• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.449-469
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• 2017

The development of quantum dots (QDs) has had a significant impact on various applications, such as solar cells, field-effect transistors, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Through successful engineering of the core/shell heterostructure of QDs, their photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY) and stability have been dramatically enhanced. Such high-quality QDs have been regarded as key fluorescent materials in realizing next-generation display devices. Particularly, electrically driven (or electroluminescent, EL) QD light-emitting diodes (QLED) have been highlighted as an alternative to organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), mostly owing to their unbeatably high color purity. Structural optimizations in QD material as well as QLED architecture have led to substantial improvements of device performance, especially during the past decade. In this review article, we discuss QDs with various semiconductor compositions and describe the mechanisms behind the operation of QDs and QLEDs and the primary strategies for improving their PL and EL performances.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2021

Silicon (Si) is recognized as a promising anode material for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries. However, under a condition of electrode comparable to commercial graphite anodes with low binder content and a high electrode density, the practical use of Si is limited due to the huge volume change associated with Si-Li alloying/de-alloying. Here, we report a novel core-shell composite, having a reversible capacity of ~ 500 mAh g-1, by forming a shell composed of a mixture of nano-Si, graphite nanosheets and a pitch carbon on a spherical natural graphite particle. The electrochemical measurements are performed using electrodes with 2 wt % styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and 2 wt.% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) binder in an electrode density of ~ 1.6 g cm-3. The core-shell composites having the reversible capacity of 478 mAh g-1 shows the outstanding capacity retention of 99% after 100 cycles with the initial coulombic efficiency of 90%. The heterostructure of core-shell composites appears to be very effective in buffering the volume change of Si during cycling.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2018

1D core-shell nanostructures have attracted great attention due to their enhanced physical and chemical properties. Specifically, oriented single-crystalline $TiO_2$ nanorods or nanowires on a transparent conductive substrate would be more desirable as the building core backbone. However, a facile approach to produce such structure-based hybrids is highly demanded. In this study, a three-step hydrothermal method was developed to grow NiMn-layered double hydroxide-decorated $TiO_2$/carbon core-shell nanorod arrays on transparent conductive fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates. XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS and Raman were used to analyze the obtained samples. The in-situ fabricated hybrid nanostructured materials are expected to be applicable for photoelectrode working in water splitting.

• 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.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.825-829
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• 2015

나노선에서 코어-셸 헤테로 구조를 도입함으로써 열 전도율을 낮출 수 있으며, 이로 인해 열전 효율(ZT)을 향상시킬 수 있다는 것이 이론 연구를 통해 제안되었다. 본 논문에서는 코어-셸 나노선의 열전도율 감소를 실험적인 방법을 통해 확인하였다. 화학증기 증착법을 통해 만든 게르마늄-규소 $_x$ 게르마늄 $_{1-x}(Ge-Si_xGe_{1-x})$ 코어-셸 나노선의 열전도율을 마이크로 크기의 뜬 디바이스를 이용하여 측정하였다. 셸에서 측정된 실리콘의 함유율(x)는 0.65 로 확인하였으며, 게르마늄은 코어와 셸 사이에서, 격자 불일치(lattice mismatch)에서 비롯된 결점(defect)와 같은 역할을 한다. 또한, 4-point I-V 측정실험에, 휘트스톤 브릿지 실험을 추가 진행함으로써 측정 민감도를 강화하였다. 측정된 열전도율은 상온에서 9~13 W/mK 으로써, 비슷한 지름을 가지는 게르마늄 나노선과 비교하였을 때, 열전도율이 약 30 % 낮아졌음을 확인하였다.