• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.711-715
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• 2007

Properties of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) anodes showed different behaviors from OLEDs with indium tin oxide (ITO) anodes according to driving conditions. OLEDs with ITO anodes gave higher current density and luminance in lower voltage region and better EL and power efficiency under lower current density conditions, However, OLEDs with ZnO:Al anodes gave higher current density and luminance in higher voltage region over about 8V and better EL and power efficiency under higher current density over $200mA/cm^2$. These seemed to be due to the differences in conduction properties of semiconducting ZnO:Al and metallic ITO. OLEDs with ZnO:Al anodes showed nearly saturated efficiency under high current driving conditions compared with those of OLEDs with ITO anodes. This meant better charge balance in OLEDs with ZnO:Al anodes. These properties of OLEDs with ZnO:Al anodes are useful in making bright display devices with efficiency.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.1057-1061
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated the properties of ZnO thin films prepared by layer-by-layer method in RF magnetron sputtering system using AlAs and ZnO targets. Effects of $H_2O_2$ dip prior to thermal treatment were studied as well. Either n-type or p-type films were observed in our study depending on the annealing conditions. It thus indicates the feasibility of arbitrarily modifying the conductivity type. At the same time, it also implies the thermal instabilities of the film properties. Property measurements after stressing the films up to 144 hours showed that thermal variations of properties nay be suppressed by pre-treatment in 30% $H_2O_2$ for 1 min.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.218-221
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• 2004

The electronic state of ZnO doped with Al, Ga and In, which belong to III family elements in periodic table, was calculated using the density functional theory. In this study, the program used for the calculation on theoretical structures of ZnO and doped ZnO was Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP), which is a sort of pseudo potential method. The detail of electronic structure was obtained by the describe variational $X{\alpha}(DV-X{\alpha})$(DV-Xa) method, which is a sort of molecular orbital full potential method. The optimized crystal structures obtained by calculations were compared to the measured structure. The density of state and energy levels of dopant elements was shown and discussed in association with properties.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.175-175
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• 2003

ZnO 박막은 그 동안 어려운 문제로 여겨진 p형 도핑방법이 점차 알려 지면서 발광소자 적용 가능성이 주목받고 있다. ZnO는 발광 스펙트럼(PL) 피크의 날카로움, 높은 exciton 결합에너지, 습식식각의 가능, 벽개면 형성의 용이함 및 동종 기판 적용 가능 등의 본질적인 장점을 지니고 있어 재현성있는 p형 도핑방법 기술이 확립된다면 이를 이용한 발광소자 적용 시 기존의 질화물계에 비하여 우수한 소자 제조 가능성이 있다. 이에 따라 국내외에서 ZnO 박막제조에 관련된 많은 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 특히 ZnO 박막을 발광소자로 적용하기 위해서는 고품질의 에피탁시 박막을 성장시켜야 하며 이를 위하여 MBE, MOCVD, PLD법 등 다양한 에피탁시 박막증착이 시도되고 있다. 또한 보다 양질의 ZnO 박막을 성장시키기 위해 적절한 단결정 기판 및 버퍼층의 탐색과 각 기판에 따른 ZnO 박막의 물성평가 작업도 국내외의 여러 연구그룹에서 진행되고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.385-390
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• 2010

We studied the optical characteristics of ZnO:Al and $Al_2O_3$ coated ZnO nanorods. When ZnO:Al is deposited around the undoped ZnO nanorods, thermal diffusion of Al into ZnO gives rise to decrease the binding energy of neutral donor bound exciton whereas an insulating Al2O3 is coated around ZnO, we found that semiconducor-insulator interface states play an important role in optical quenching.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.135-139
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• 2017

We fabricated two different transparent conducting oxide thin films of ZnO doped with Ga ($Ga_2O_3$ 0.9 wt%) as well as Al ($Al_2O_3$ 2.1 wt%) (GAZO) and ZnO doped only with Al ($Al_2O_3$ 3 wt%) (AZO). It was investigated how it affects the moisture resistance of the transparent electrode. In addition, $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$ thin film solar cells with two transparent oxides as front electrodes were fabricated, and the correlation between humidity resistance of transparent electrodes and device performance of solar cells was examined. When both transparent electrodes were exposed to high temperature distilled water, they showed a rapid increase in sheet resistance and a decrease in the fill factor of the solar cell. However, AZO showed a drastic decrease in efficiency at the beginning of exposure, while GAZO showed that the deterioration of efficiency occurred over a long period of time and that the long term moisture resistance of GAZO was better.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.8
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• pp.1236-1241
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• 2017

