• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2015

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is being developed for thin film of the X-Ray detector recently. But a rough surface of the CdTe should be improved for resolution and signal speed. This paper shows the study on the improvement of surface roughness and removal rate by applying Chemical Mechanical Polishing. The conventional potassium hydroxide (KOH) based colloidal silica slurry could not realize a mirror surface without physical defects, resulting in low material removal rate and many scratches on surface. In order to enhance chemical reaction such as form oxidized layer on the surface of cadmium telluride, we used hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) as an oxidizer. Consequently, in case of 3 wt% concentration of hydrogen peroxide, the highest MRR (938 nm/min) and the lowest surface roughness ($R_{p-v}=10.69nm$, $R_a=0.8nm$) could be obtained. EDS was also used to confirm the generated oxide of cadmium telluride surface.

• 공업화학
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.571-575
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 초음파 조사법을 사용하여 cadmium telluride (CdTe) 양자점을 합성하였다. 전구체의 비율과 합성 시간을 주 변수로 하여 그에 따른 CdTe 양자점의 광학적 특성과 구조적 특성을 분석하였다. 모든 cadmium (Cd)과 tellurium(Te) 함량비율의 실험에서 합성 시간이 증가함에 따라 CdTe 양자점의 성장에 의해 밴드갭 감소현상이 관찰되었고, 발광 특성을 확인한 결과 510~610 nm 파장 범위에서 장파장으로 이동함을 보였다. 또한 Te의 비율이 증가함에 따라 장파장이동이 빠르게 일어나는 것을 확인하였다. Photoluminescence (PL) 피크 강도를 확인하였을 때 합성시간이 180 min~240 min 사이에서 가장 높은 강도를 보였다. X-ray diffraction (XRD)와 transmission electron microscopy (TEM)으로 구조적 특성을 확인한 결과 zinc blend 구조의 CdTe 양자점을 나타내었으며, 합성시간이 210 min일 때 양자점의 크기는 약 2.5 nm로 균일하게 분산되어 있었으며 fast fourier transform (FFT) 이미지를 확인한 결과 뚜렷한 결정성을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.18
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• pp.101-102
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• 2005

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) films have been prepared on Coming 7059 glass, molybdemium (Mo), and polyimide (PI) substrates by r.f. magnetron sputtering technique. The influence of the sputter pressure on the structural and optical properties of these films was evaluated. In addition, a comparison of the properties of the films deposited on different substrates was performed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.106-107
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• 2006

Cadmium telluride (CdTe) films have been prepared on Corning 7059 glass, molybdenum (Mo), and polyimide (PI) substrates by r.f. magnetron sputtering technique. The influence of the sputter pressure on the structural and optical properties of these films was evaluated. In addition, a comparison of the properties of the films deposited on fferent substrates was performed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.2207-2211
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• 2011

Colloidal cadmium telluride (CdTe) quantum dots (QDs) and their nanoparticles have been synthesized by one pot sonochemical reactions under multibubble sonoluminescence (MBSL) conditions, which are quite mild and facile compared to other typical high temperature solution-based methods. For a typical reaction, $CdCl_2$ and tellurium powder with hexadecylamine and trioctylphosphine/trioctylphosphineoxide (TOP/TOPO) as a dispersant were sonicated in toluene solvent at 20 KHz and a power of 220W for 5-40 min at 60 $^{\circ}C$. The sizes of CdTe particles, in a very wide size range from 2 nm-30 ${\mu}m$, were controllable by varying the sonicating and thermal heating conditions. The prepared CdTe QDs show different colors from pale yellow to dark brown and corresponding photoluminescence properties due mainly to the quantum confinement effect. The CdTe nanoparticles of about 20 nm in average were found to have band gap of 1.53 eV, which is the most optimally matched band gap to solar spectrum.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1947-1954
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• 2021

In the nuclear medicine imaging, quality control (QC) process using quadrant bar phantom is fundamental aspect of evaluating the spatial resolution. In addition, QC process of gamma camera is performed by daily or weekly. Recently, Monte Carlo simulation using the Geant4 application for tomographic emission (GATE) is widely applied in the pre-clinical nuclear medicine field for modeling gamma cameras with pixelated cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector. In this study, we modeled a pixelated CdTe semiconductor detector and quadrant bar phantom (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mm bar thicknesses) using the GATE tool. Similarity analysis based on correlation coefficients and peak signal-to-noise ratios was performed to compare image qualities for various source to collimator distances (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 cm) and collimator lengths (0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 cm). To this end, we selected reference images based on collimator length and source to collimator distance settings. The results demonstrate that as the collimator length increases and the source to collimator distance decreases, the similarity to reference images improves. Therefore, our simulation results represent valuable information for the modeling of CdTe-based semiconductor gamma imaging systems and QC phantoms in the field of nuclear medicine.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4652-4659
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• 2022

