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Preparation of WO3-TiO2 Photocatalyst and Evaluation of Its Photo-activity in the Visible Light Range (가시광 활성 WO3-TiO2 복합체 광촉매의 제조 및 이의 특성 평가)

  • Yeo, In-Chul;Kang, In-Cheol
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.474-478
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    • 2013
  • The most general photocatalyst, $TiO_2$ and $WO_3$, are acknowledged to be ineffective in range of visible light. Therefore, many efforts have been directed at improving their activity such as: band-gap narrowing with non-metal element doping and making composites with high specific surface area to effectively separate electrons and holes. In this paper, the method was introduced to prepare a photo-active catalyst to visible irradiation by making a mixture with $TiO_2$ and $WO_3$. In the $TiO_2-WO_3$ composite, $WO_3$ absorbs visible light creating excited electrons and holes while some of the excited electrons move to $TiO_2$ and the holes remain in $WO_3$. This charge separation reduces electron-hole recombination resulting in an enhancement of photocatalytic activity. Added Ag plays the role of electron acceptor, retarding the recombination rate of excited electrons and holes. In making a mixture of $TiO_2-WO_3$ composite, the mixing route affects the photocatalytic activity. The planetary ball-mill method is more effective than magnetic stirring route, owing to a more effective dispersion of aggregated powders. The volume ratio of $TiO_2(4)$ and $WO_3(6)$ shows the most effective photocatalytic activity in the range of visible light in the view point of effective separation of electrons and holes.

A Two-dimensional Numerical Simulation of Self-signal Processing Infrared Detectors (자기신호처리 적외선 감지소자의 2차원 수치해석)

  • 조남홍;곽계달
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.32A no.11
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    • pp.52-62
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    • 1995
  • We developed a two-dimensional numerical simulator which can analyze the electrical as well as optical characteristics and evaluate the detection performances of self-signal processing infrared detectors. It solves the poisson equation and the electron, hole current continuity equations including the optical generation and recombination models. To speed up convergency rate. the Newton algorithm is used. Automatic triangular grid generator make it easy to simulate the devices with the various read-out geometries. This simulator can show the variation of spatial resolution which is caused by the transit velocity and transit time dispersion in bifurcate and horn geometries respectively. Also, we calculated the responsivity, noise, and detectivity in respect of the applied electric field and background field-of-view. The results obtained from simulation correspond to those of experiments, and it is verified that horn read-out geometry has the superior spatial resolution and detection performance to bifurcate geometry.

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PEDOT:PSS Thin Films with Different Pattern Structures Prepared Using Colloidal Template

  • Yu, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Jin-Su;Nam, Sang-Hun;Boo, Jin-Hyo
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.254-260
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    • 2014
  • Organic solar cells have attracted extensive attention as a promising approach for cost-effective photovoltaic devices. However, organic solar cell has disadvantage of low power conversion efficiency in comparison with other type of solar cell, due to the recombination ratio of hole and electron is too large in the active layer. Thus we have change the surface structure of PEDOT:PSS layers to improve the current density by colloidal lithography method using various-size of polystyrene sphere. The two types of coating method were applied to fabricate the different pattern shape and height, such as spin coating and drop casting. Using the organic solvent, we easily eliminate the PS sphere and could make the varied pattern shapes by controlling the wet etching time. Also we have measured the electrical properties of patterned PEDOT:PSS film to check whether it is suitable for organic photovoltaics.

Preparation and Characterization of $Ag/TiO_{2-x}N_x$ Nanoparticles

  • Liu, Z.Q.;Li, Z.H.;Zhou, Y.P.;Ge, C.C.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.436-437
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    • 2006
  • The $Ag/TiO_{2-x}N_x$ nanoparticles were synthesized by photochemical deposition in a $TiO_{2-X}N_X$ suspension system. The prepared products were characterized by means of XRD, Uv-vis and photoluminescence spectra (PL). Its photocatalytic activity was investigated by the decomposition of methylene blue (MB) solution under illumination of visible and ultraviolet light, respectively. Compared to $TiO_{2-x}N_x$, the photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared $Ag/TiO_{2-x}N_x$ is obviously enhanced due to the decreasing recombination of a photoexcitated electron-hole pairs. The Mechanism in which photocatalytic activity is enhanced has been discussed in detail.

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Measurement of Drifting Mobility and Transit Time of Holes and Electrons in Stabilized a-Se Film

  • Kim, Jae-Hyung;Park, Chang-Hee;Nam, Sang-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.362-363
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    • 2007
  • The transport property of stabilized amorphous selenium typical of the material used in direct conversion x-ray imaging devices was studied using the moving photo-carrier grating (MPG) technique and time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. For MPG measurement, the electron and hole mobility, and recombination lifetime of a-Se films with arsenic (As) additions have been obtained. For TOF measurement, a laser beam with pulse duration of 5ns and wavelength of 350 nm was illuminated on the surface of a-Se with thickness of $400{\mu}m$.

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Neodymium doped mixed metal oxide derived from CoAl-layered double hydroxide: Considerable enhancement in visible light photocatalytic activity

  • Khodam, Fatemeh;Amani-Ghadim, Hamid Reza;Aber, Soheil;Amani-Ghadim, Ali Reza;Ahadzadeh, Iraj
    • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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    • v.68
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    • pp.311-324
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    • 2018
  • Herein,the Neodymium ion ($Nd^{3+}$) doped CoAl-LDH have been successfully prepared via co-precipitation method and was used as a precursor of Nd-doped CoAl-mixed metal oxides (MMO). The photocatalytic activity of doped LDH and MMO was investigated in the degradation of an azo dye, C.I. Acid Red 14, under visible light irradiation. DRS and PL analysis demonstrated decreasing in the band gap energy and recombination of photo-induced charge carriers of Nd-doped LDH and MMO compared with the pristine CoAL-LDH. Due to significant difference in photocatalytic performance. A power law empirical kinetic model was obtained for predicting the photocatalytic degradation efficiency.