We deposited Al-doped ZnO (ZnO:Al) thin films on glass substrates ($200mm{\times}200mm$) by using in-line magnetron sputtering system. Effects of various deposition parameters such as working pressure, deposition power and substrate temperature on optoelectronic characteristics including surface-texture etching profiles were carefully investigated in this study. We found that relatively low working pressure and high deposition power offered to obtain enhanced conductivity and optical transmittance. Haze properties showed similar trend with the transmittance. Furthermore, surface-texture etching study exhibited good morphologies when the films were deposited at $200-300^{\circ}C$. On the basis of these optimizations, we could find the deposition region that produces highly transparent and conductive properties including efficient light scattering capability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.201.2-201.2
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• 2013

원자층 증착법(ALD)을 통해 최적의 Al doped ZnO (AZO)박막을 얻기 위해 기판온도와 Al도핑농도 등의 공정변수를 조절하여 최적의 성막 조건 연구특성을 분석하였다. 증착당시 Zn와 Al의 precursors는 diethylzinc(DEZ), trimethylaluminum(TMA)을 각각 사용하였으며, reactants로는 Deionized water를 사용하였다. DEZ와 TMA의 증착비율을 통하여 1%에서 12%까지 Al의 도핑농도를 조절하였다. 이후 Hall effect measurement를 이용하여 기판온도와 Al도핑농도에 따른 AZO박막의 운반자 농도, 이동도, 저항을 분석했고, X-ray diffraction을 통하여 물리적 구조의 변화를 관측했다. 공정 최적화를 통하여 Al도핑농도의 변화가 AZO박막의 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을 해석하였다. 또한, 공정의 최적화 이후 AZO박막을 나노 구조체 석영(quartz)기판위에 250도의 온도에서 Al ~3%의 농도로 10nm부터 150nm까지의 두께로 증착하였다. SEM 분석을 통해 나노 구조체 기판에 균일한 AZO 박막이 형성되었는지 확인하였고, AZO박막의 두께에 따른 전기적 특성 및 광 투과도를 측정한 결과 나노구조체 석영 기판위에 증착된 AZO박막은 가시광선 영역에서 80%이상의 광 투과도를 보였으며 ${\sim}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$의 저항을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.27-29
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• 2005

ZnO and phosphorus doped ZnO thin films (ZnO:P) are deposited by pulsed laser deposition grown on (001) $Al_{2}O_{3}$. ZnO/ZnO:P/ZnO/$Al_{2}O_{3}$ (multi-layer) structure was used for phosphorus doped ZnO fabrication. This multi-layer structure thin film was annealed at $400^{\circ}C$ for 40 min. The electron concentration of that was changed from $10^{19}$ to $10^{16}/cm^{-3}$ after annealing. ZnO thin films with encapsulated structure showed the enhanced structural and optical properties than phosphorus doped ZnO without encapsulated layer. In this study, encapsulated ZnO structure was suggested to enhance electrical, structural and optical properties of phosphorus doped ZnO thin film and it was identified that encapsulated structure could be used to fabricate high quality phosphorus doped ZnO thin film.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.98-104
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• 2006

Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films were deposited on the plastic substrate by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) assisted DC magnetron sputtering. The AZO films were produced by sputtering a metallic target (Zn/Al) in a mixture of argon and oxygen gases. AZO films with an electrical resistivity of ${\sim}10^3\;{\Omega}cm$ and an optical transmittance of 80% were obtained even at a low deposition temperature. In-situ process control methods were used to obtain stable deposition conditions in the transition region without any hysteresis effect. The target voltage was controlled either at a constant DC power. It was found that the ratio of the zinc to oxygen emission intensity, I (O 777)/I (Zn 481) decreased with increasing the target voltage in the transition region. The $Ar/O_2$ plasma treatment improve the adhesion strength between the polycarbonate substrate and AZO films.