• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.321-323
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• 2013

100 nm thick Ga doped ZnO (GZO) thin films were deposited with DC and RF magnetron sputtering at room temperature on glass substrate and Al coated glass substrate, respectively. and the effect of the Al underlayer on the optical and electrical properties of the GZO films was investigated. As-deposited GZO single layer films had an optical transmittance of 80% in the visible wavelength region, and sheet resistance of 1,516 ${\Omega}/{\Box}$, while the optical and electrical properties of GZO/Al bi-layered films were influenced by the thickness of the Al buffer layer. GZO films with 2 nm thick Al film show a lower sheet resistance of 990 ${\Omega}/{\Box}$, and an optical transmittance of 78%. Based on the figure of merit (FOM), it can be concluded that the thin Al buffer layer effectively increases the performance of GZO films as a transparent and conducting electrode without intentional substrate heating or a post deposition annealing process.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.45-46
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• 2015

Se 원소가 포함된 $CuIn_xGa_{1-x}Se_2$(CIGS) 단일 스퍼터링 타겟을 이용하여 후처리 공정없이 단일 스퍼터링 공정만으로 CIGS 흡수층 박막을 증착하여 소자 특성을 확인하였다. 단일 CIGS 흡수층 공정이 적용된 CIGS 박막태양전지 소자(유리기판/Mo/단일 CIGS 흡수층 박막/CdS/i-ZnO/Al-doped ZnO/Ni-Al grid)에서 10.0%의 태양광 변환 효을을 달성하였으며, 이는 기존의 복잡한 공정구조를 해결하여 대면적 양산화 CIGS 제조 공정에도 적용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.145-145
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• 2010

In this paper, we report that the effects of hydrogen doping on the electrical and optical properties of typical transparent conducting oxide films such as ZnO and $SnO_2$ prepared by magnetron sputtering. Recently, density functional theory (DFT) calculations have shown strong evidence that hydrogen acts as a source of n-type conductivity in ZnO. In this work, the beneficial effect of hydrogen incorporation on Ga-doped ZnO thin films was demonstrated. It was found that hydrogen doping results a noticeable improvement of the conductivity mainly due to the increases in carrier concentration. Extent of the improvement was found to be quite dependent on the deposition temperature. A low resistivity of $4.0{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ was obtained for the film grown at $160^{\circ}C$ with $H_2$ 10% in sputtering gas. However, the beneficial effect of hydrogen doping was not observed for the films deposited at $270^{\circ}C$. Variations of the electrical transport properties upon vacuum annealing showed that the difference is attributed to the thermal stability of interstitial hydrogen atoms in the films. Theoretical calculations also suggested that hydrogen forms a shallow-donor state in $SnO_2$, even though no experimental determination has yet been performed. We prepared undoped $SnO_2$ thin films by RF magnetron sputtering under various hydrogen contents in sputtering ambient and then exposed them to H-plasma. Our results clearly showed that the hydrogen incorporation in $SnO_2$ leads to the increase in carrier concentration. Our experimental observation supports the fact that hydrogen acting as a shallow donor seems to be a general feature of the TCOs.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.19
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• pp.77-78
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• 2006

In order to increase the efficiency of LED, transparent electrodes should be also developed. also suitable anti-reflection coating (ARC) is necessary for practical device applications. In our paper, Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films were fabricated by sputtering on GaP substrate(wavelength:620nm). Choosing optimum substrate temperature and sputtering rate, high quality AZO films were formed. We confirmed that the surface and electrical properties, which implemented using the methods of AFM, Hall measurement. The properties of AZO thin films especially depended on the thickness. We presumed that the change of the increase the external quantum efficiency of LED according to the AZO thin film of thickness.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2014

Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) single layer and $SiO_2/GZO$ bi-layered films were deposited on Polycarbonate(PC) substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. Influence of the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the films was considered. We have considered the influence of electron irradiation energy of 450 and 900 eV on the stuctural, electrical and optical properties of $SiO_2/GZO$ thin films. The optical transmittance in a visible wave length region increased with the electron irradiation energy. The electrical resistivity of the films were dependent on the electron's irradiation energy. The $SiO_2/GZO$ films irradiated at 900 eV were showen the lowest resistivity of $7.8{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$. The film which was irradiated by electron at 900 eV shows 84.3% optical transmittance and also shows lower than contact angle of $58^{\circ}$ in this study.

• Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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• 제13권spc1호
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• pp.140-144
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• 2012

Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) was a limit of application on the photovoltaic devices such as CIGS, CdTe and DSSC requiring high process temperature, because it's electrical resistivity is unstable above 300 ℃ at atmosphere. Therefore, ZTO (zinc tin oxide) was introduced in order to improve permeability and thermal stability of GZO film. The resistivity of GZO (300 nm) single layer increased remarkably from 1.8 × 10-3Ωcm to 5.5 × 10-1Ωcm, when GZO was post-annealed at 400 ℃ in air atmosphere. In the case of the ZTO (150 nm)/GZO (150 nm) double layer, resistivity showed relatively small change from 3.1 × 10-3Ωcm (RT) to 1.2 × 10-2Ωcm (400 ℃), which showed good agreement with change of carrier density. This result means that ZTO upper layer act as a barrier for oxygen at high temperature. Also ZTO (150 nm)/GZO (150 nm) double layer showed lower WVTR compared to GZO (300 nm) single layer. Because ZTO has lower WVTR compared to GZO, ZTO thin film acts as a barrier by preventing oxygen and water molecules to penetrate on top of GZO thin film.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2019

본 논문은 용액공정용 불소 도핑된 인듈 갈륨 징크 산화물 반도체를 연구하였으며, 박막 트랜지스터 적용 가능성을 확인하였다. 용액형 산화물 반도체를 형성하기 위해, 금속염 전구체 기반 용액을 제조하였으며, 추가적인 불소 도핑을 유도하기 위해 화학적 첨가제로서 암모늄 플로라이드를 이용하였다. 열처리 온도 및 불소 도핑양에 따른 전기적 물성을 고찰함으로서, 300도 저온 열처리를 통해 제조된 산화물 반도체층의 전기적 특성을 향상시켰다. 20 mol% 불소를 도핑하는 경우, $1.2cm^2/V{\cdot}sec$의 이동도 및 $7{\times}10^6$의 점멸비 특성이 발현 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 rf 마그네트론 스퍼터링 기술을 이용하여 코닝 글라스 기판 위에 갈륨이 도핑된 산화아연(GZO)을 투명 전도막으로 제작하여 그 전기적 및 광학적 특성을 조사하였다. GZO 박막의 제작은 Zn : 97[wt%], $Ga_2O_3$ : 3[wt%]의 GZO 세라믹 타겟을 이용하였으며, 기판온도 및 산소압력과 같은 증착조건을 변화시키며 증착하였다. 본 연구에서 제작된 GZO 박막중 기판온도 200[$^{\circ}C$], Ar 50[sccm], $O_2$ 5[sccm], rf power 80[W] 및 증착압력 5[mtorr]의 조건에서 제작된 박막에서 가시광 영역에서 90[%] 이상의 높은 가시광 투과율, $2.536{\times}10^{-4}[{\Omega}{\cdot}cm]$의 비저항, $7.746{\times}10^{20}[cm^{-3}]$의 캐리어 농도 및 31.77[$cm^2V{\cdot}S$]의 캐리어 이동도로 가장 좋은 전기적 특성이 관찰되었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.2497-2502
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 고주파 마그네트론 스퍼터링 법으로 RF 파워 (50~80 W) 를 변화시켜가며 PES 플라스틱 기판 위에 GZO ($Ga_2O_3$ : 5 wt %, ZnO : 95 wt %) 박막을 제작하여, 광학적 및 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. XRD 측정을 통해 공정 조건에 관계없이 모든 GZO 박막이 c 축으로 우선 성장함을 확인할 수 있었고, 70W에서 제작한 GZO 박막이 반가폭 $0.44^{\circ}$로 가장 우수한 결정성을 나타내었다. 박막의 표면을 AFM 으로 조사한 결과, 표면 거칠기 값은 RF 파워 70 W 에서 제작한 박막에서 가장 낮은 값인 0.20 nm 를 나타내었다. Hall 측정 결과, RF 파워 70 W에서 제작한 GZO 박막에서 가장 낮은 비저항 $6.93{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ 값과 가장 높은 캐리어 농도 $7.04{\times}10^{20}cm^{-3}$ 및 이동도 $12.70cm^2/Vs$ 값을 나타내었다. 모든 GZO 박막은 RF 파워에 무관하게 가시광 영역에서 약 80 % 정도의 투과율을 나타냈으며, 캐리어 농도의 증가에 따라 에너지 밴드갭이 청색 편이 되는 Burstein-Moss 효과도 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.169-170
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• 2007

In this paper we report upon an investigation into the effect of sputter pressure and RF power on the electrical properties of Gallium doped zinc oxide (GZO) film. GZO films were deposited on glass substrate without substrate temperature by RF magnetron sputtering from a ZnO target mixed with 5 wt% $Ga_2O_3$. Argon gas pressure and RF power were in the range of 1~11 mTorr, and 50~100 W, respectively. However, the resistivity of the film was strongly influenced by the sputter pressure and RF power. We were able to achieve as low as $1.5{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm$, without substrate temperature.