• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2008

n형 Bi-Te 박막과 p형 Bi-Sb-Te 박막을 전기도금법으로 형성하여 열전특성을 측정하였으며, Bi-Te 나노와이어와 Bi-Sb-Te 나노와이어의 전기도금 성장거동을 분석하였다. 알루미나 템프레이트의 200nm 직경의 나노기공 내에 전기도금으로 Bi-Te 나노와이어와 Bi-Sb-Te 나노와이어를 형성시 각기 81%와 77%의 filling 비를 나타내었다. 알루미나 템프레이트에 Bi-Te 나노와이어와 Bi-Sb-Te 나노와이어를 순차적으로 전기도금하여 열전소자를 구성하였으며, Bi-Te 나노와이어 부위의 Ni 전극과 Bi-Sb-Te 나노와이어 부위의 Ni 전극 사이에서 $15{\Omega}$의 저항이 측정되었다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.445-448
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• 2010

For an enhanced thermoelectric performance, one-dimensional heterostructure nanowires were created that consisted of aBi core and Te shell. The structure was fabricated by depositing Te in-situ onto a Bi nanowire grown by our unique OFF-ON (on-film formation of nanowires) method. After examining a cross-sectional TEM image, it was found that diffusive interface was formed between Bi and Te. Selected area electron diffraction revealed that the crystallinity of the Te shell was some what lower compared to the highly single-crystalline Bi core. The Bi-Te core/shell nanowires can be a smart structure that suppresses phonon transport by several scattering mechanisms, making the OFF-ON method the simplest way to realize that structure.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.303-308
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• 2015

Pd-functionalized ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowires are synthesized by thermal evaporation of Bi powder using VLS mechanism followed by Pd coating and annealing. In this study, sensing properties of Pd-functionalized ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowires sensor to selected concentrations of $NO_2$ gas were examined. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the nanowires with diameters in a range of 100 - 200 nm and lengths of up to a few tens of micrometers. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction confirmed that the products corresponded to the nanowires of ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ crystals and Pd nanoparticles. Pd-functionalized ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowires sensor showed an enhanced sensing performance to $NO_2$ gas compared to as-synthesized ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowires sensor. As synthesized and Pd-functionalized ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowire sensors showed responses of 178% - 338% and 196% - 535% at $300^{\circ}C$, respectively, to 0.05 - 2 ppm $NO_2$. In addition, the underlying mechanism of the enhancement of the sensing properties of ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ nanowires by Pd-functionalization is discussed.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2006

일차원의 대칭성을 갖는 형판 위에서 Bi원자가 자발적으로 형성하는 나노 구조체의 원자 구조를 이해하기 위하여, 재구조 된 Si(5 5 12)을 Bi의 탈착 온도에 가까운 온도로 가열한 채 Bi를 흡착시키고 주사 터널링 현미경으로 그 원자 구조를 각 흡착 단계별로 규명하였다. 제일 먼저 Bi는 이 기판에 존재하는 여러 종류의 $[\bar{1}\;1\;0]$에 평행한 row들 중에서 기판과 결합력이 가장 약한 dimer row와 adatom row 만을 선택적으로 Bi-dimer row와 Bi-adatom row로 각각 치환한다. 이 과정에서 치환된 Bi는 Si과의 크기 차이로 인해 인접한 (337) subsection에 tensile stress를 인가하게 되고, 그 결과 (337) subsection 내의 tetramer row는 갈라져 dimer row와 adatom row로 변형되고, 이들 역시 Bi-dimer row와 Bi-adatom row로 각각 치환된다. 다음으로 이들 치환된 Bi-dimer row와 Bi-adatom row 위에 각각 Bi-dimer가 흡착하면 서로 마주보며 안정된 Bi-dimer pair를 이루며, 이 pair 역시 row를 이루고 둘째 층을 형성한다. 마지막으로 셋째 층의 Bi는 둘째 층의 마주보는 Bi-dimer pair 위에 흡착한 한 개의 Bi-dime이며 더 이상의 Bi는 쌓이지 않는다. 이와 같이 자발적으로 조립되는 Bi-dimer row의 형성 원인을 종합하면, 재구조 된 Si(5 5 12) 위에서 Bi의 선택적 반응, Bi와 Si의 크기 차이로 인한 표면 stress의 유발, Bi 원자 간의 안정된 결합형태 등을 들 수 있다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.13.1-13.1
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• 2011

Photoelectrochemical solar cells such as dye-sensitized cells (DSSCs), which exhibit high performance and are cost-effective, provide an alternative to conventional p-n junction photovoltaic devices. However, the efficiency of such cells plateaus at 11~12%, in contrast to their theoretical value of 33%. The majority of research has focused on improving energy conversion efficiency of DSSC by controlling nanostructure and exploiting new materials in photoelectrode consisting of semiconducting oxide nanoparticles and a transparent conducting oxide electrode (TCO) [1-5]. In this presentation, we introduce inverse opal-based scattering layers containing highly crystalline anatase nanoparticles and their feasibility for use as bi-functional light scattering layer is discussed in terms of optical reflectance and charge generation properties as a function of optical wavelength. A new ITO nanowire-based photoelecrode is also introduced and its unique charge collection property is presented, demonstrating potential use for highly efficient charge collection in DSSC.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.55-55
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• 2010

We use ab initio density functional theory to determine the effect of bundling on the equilibrium structure, electronic and magnetic properties of $Mo_6S_{9-x}I_x$nanowires with x = 0, 3, 4.5, 6. Each unit cell of these systems contains two $Mo_6S_{6-x}I_x$ clusters connected by S3 linkages to form an ordered linear array. Due to the bi-stability of the sulfur linkages, the total energy of the nanowires exhibits typically many minima as a function of the wire length. We find that nanowires can switch over from metallic to semiconducting by applying axial stress. Structural order is expected in bundles with x=0 and x=6, since there is no disorder in the decoration of the Mo clusters. In bundles with other stoichiometries, we expect structural disorder to occur. We find the optimum inter-wire distance to depend sensitively on the orientation of the wires, but only weakly on x. It is also found that the electronic properties of nanowires are affected strongly due to bundling of nanowires exhibiting very unusual Fermi surfaces. Furthermore, ferromagnetic behaviors are observed in selected stable and many more unstable atomic arrangements in nanowire bundles.