Recent Research Trend in Ferroelectrics for Effective Photovoltaics (태양전지 효율향상을 위한 강유전체의 연구동향)

  • Bark, Chung Wung
    • Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.3-13
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    • 2021
  • 강유전체는 특유의 높은 유전상수와 자발분극으로 인해 반도체 소자 및 센서 등에서 널리 활용되어 왔다. 강유전체의 특성을 활용하여 광전소자에서 형성된 전하를 원하는 방향으로 쉽게 이동시킬 수 있는 특성을 가지고 있어 광전소재와 결합 시 특성 향상이 가능한 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 강유전체와 기존 태양전지와의 융합 연구들은 기초적인 단계의 연구가 산발적으로 진행되고 있으나, 아직 실용화 단계에는 이르지 못하고 있다. 본 서지에서는 최근에 활발히 연구되기 시작한 강유전 기반 광소자와 그 관련 연구를 소개하고자 한다. 특히 강유전체 자체를 활용한 태양전지와 유기태양전지, 실리콘 태양전지, 페로브스카이트 태양전지 등 최근 가장 활발히 연구되고 있는 태양전지 소재와 강유전체를 결합한 새로운 태양전지의 연구동향을 다룰 고자 한다. 이와 같은 자발분극에 의한 캐리어 이동의 변화는 에너지 소자 전반에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

Red Emission Properties of Organic EL Having Hole Blocking Layer (정공블록킹층을 설치한 유기 EL의 적색발광특성)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Gweon;Lee, Eun-Hak
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2000
  • In this study, we prepared red organic light-emitting-diode(OLED) with a fluorescent dye(Sq)-doped and inserted between emission and cathode layer 1,3-bis(5-p-t-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzene (OXD7) or/and tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum ($Alq_3$) layers for increasing electroluminescent(EL) efficiency. This inserting effect has been observed and EL mechanism characteristics have been examined. The hole transfer layer is a N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis-(3-methyl phenyl)-1,1'-diphenyl-4,4'-diamine (TPD), and the host and guest materials of emission layer is $Alq_3$ and bis[1-methyl-3,3'-dimethyl-2-indorindiylmethyl] squaraine (Sq), respectively. For the inserting of $Alq_3$, emission efficiency increased. But we can not obtained highly pure red emission owing to the emission of inserting $Alq_3$ layer. The inserting of OXD7 makes hole block and accumulate. Because of increasing recombination probability of electron and hole, highly pure red color can be held. Simultaneously brightness characteristics and emission efficiency could improve.

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Synthesis of Nanoporous Structured SnO2 and its Photocatalytic Ability for Bisphenol A Destruction

  • Kim, Ji-Eun;Lee, Jun-Sung;Kang, Mi-Sook
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.1715-1720
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    • 2011
  • Nanoporous structured tin dioxide ($SnO_2$) is characterized and its application in the photocatalytic destruction of endocrine, Bisphenol A, is examined. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals irregularly shaped nanopores of size 2.0-4.5 nm. This corresponds to the result of an average nanopore distribution of 4.5 nm, as determined by Barret-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) plot from the isotherm curve. The photoluminescence (PL) curve, corresponding to the recombination between electron and hole, largely decreases in the $TiO_2$/nanoporous $SnO_2$ composite. Finally, a synergy effect between $TiO_2$ and porous $SnO_2$ is exhibited in photocatalysis: the photocatalytic destruction of Bisphenol A is improved by combining the nanoporous structured $SnO_2$ with $TiO_2$, and 75% decomposition of 10.0 ppm of Bisphenol A is achieved after 24 h.

Effect on Efficiency of the OLED depending on Thickness Variation of EIL $Cs_2CO_3$ (전자 주입층 $Cs_2CO_3$ 두께 변화에 따른 OLED의 효율에 미치는 영향)

  • Han, Hyeon-Seok;Kim, Chang-Hoon;Kang, Yong-Gil;Kim, Gwi-Yeol;Kim, Tae-Wan;Hong, Jin-Woong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1438-1439
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we studied effects on the efficiency, according to thickness of the electron injection layer(EIL) for improving efficiency of Organic Light Emitting Diodes(OLEDs). For the first time, after confirming the optimum thickness of the EIL material $Cs_2CO_3$, we designed OLED devices having a structure of ITO/TPD/$Alq_3/Cs_2CO_3$/Al. And we manufactured devices applying for the optimum thickness of the material in the simulation with thermal evaporating method. And we investigated how the EIL material $Cs_2CO_3$ effects on efficiency of OLEDs in the EIL. As the result, because the EIL material $Cs_2CO_3$ reduces energy potential barrier of the EIL, it facilitated the electron transfer. And, as blocking the hole transfer contributes to an increased recombination, we confirmed that the efficiency of OLEDs increased. And compared to the device without using the EIL material, the device using thickness 1.0 nm of $Cs_2CO_3$ in the EIL shows the excellent efficiency. Therefore, we confirmed that the luminance and the external quantum efficiency increase about 600% and 500% respectively.

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