• 한국진공학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 1995

LCD용 다결정 실리콘 TFT의 제조에 요구되는 고품위의 다결정 실리콘 박막을 60미만의 저온 공정으로 제조하는 기술로 비정질 박막의 고상 결정화(solid phase crystallization) 가 유망하다. 본 연구에서는 고진공 화학증착기를 이용하여 증착된 비정질 실리콘 막의 고상결정거동에 대해 연구하였다. 고상 결정화 속도 및 결정화 후의 결정성(결정립 크기 및 결함 밀도) 화학증착시의 증착가스의 종류(SiH4 혹은 Si2H6), 공정 압력, 증착 온도 등에 민감한 영향을 받으며 Si2H6가스의 사용, 증착 압력의 증가, 증착온도의 감소는 최종 결정립의 크기를 현저히 증가시킨다. 또한 증착전의 기초 진공도를 높임으로써 반응기 잔류 가스에 의한 산소나 탄소 등의 막내 유입이 감소되어 결정화 속도가 증가하고 결정성이 향상되었다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.98-98
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• 2003

비정질 실리콘 박막을 태양전지, 박막 트랜지스터, 이미지 센서, 컬러 디텍터 등에 적용하기 위한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 이중 태양전지에 적용하기 위한 비정질 실리콘 박막은 p/i/n 다이오드 구조를 형성하게 되는데, 태양전지의 효율을 증가시키기 위해 결정질을 형성하거나 실리콘 화합물 박막을 적용한다. 본 연구에서는 비정질 태양전지의 흡수층(absorption layer)으로 사용되는 수소화된 비정질 박막의 결정화에 수소의 희석비가 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. PECVD 장비로 실란(SiH$_4$)과 수소(H$_2$) 가스를 이용하여 실리콘 박막을 증착하였고, 수소의 희석비(dilution ratio)를 변화시켜 비정질 실리콘 박막 내에 결정질 실리콘이 형성되는 정도를 관찰하였다. SEM과 Raman Spectroscopy를 이용해 박막의 두께 및 결정화도를 측정하였다. 실란에 대한 수소의 희석비가 증가할수록 증착률은 낮아지지만, 결정화도가 높아지는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 형성한 결정질 실리콘 박막을 태양전지의 흡수층에 적용하면 효율 증가에 크게 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.270-274
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• 2011

This paper presents a parameterized simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE) model of a two-level microbolometer based on negative-temperature-coefficient thin films, such as vanadium oxide or amorphous silicon. The proposed modeling begins from the electric-thermal analogy and is realized on the SPICE modeling environment. The model consists of parametric components whose parameters are material properties and physical dimensions, and can be used for the fast design study, as well as for the co-design with the readout integrated circuit. The developed model was verified by comparing the obtained results with those from finite element method simulations for three design cases. The thermal conductance and the thermal capacity, key performance parameters of a microbolometer, showed the average difference of only 4.77% and 8.65%, respectively.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.234-237
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• 2010

Nanoenergetic materials were synthesized and the thermite reaction between the CuO nanowires and the deposited nano-Al by Joule heating was studied. CuO nanowires were grown by thermal annealing on a glass substrate. To produce nanoenergetic materials, nano-Al was deposited on the top surface of CuO nanowires. The temperature of the first exothermic reaction peak occurred at approximately $600^{\circ}C$. The released heat energy calculated from the first exothermic reaction peak in differential scanning calorimetry, was approximately 1,178 J/g. The combustion of the nanoenergetic materials resulted in a bright flash of light with an adiabatic frame temperature potentially greater than $2,000^{\circ}C$. This thermite reaction might be utilized to achieve a highly reliable selective area crystallization of amorphous silicon films.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.347-350
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• 2013

By inserting a very thin metal layer of Ag between two outer oxide layers of amorphous silicon indium zinc oxide (SIZO), we fabricated a highly transparent SIZO/Ag/SIZO multilayer on a glass substrate. In order to find the optimized thickness of Ag layers, we investigated the variation of optical properties depending on Ag thickness. It was found that the transition of Ag layer from island formation to a continuous film occurred at a critical thickness. Continuity of the Ag film is very important for optical properties in SIZO/Ag/SIZO multilayer. With about 15 nm thick Ag layer, the multilayer showed a high optical transmittance of 80% at 550 nm and low emissivity in IR.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.130-130
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• 2010

Thin Si films were grown by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD, SNTEK, Korea) system. Two different deposition condition were applied and formed a fully amorphous Si (a-Si) film and a micromorph mixing of microcrystalline Si (mc-Si) and a-Si film. Under one sun illumination, the micromorph device provided the enhanced open circuit voltage and fill factor values. It presents the fabrication of the micromorph Si film and the a-Si film by modulating a deposition condition. The performances of the Si thin film Schottky solar cells are discussed.

