• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.179-180
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• 2012

Aluminum alloys are widely known as non-ferrous metal with light weight and high strength. Consequently, these materials take center stage in the aircraft and automobile industry. The Al7075 aluminum alloy is based on the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu and one of the strongest wrought aluminum alloys. Aluminum nitride has ten times higher thermal conductivity($319W/m{\cdot}K$) than Al2O3 and also has outstanding electric insulation($1{\times}1014{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$). Furthermore, it has high mechanical property (430 MPa) even though its co-efficient of thermal expansion is less than alumina For these reasons, it has great possibilities to be used for not only the field which needs high strength lightweight but also electronic material field because of its suitability to be applied to the insulator film of PCB or wafer of ceramic with high heat conduction. This paper investigates the mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of aluminum alloy Al7075 deposited with aluminum nitride thin films To improve the surface properties of Al7075 with respect to hardness, and resistance to corrosion, aluminum nitride thin films have been deposited by pulsed DC reactive magnetron sputtering. The pulsed DC power provides arc-free deposition of insulating films.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07d
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• pp.1352-1354
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• 1997

Transparent conductive thin films have found many application in many active and passive electronic and opto-electronic devices as like flat Panel display electrode and window heat mirror, etc. Low resistivity and high transmittance of this films can be obtained by controlling deposition parameters, which are oxygen partial Pressure, substrate temperature and dopant concentration. In this study, We prepared non-stoichiometric and Sb-doped thin films of tin dioxide by reactive DC magnetron sputtering technology. The lowest resistivity of about $3.0{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm$ and 80% transmittance in the visible light region have heed obtained at optimal deposition condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.327-327
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 $SiO_2$ Target과 $In_2O_3$ Target으로 co-sputtering방법을 이용해 증착한 Si-doped $In_2O_3$ (ISO) 박막의 Si 도핑 농도에 따른 전기적, 광학적, 구조적 특성에 대해 연구하였고, 이를 유기태양 전지(OPVs) 에 적용함으로써 그 가능성을 타진하였다. $In_2O_3$ target의 DC power를 100 W로 고정시킨 채 $SiO_2$ target의 RF power 크기를 20~60 W 변화시키면서 상온에서 실험을 진행한 결과 최적 조건은 박막의 두께가 200 nm일 때 Working pressure는 3 mTorr이고, RF power는 50 W이었다. 이 조건으로 제작된 ISO 박막은 550 nm에서 81.51%의 광투과율과 51.91 Ohm/sq.의 비교적 낮은 면저항이 나타남을 Hall measurement 및 UV/Vis spectroscopy 분석을 통해 알 수 있었다. 또한 X-ray diffraction 분석법과 Transmission Electron Microscope 분석법을 통해 $SiO_2$ 도핑 power가 50 W 이상으로 증가할 경우 ISO 박막의 결정성이 감소하여 완벽한 비정질상의 ISO 투명박막이 형성됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 비정질 특성을 갖는 ISO 투명 전극을 이용하여 유기 박막형 태양전지를 제작한 결과 Voc (0.576 V), Jsc (7.671 mA/$cm^2$), FF (62.96%), PCE (2.78%)의 특성을 나타냄으로서 co-sputtering 공정을 통해 최적화된 ISO 박막을 유기 박막형 태양전지에 적용함으로써 광전소자로의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.328-333
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• 2004

Transparent ZnO:Al conductor films for the optoelectronic devices were deposited by using the capacitively coupled DC magnetron sputtering method. The effect of Al doping concentration and discharge power on the electrical and optical properties of the films was studied. The film resistivity of $8.5${\times}$10^{-4}$ $\Omega$-cm was obtained at the discharge power of 40 W with the ZnO target doped with 2 wt% $Al_2$$_O3$. The transmittance of the 840 nm thick film was 91.7% in the visible waves. Increasing doping concentration of 3 wt% $Al_2$$O_3$ in ZnO target results in significant decrease of film resistivity, which may be due to the formation of $Al_2$$O_3$ particles in the as-deposited ZnO:Al film and the reduced ZnO grain sizes. Increasing DC power from 40 to 60 W increases deposition rate by more than 50%, but can induce high defect density in the film, resulting in higher film resistivity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.188-188
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• 2009

ZIO 박막은 RF/DC 동시인가 마그네트론 스퍼터링법을 이용하여 기판 가열 없이 상온에서 non-alkali 유리 기판 위에 증착하였다. RF/(DC+RF) 비율은 0%에서 100%까지 25% 비율로 증가시키면서 전체 파워는 80W로 유지하였다. 100%의 RF/(DC+RF) 비율에 의해 증착된 ZIO 박막에서 $1.28{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$의 가장 낮은 비저항을 나타내었으며, 이것은 캐리어 농도의 증가에 기인되어진다고 생각된다. 한편, 결정성은 50%의 RF/(DC+RF) 비율로 증착된 ZIO 박막에서 가장 우수하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.235-236
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• 2014

