• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 상온에서 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 법으로 유리 기판위에 증착된 Ga 도핑 된 다결정 ZnO 박막의 특성을 개선하기 위하여 적정 열처리 조건을 분석하였다. 먼저 박막 성장 후 박막의 특성을 분석하였고 각각 $400{\sim}600^{\circ}C$에서 30분, 60분간 질소 분위기에서 열처리를 한 후 구조적, 광학적 특성을 평가하였다. XRD와 FE-SEM을 사용하여 열처리온도 변화에 따른 결정입자의 크기의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과 성장된 결정의 크기의 증가와 박막의 결정성이 향상되었음을 확인할 수 있었으며 그로 인해 박막 특성을 중시하는 투명 전도막의 투과도의 향상 또한 확인할 수 있었다. 결론적으로, 본 실험을 통하여 ZnO 성장 후 적절한 열처리를 수행함으로서 GZO 박막을 사용하여 제작된 소자의 특성을 개선할 수 있으리라 판단된다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1270_1271
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• 2009

In this research, gallium-incorporated zinc oxide (ZnO:Ga) thin films have been used as a coating material for enhancing the field-emission property of CNT-emitters. Multi-walled CNTs were directly grown on conical-type ($250{\mu}m$ in diameter) metal-tip substrates at $700^{\circ}C$ by inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD). The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique was used to produce 5wt% gallium-doped ZnO (5GZO) films with very low stress. The structural properties of ZnO and 5GZO coated CNTs were characterized by Raman spectroscopy. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were also used to monitor the variation in the morphology and microstructure of CNTs before and after 5GZO-coating. The measurement of the field emission characteristics showed that the emitter that coated the 5GZO (10nm) on CNTs exhibited the best performance: a maximum emission current of $325{\mu}A$, a threshold field of 2.2 V/${\mu}m$.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.453-457
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• 2007

상온에서 RF magnetron sputtering 을 이용하여 10nm에서 50nm 의 두께를 가지는 ZnO와 GZO 를 유리 기판위에 증착하여 두 물질 간의 구조적 특성과 광학적 특성을 평가하였다. 구조적인 특성은 투과전자현미경 (TEM) 과 주사전자현미경 (SEM)을 통해 이루어졌다. 광학적 특성 평가는 spectrophotometer를 이용하여 UV-VIS-NIR 영역에 관한 투과도를 측정하였다. ZnO의 결정크기가 GZO보다 상대적으로 더 크게나왔으며 이는 결정 경계면에서 발생하는 광산란을 줄임으로서 투과도의 향상을 가져왔다. 투과 전 영역에서 ZnO의 투과도가 더 높게 나왔으며, 특히 50nm 박막의 경우 ZnO의 투과도가 GZO 보다 20% 이상 더 뛰어난 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.338-342
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• 2011

Ga doped ZnO (GZO) thin films were deposited with RF magnetron sputtering on glass substrate and then the effect of post deposition annealing at nitrogen atmosphere on the structural, optical and electrical properties of the films was investigated. The post deposition annealing process was conducted for 30 minutes at different temperature of 150, 300 and $450^{\circ}C$, respectively. As increase annealing temperature, GZO films show the increment of the prefer orientation of ZnO (002) diffraction peak in the XRD pattern and the optical transmittance in a visible wave region was also increased, while the electrical sheet resistance was decreased. The figure of merit obtained in this study means that GZO films which vacuum annealed at $450^{\circ}C$ have the highest optoelectrical performance in this study.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2013

$(Ga_2O_3)_x(ZnO)_{100-x}$ (GZO) films were prepared at room temperature by using a facing target sputtering (FTS) system and their electrical resistivites was investigated as a function of the $Ga_2O_3$ content. The GZO film with an atomic ratio of $Ga_2O_3$ of x= 7 wt.%, shows the lowest resistivity of $7.5{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. The GZO films were also prepared at various substrate temperatures from room temperature to $300^{\circ}C$, and their electrical resistivity was found to be improved as the substrate temperature was increased, A very low resistivity of $2.8{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ that is almost comparable with that of ITO film was obtained in the GZO films prepared at the substrate temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ by using the FTS.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.354-354
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• 2012