• 센서학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.58-63
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• 1995

$SiH_{4}$와 $NH_{3}$의 RF 글로우방전 분해에 의한 PECVD법으로 a-SiNx:H박막을 제조하고 기판온도, RF 전력, 그리고 $NH_{3}/SiH_{4}$ 유량비 등의 변화에 따른 a-SiNx:H 박막의 유전상수와 광학적 밴드갭 등을 조사하였다. a-SiNx:H막의 유전상수와 광학적 밴드갭은 기판온도, RF 전력 및 $NH_{3}/SiH_{4}$ 유량비 등의 증착변수에 따라 크게 변화하였다. 기판온도가 증가할수록 a-SiNx:H막의 유전상수는 증가하였으며 광학적 밴드갭은 감소하였다. 기판온도, RF 전력, 가스압력, $NH_{3}/SiH_{4}$ 유량비 및 두께를 각각 $250^{\circ}C$, 20 W, 500 mTorr, 10 및 $1500\;{\AA}$로 하였을 때 a-SiNx:H막의 유전상수, 절연파괴전장 및 광학적 밴드갭은 각각 4.3, 1 MV/cm 및 2.9 eV로 나타났다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.72.1-72.1
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• 2010

Thin film a-Si solar cells deposited by PECVD have many advantages compared to the traditional crystalline Si solar cells. They do not require expensive Si wafer, the process temperature is relatively low, possibility of scaling up for mass production, etc. In order to produce thin film solar cells, understanding the relationship between the material characteristics and deposition conditions is important. It has been reported by many groups that the band gap of the a-Si material and the deposition rate has an linear relationship, when RF power is used to control both. However, when the process pressure is changed in order to control the deposition rate and the band gap, a diversion from the well known linear relationship occurs. Here, we explain this diversion by the deposition condition crossing different plasma regions in the Paschen curve with a simple model. This model will become a guide to which condition a-Si thin films must be fabricated in order to get a high quality film.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.219-223
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• 2015

Indium free consisting of three alternating layers GTO/Ag/GTO has been fabricated by radio-frequency (RF) sputtering for the applications as transparent conducting electrodes and the structural, electrical and optical properties of the gallium tin oxide (GTO) films were carefully studied. The gallium tin oxide thin films deposited at room temperature are found to have an amorphous structure. Hall Effect measurements show a strong influence on the conductivity type where it changed from n-type to p-type at $700^{\circ}C$. GTO/Ag/GTO multilayer structured electrode with a few nm of Ag layer embedded is fabricated and show the optical transmittance of 86.48% in the visible range (${\lambda}$ = 380~770 nm) and quite low electrical resistivity of ${\sim}10^{-5}{\Omega}cm$. The resultant power conversion efficiency of 2.60% of the multilayer based OPV (GAG) is lower than that of the reference commercial ITO. GTO/Ag/GTO multilayer is a promising transparent conducting electrode material due to its low resistivity, high transmittance, low temperature deposition and low cost components.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.14 No.1
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• pp.525-528
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• 2001

ZnO:Al thin film can be used as a transparent conducting oxide(TCO) which has low electric resistivity and high optical transmittance for the front electrode of amorphous silicon solar cells and display devices. This study of electrical, crystallographic and optical properties of Al doped ZnO thin films prepared by Facing Targets Sputtering(FTS), where strong internal magnets were contained in target holders to confine the plasma between the targets, is described. Optimal transmittance and resistivity was obtained by controlling flow rate of $O_2$ gas and substrate temperature. When the $O_2$ gas rate of 0.3 and substrate temperature $200^{\circ}C$, ZnO:Al thin film had strongly oriented c-axis and lower resistivity( < $10^{-4}{\Omega}-cm$ ).