $Li_2O$ was reduced a thin film anode of $SnO_x$ of high capacity was fabricated. The optimum $SnO_x$, thin film was $SnO_{1.43}$ which exhibited a reversible capacity of $ 500{\mu}Ah/cm^2{\mu}m$ and exhibited good reversibility.