In this study, we report the vertically aligned ZnO nanowires by using different type of Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films as seed layers to investigate how the underlying GZO film micro structure affects the distribution of ZnO nanowires. Arrays of highly ordered ZnO nanowires have been synthesized on GZO thin film seed layer prepared on p-Si substrates ($7-13{\Omega}cm$) with utilize of a pulsed laser deposition (PLD). With the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth process, the ZnO nanowire synthesis carries out no metal catalyst and is cost-effective; furthermore, The GZO seed layer facilitates the uniform growth of well-aligned ZnO nanowires. The influence of the growth temperature and various thickness of GZO seed layer have been analyzed. Crystallinity of grown seed layer was studied by X-Ray diffraction (XRD); diameter and morphology of ZnO nanowires on seed layer were investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Our results suggest that the GZO seed layer with high c-axis orientation, good crystallinity, and less lattice mismatch is key parameters to optimize the growth of well-aligned ZnO nanowire arrays.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.450-453
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• 2020

In this study, ZnO:Ga thin films were fabricated on a glass substrate using various Ar flows by an RF magnetron sputter system at room temperature. The dependencies of Ar flow on different properties were investigated. An appropriate control over the Ar flow led to the formation of a high-quality thin film. The ZnO:Ga films were formed as a hexagonal wurtzite structure with high (002) preferential orientation. The films exhibited a typical columnar microstructure and a smooth top face. The average transmittance was 85~89% within the visible area. By decreasing the Ar flow, the sheet resistance was decreased due to an increase in the grain size and a decrease in the root mean square roughness. The lowest sheet resistance of 86 Ω/□ was obtained at room temperature for the 40 sccm Ar flow.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.374-378
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• 2010

The effects of $O_2$ plasma pretreatment on the properties of Ga-doped ZnO films on polyimide substrate were studied. GZO films were fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering process. To improve surface energy and adhesion between the polyimide substrate and the GZO film, $O_2$ plasma pretreatment process was used prior to GZO sputtering. As the RF power and the treatment time increased, the crystallinity increased and the contact angle decreased significantly. When the RF power was 100 W and the treatment time was 120 sec, the resistivity of GZO films on the polyimide substrate was $1.90{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}-cm$.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2012

In this research, we prepared Ga doped zinc oxide(ZnO:Ga, GZO) targets each difference sintering temperature $700^{\circ}C$, $800^{\circ}C$, and doping rate 1 wt.%, 2 wt.%, 3 wt.%. The characteristics of thin film on glass substrates which deposited by facing target sputtering in pure Ar atmosphere are reported. Ga doped zinc oxide film is attracted material through low resistivity, high transmittance, etc. When prepared target powder's structure was investigated by scanning electron microscope, densification and coarsening by driving force was observed. For each ZnO:Ga films with a $Ga_2O_3$ content of 3 wt.% at input power of 45W, the lowest resistivity of $9.967{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ ($700^{\circ}C$) and $9.846{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ ($800^{\circ}C$) was obtained. the carrier concentration and mobility were $4.09{\times}10^{20}cm^{-3}$($700^{\circ}C$), $4.12{\times}10^{20}cm^{-3}$($800^{\circ}C$) and $15.31cm^2/V{\cdot}s(700^{\circ}C)$, $12.51cm^2/V{\cdot}s(800^{\circ}C)$, respectively. And except 1 wt.% Ga doped ZnO thin film, average transmittance of these samples in the range 350-800 nm was over 80%.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2015

In this study, RF magnetron sputtering was used to investigate the relationship between oxygen vacancy and carrier concentration in a GZO film on an amorphous structure. RF power was fixed at 50W and Ar flow was changed on a glass plate to create a thin film at room temperature. The transmittance of Al-adopted amorphous GZO was measured at 85% or higher; therefore, the transmittance was shown to be outstanding in all films. The hall mobility was also shown to be higher at the film showing the high transmittance at a short-wavelength, whereas the optical energy gap was shown to be higher at the film with high oxygen vacancy. The oxygen vacancy at the amorphous oxide semi-conductor increased the optical energy gap while it was not directly involved in increasing the mobility. The oxygen vacancy increases the carrier concentration while lowering the quality of amorphous structure; such factor, therefore affected the mobility. The increase of amorphous property is a direct way to increase the mobility of amorphous oxide semi-conductor.