• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.1004-1009
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• 2009

Recently, mass spectrometers are widely used for in-situ chemical analysis. It has rapid response and high sensitivity. In this paper, we present the fabrication and test of a cold cathode emitter for micro mass spectrometer using CNTs(Carbon nano tubes). The CNTs have good mechanical, electrical and chemical characteristics. So they have a long life time and strong robustness. The micro mass spectrometer is composed of the glass substrate and the silicon substrate. The glass substrate is constructed by electrodes for TOF(Time-of-flight) which analyze an ion with mass to charge ratio as ion separator. The silicon substrate is highly doped wafer which is patterned for gate electrode and then 100 11m dry etching to grow the CNTs as the electron emitter. The CNTs are grown by HFCVD(Hot filament chemical vapor deposition) with sputtering the catalyst. We successfully attained to grow the CNTs and to test the characteristics.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2020

The change of the deposition behavior of diamond through a pretreatment process of the base metal prior to diamond deposition using HFCVD was investigated. To improve the specific surface area of the base material, sanding was performed using sandblasting first, and chemical etching treatment was performed to further improve the uniform specific surface area. Chemical etching was performed by immersing the base material in HCl solutions with various etching time. Thereafter, seeding was performed by immersing the sanded and etched base material in a diamond seeding solution. Diamond deposition according to all pretreatment conditions was performed under the same conditions. Methane was used as the carbon source and hydrogen was used as the reaction gas. The most optimal conditions were found by analyzing the improvement of the specific surface area and uniformity, and the optimal diamond seeding solution concentration and immersion time were also obtained for the diamond particle seeding method. As a result, the sandblasted base material was immersed in 20% HCl for 60 minutes at 100 ℃ and chemically etched, and then immersed in a diamond seeding solution of 5 g/L and seeded using ultrasonic waves for 30 minutes. It was possible to obtain optimized economical diamond film growth rates.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2019

Stability and activity of boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode are key factors for water treatment. In this study, BDD electrodes were prepared on various substrates such as Nb, Si, Ti, and $TiN_x/Ti$ by hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) method. BDD/Ti film showed the delamination between BDD and Ti substrate due to the formation of TiC layer caused by diffusion of carbon. On the other hand, $BDD/TiN_x/Ti$ showed remarkably improved stability, compared to BDD/Ti. It was confirmed that $TiN_x$ intermediate layer act as barrier layer for diffusion of carbon. High potential window of 2.8 eV was maintained on the $BDD/TiN_x/Ti$ electrode and, better wastewater treatment capability and longer electrode working life than BDD/Nb, BDD/Si and BDD/Ti were obtained.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2018

A boron-doped diamond(BDD) electrode is attractive for many electrochemical applications due to its distinctive properties: an extremely wide potential window in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes, a very low and stable background current and a high resistance to surface fouling. An Ar gas mixture of $H_2$, $CH_4$ and trimethylboron (TMB, 0.1 % $C_3H_9B$ in $H_2$) is used in a hot filament chemical vapor deposition(HFCVD) reactor. The effect of argon addition on quality, structure and electrochemical property is investigated by scanning electron microscope(SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD) and cyclic voltammetry(CV). In this study, BDD electrodes are manufactured using different $Ar/CH_4$ ratios ($Ar/CH_4$ = 0, 1, 2 and 4). The results of this study show that the diamond grain size decreases with increasing $Ar/CH_4$ ratios. On the other hand, the samples with an $Ar/CH_4$ ratio above 5 fail to produce a BDD electrode. In addition, the BDD electrodes manufactured by introducing different $Ar/CH_4$ ratios result in the most inclined to (111) preferential growth when the $Ar/CH_4$ ratio is 2. It is also noted that the electrochemical properties of the BDD electrode improve with the process of adding argon.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2000

열-필라멘트 CVD 장치를 이용하여 다이아몬드 박막의 증착 조건을 최적화시켰다. $B_4C $ 고체 펠렛을 사용하여 보론두핑된 다이아몬드 박막을 제조하여 그 질적 특성을 알아보고, 전류전압 특성과 전계 방출 측정을 통해 박막의 전계방출소자(field emission display (FED)로의 특성을 조사하였다. 보론 도핑의 양이 증가함에 따라 다이아몬드 결정의 평균 입자 크기가 조금씩 감소하지만 다이아몬드의 질은 소량 도핑인 경우에 크게 바뀌지 않았다. Al/Diamond/p-Si 소자의 전류전압 특성을 조사한 결과 도핑된 다이아몬드 박막의 전류는 도핑되지 않은 박막의 전류에 비해 $10^4$~$10^5$배 정도 증가하였다. 전계방출 특성을 조사한 결과 보론-도핑이 증가함에 따라 점차 낮은 전기장에서 전자를 방출하며, 또한 높은 방출 전류를 나타냈다. 전자가 방출되기 시작하는 onset-field는 펠렛의 수가 2개일 때 15.5 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$, 3개일 때 13.6 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$, 4개일 때는 11.1 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$. 체계적으로 감소하였다. 도핑의 강도가 세어짐에 따라 Fowler-Nordheim 그래프의 기울기는 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 이로서 보론 도핑으로 인해 유효 장벽 에너지가 감소되어 전자 방출 특성이 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.