Among the detector materials available at room temperature, thallium bromide (TlBr), which has a relatively high atomic number and density, is widely used for gamma camera imaging. This study aimed to verify the usefulness of TlBr through quantitative evaluation by modeling detectors of various compound types using Monte Carlo simulations. The Geant4 application for tomographic emission was used for simulation, and detectors based on cadmium zinc telluride and cadmium telluride materials were selected as a comparison group. A pixel-matched parallel-hole collimator with proven excellent performance was modeled, and phantoms used for quality control in nuclear medicine were used. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast to noise ratio (CNR), sensitivity, and full width at half maximum (FWHM) were used for quantitative analysis to evaluate the image quality. The SNR, CNR, sensitivity, and FWHM for the TlBr detector material were approximately 1.05, 1.04, 1.41, and 1.02 times, respectively, higher than those of the other detector materials. The SNR, CNR and sensitivity increased with increasing detector thickness, but the spatial resolution in terms of FWHM decreased. Thus, we demonstrated the feasibility and possibility of using the TlBr detector material in comparison with commercial detector materials.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.1718-1733
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• 2023

The virtual Frisch-grid method for room-temperature radiation detectors has been widely used because of its simplicity and high performance. Recently, side electrodes were separately attached to each surface of the detectors instead of covering the entire detector surface with a single electrode. The side-electrode structure enables the measurement of the three-dimensional (3D) gamma-ray interaction in the detector. The positional information of the interaction can then be utilized to precisely calibrate the response of the detector for gamma-ray spectroscopy and imaging. In this study, we developed a 3D position-sensitive 5 × 5 × 12 mm³ cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detector and applied a flattening method to correct detector responses. Collimated gamma-rays incident on the surface of the detector were scanned to evaluate the positional accuracy of the detection system. Positional distributions of the radiation interactions with the detector were imaged for quantitative and qualitative evaluation. The energy spectra of various radioisotopes were measured and improved by the detector response calibration according to the calculated positional information. The energy spectra ranged from 59.5 keV (emitted by ²⁴¹Am) to 1332 keV (emitted by ⁶⁰Co). The best energy resolution was 1.06% at 662 keV when the CZT detector was voxelized to 20 × 20 × 10.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2008

Solar cells are renewable energy source which is not only environmentally friendly but also economically viable. For that matter, thin film materials are in observed with great in terest by a number of sources throughout the nations. Among these, CdTe (Cadium telluride) and CIS (copper indium diselenide) are the latest commercial products that are gathering attention in the solar cells markets. However there are some downsides to this newly invention. Since the materials are embedded, in the occasion of damage, certain amount of module residue can be released to water or soil. This paper outlines the results of our outdoor leaching experiments on photovoltaic (PV) samples broken into small fragments and been observed for 1 year.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.451-463
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 태양전지의 변환효율을 높이기 위한 박막형 소재 물질 개발과 전지의 조립과정을 개선 발달시키기 위한 것이다. 이 연구에 사용된 이산화티타니움은 물과 알콕사이드 몰비, 용액 pH의 변화, 분말의 묵힘조건 등 반응조건을 조절한 솔-겔 방법에 의하여 조제되었다. 준비된 이산화티타니움은 $300{\sim}750^{\circ}C$의 열처리조건 범위에서 소결하였다. $600^{\circ}C$의 열조건에서 만들어진 이산화티타니움은 XRD 패턴에서 강한 세기의 아나타제형이 나타났고, $750^{\circ}C$에서 소결되었을 때에는 아나타제형와 루틸형의 혼합물이 나타났다. 또한 소결온도와 묵힘시간 등에 따라 합성된 이산화티타니움의 특성은 묵힘시간이 증가함에 따라 아나타제형 결정으로 변환되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편 전류밀도는 묵힘시간과 온도에 따라 증가하였고, 변환효율은 전류밀도의 증가로 역시 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 산소분위기하에서 산소와 카드뮴텔루라이드의 화학결합이 생성됨을 관찰할 수 있었고, 카드뮴텔루라이드의 박막위의 산소가 크롬메이트와 하이드라진 처리에 의하여 감소되는 것을 알수 있었다. 결론적으로 공기분위기하에서 $550^{\circ}C$의 급속 소결조건에서 만들어진 카드뮴텔루라이드의 에너지변환효율은 $0.07cm^2$, $1.0cm^2$의 면적에 대해 각각 12.0%, 6.0%로 나타내었다.