인듐 주석 산화물 박막을 In/Sn (2, 5 wt.%) 합금 타겟을 사용하여 DC 마그네트론 반응성 스퍼터링법을 이용하여 증착하였다. 기판온도는 상온에서 증착하였으며, 증착 중 DC 파워는 70W부터 120W 까지 10W 단위로 증가시켜 증착하였다. 증착 된 박막을 대기중에서 후 열처리를 각 6, 12 시간 진행하여 전기적 특성을 평가하였으며 평가 장비는 Hall-effect measurements system을 사용하였다. ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) 박막의 비저항은 합금의 Sn 조성별로 다르게 나타났다. Sn 5wt.% 타겟을 이용한 경우에는 DC 파워 90W를 기준으로 더 낮은 파워에서는 열처리에 따라 비저항이 증가하였고, 더 높은 파워에서는 열처리를 한 경우 비저항이 더 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과가 나온 이유는, DC 파워가 높은 경우 스퍼터링 공정 중 발생하는 고 에너지 입자 충돌에 의해 산소가 re-sputtering되어 산소가 부족한 박막이 형성되기 때문인 것으로 판단된다. Sn 2 wt.% 타겟의 경우에는 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았으며, 이러한 원인은 Sn 함량이 적기 때문에 산소 공급으로 인해 결정성이 향상되더라도 활성화 Sn의 양이 적기 때문에 나타나는 현상으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.476-480
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• 2004

AZO (Al-doped ZnO) thin films were deposited on glass by pulsed magnetron sputtering method, and their structural, electrical and optical properties were investigated. XRD patterns showed that a highly c-axis preferred AZO film was grown in perpendicular to the substrate when pulse frequency of 30 ㎑ was applied to the target. Microstructure of thin films showed that the fibrous grain of tight dome shape was grown. The deposition rate decreased linearly with increase of pulse frequency, and the lowest resistivity was 8.67${\times}$10$\^$-4/ $\Omega$-cm for the film prepared at pulse frequency of 30 ㎑. The optical transmittance spectra of the films showed a very high transmittance of 85∼90%, within visible wavelength region and exhibited the absorption edge of about 350 nm. The characteristics of the low electrical resistivity and high optical transmittance of AXO films suggested a possibility for the application to transparent conducting oxides.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.43 no.2 s.285
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• pp.79-84
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• 2006

We studied the microstructure and magnetic property of the pulsed DC magnetron sputtered $Zn_{\0.8}Co_{0.2}O$ film as a function of substrate temperatures. The X-ray patterns of the $Zn_{\0.8}Co_{0.2}O$ film showed a strong (002) preferential orientation at $500^{\circ}C$. The films with a crystallite size of 23-35 nm were grown in the form of nano-sized structure and this tendency was remarkable with increasing substrate temperature. The UV-visible result showed that the $Zn_{\0.8}Co_{0.2}O$ film prepared above $300^{\circ}C$ has a high optical transmittance of over $80\%$ in the visible region. The absorption bands were observed due to sp-d interchange action by $Co^{2+}$ complex ion and dd transition in the region from 500 to 700nm. The resistivity of the film was below $10^{-1}\;\Omega-cm\;above\;300^{\circ}C$. The AGM analysis results for the all films showed the magnetic hysteresis curves of ferromagnetic nature. The low electrical resistivity and room temperature ferromagnetism of ZnCoO thin films 'deposited above $300^{\circ}C$ suggested the possibility for the application to Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (DMSs).

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.739-745
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• 2003

In $N_{x}$ films were deposited on soda-lime glass without substrate heating by reactive dc magnetron sputtering using indium (In) metal target. Depositions were carried out under various total gas pressures ( $P_{tot}$) of mixture gases (Ar+$N_2$ or He+$N_2$). He gas was introduced to $N_2$ gas in order to enhance the reactivity of nitrogen on film surface by the "penning ionization". Plasma impedance decreased greatly when 20% or more introduced the $N_2$ gas. This is due to the In $N_{x}$ layers formed on target surface because a secondary electron emission rate of InN is small compared with In metal. XRD patterns of the films revealed that <001> preferred oriented polycrystalline In $N_{x}$ films, where the crystallinity of the films was improved with decrease of $P_{tot}$ and with increase of $N_2$ flow ratio. The improvement of the crystallinity and stoichimetry of the In $N_{x}$ films were considered to be caused by an increase in the activated nitrogen radicals and also by an increase in the kinetic energy of sputtered In atoms arriving at growing film surface, which should enhance the chemical reaction and surface migration on the growing film surface, respectively. Furthermore, the films deposited using mixture gases of He+$N_2$ showed higher crystallinity compared with the film deposited by the mixture gases of Ar+$N_2$.$.EX>.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.1-4
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• 2004

Three group samples with difference thickness of $CeO_2$ capping layer deposited by PLD were studied. Among them, one group $CeO_2$ films were deposited on stainless steel tape coated with IBAD- YSZ and $CeO_2$ buffer layer ($CeO_2$/IBAD-YSZ/SS); other two groups of $CeO_2 YSZ Y_2O_3$multi-layer were deposited on NiW substrates for fabrication of YBCO coated conductor through RABiTS approach. The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and DC magnetron sputtering were employed to deposit these buffer layers. On the top of buffer layer, YBCO film was deposited by PLD. The effect of thickness of $CeO_2$ film on the texture of $CeO_2$ film and critical current density ($J_c$) of YBCO film were analyzed. For the case $CeO_2$ on $CeO_2$/IBAD-YSZ/SS, there was a self-epitaxy effect with the increase of $CeO_2$ film. For $YSZ/Y_2O_3$ NiW which was deposited by PLD or DC magnetron sputtering, there is not self-epitaxy effect. However, the capping layer of $CeO_2$ film deposited by PLD improved the quality of buffer layer for $YSZ/Y_2O_3$ which was deposited by DC magnetron sputtering, therefore increased the $J_c$ of YBCO film.