• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.600-604
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• 2011

Solution processed IGO thin films were prepared using a general chemical solution route by spin coating. The effect of the annealing temperature of IGO thin films based on the ratio of 2:1 of indium to gallium on crystallization was investigated with varying annealing temperature from $300^{\circ}C$ to $600^{\circ}C$. The electronic device characteristic of IGO thin film was investigated. The solution-processed IGO TFTs annealed at 300 and $600^{\circ}C$ in air for 1 h exhibited good electronic performances with field effect mobilities as high as 0.34 and 3.83 $cm^2/V{\cdot}s$, respectively. The on/off ratio of the IGO TFT in this work was $10^5$ with 98% transmittance.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.219-223
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• 2015

Indium free consisting of three alternating layers GTO/Ag/GTO has been fabricated by radio-frequency (RF) sputtering for the applications as transparent conducting electrodes and the structural, electrical and optical properties of the gallium tin oxide (GTO) films were carefully studied. The gallium tin oxide thin films deposited at room temperature are found to have an amorphous structure. Hall Effect measurements show a strong influence on the conductivity type where it changed from n-type to p-type at $700^{\circ}C$. GTO/Ag/GTO multilayer structured electrode with a few nm of Ag layer embedded is fabricated and show the optical transmittance of 86.48% in the visible range (${\lambda}$ = 380~770 nm) and quite low electrical resistivity of ${\sim}10^{-5}{\Omega}cm$. The resultant power conversion efficiency of 2.60% of the multilayer based OPV (GAG) is lower than that of the reference commercial ITO. GTO/Ag/GTO multilayer is a promising transparent conducting electrode material due to its low resistivity, high transmittance, low temperature deposition and low cost components.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.220-225
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• 2020

Gallium oxide nano-powder, the key starting material for IGZO target, is fabricated by gas phase synthesis using a new apparatus consist of reaction, transportation, and collection parts. As a result of gallium metal evaporation above 1150℃, Ga2O3 nano-powders, are successfully synthesized. The SEM images of the synthesized powders displace the spherical shaped powders without severe agglomeration. X-ray diffraction and PSA analysis show that the higher temperature at the reaction part results in the better crystallinity and larger powder size of the synthesized Ga2O3. To see the applicability to IGZO target, Ga2O3 nano-powders synthesized at 1250℃ are mixed with indium oxide and zinc oxide (In2O3 : Ga2O3 : ZnO = 1 : 1 : 1), and then sintered at 1400~1500℃. The highest sintered density of 5.83 g/㎤ (= 91 % of relative density) is achieved when sintered at 1450℃, showing better sinterability compared to the commercially available Ga2O3 powder, which has 5.61 g/㎤ of sintered density at the same condition.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.139-141
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• 2015

Contact resistance of interface between the channel layers and various S/D electrodes was investigated by transmission line method. Different electrodes such as Ti/Au, a-IZO, and multilayer of a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO were compared in terms of contact resistance, using the transmission line model. The a-IGZO TFTs with a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO of S/D electrodes showed good performance and low contact resistance due to the homo-junction with channel layer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2009.08a
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• pp.172-172
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.169.1-169.1
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• 2015

최근 디스플레이 기술은 급속도로 발전해 가고 있다. 디스플레이 산업의 눈부신 성장에 발맞추어 초고화질, 초고선명, 고속 구동 및 대형화 등을 포함하는 최신 기술의 디스플레이 구동이 필요하다. 이러한 요구사항을 만족하기 위해서는 각 픽셀에 영상정보를 기입하는 충전시간을 급격히 감소시켜야 하고 따라서 픽셀 트랜지스터(TFT)의 이동도는 급격히 증가해야 한다. 따라서 차세대 디스플레이 실현을 위해서 고이동도 특성을 구현 할 수 있는 신물질의 개발이 매우 중요하다. 현재 산화물박막트랜지스터는 차세대 디스플레이 실현을 위해 가장 주목받고 있으며, 실제로 산화물박막 트랜지스터의 핵심소재인 In-Ga-Zn-O(a-IGZO) 산화물의 경우 국내외에서 디스플레이에 적용되어 생산이 시작되고있다. 그러나 a-IGZO 산화물의 경우 이동도가 $5-10cm^2V{\cdot}s$ 수준이어서 향후 개발 되어질 초고해상도/고속구동 디스플레이 실현(이동도 $50cm^2V{\cdot}s$)에는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이를 해결 할 수 있는 'post-IGZO' 개발을 위해 In2O3에 Ga2O3를 조성별로 고용시켜 박막의 구조적, 전기적, 광학적 특성 및 TFT를 제작하여 특성 연구를 진행하였다. 조성은 In2O3에 Ga2O3를 7.5%~15% 도핑 하였으며, Sputtering을 이용하여 indium gallium oxide(IGO) 박막을 제작하였다. 박막은 상온 및 $300^{\circ}C$에서 증착 하였으며 증착 된 IGO 박막은 Ga=12.5% 까지는 In2O3에 Ga이 모두 고용되어 cubic In2O3 poly crystalline을 나타내는 것을 확인하였으며 Ga=15%에서 Gallium 관련 2차상이 확인되었다. Ga양이 변화함에 따라 박막의 전기적 특성이 조절 가능하였으며 이를 이용하여 IGO 박막을 30 nm 두께로 증착 하여 IGO 박막을 channel layer로 사용하는 bottom gate structured TFTs를 제작 하였다. IGO TFTs는 Ga=10%에서 on/off ratio ${\sim}10^8$, 그리고 field-effect mobility $84.8cm^2/V{\cdot}S$를 나타내며 초고화질, 초고선명 차세대 디스플레이 적용 가능성을 보여 준다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.1592-1596
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• 2010

According to the increase of the channel length with fixed width/length, characteristic curves of drain current as a function of gate bias voltage of indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) thin-film transistors moved to a positive direction of gate voltage, and field-effect mobility decreased. In case of fixed length and width of channel, field-effect mobility was lower and subthreshold slope was larger when drain bias voltage was higher. Due to large work function of IGZO, band bending at the junction region between IGZO channel and source/drain electrodes was expected to be in opposite direction to that between silicon and metal electrodes; this could explain the above results.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.176-181
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• 2016

Recent years, supercapacitors have been attracting a growing attention as an efficient energy storage, due to their long-lifetime, device reliability, simple device structure and operation mechanism and, most importantly, high power density. Along with the increasing interest in flexible/stretchable electronics, the supercapacitors with compatible mechanical properties have been also required. A eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) liquid metal could be a strong candidate as a soft electrode material of the supercapacitors because of its insulating surface oxide layer for electric double layer formation. Here, we report the electrochemical study on the charging/reaction process at the interface of EGaIn liquid metal and electrolyte. Numerical fitting of the charging current curves provides the capacitance of EGaIn/insulating layer/electrolyte (${\sim}38F/m^2$). This value is two orders of magnitude higher than a capacitance of a general metal electrode/electrolyte interface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.352.1-352.1
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• 2014

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) films are the most extensively studied and commonly used as ones of TCO films. The ITO films having a high electric conductivity and high transparency are easily fabricated on glass substrate at a substrate temperature over $250^{\circ}C$. However, glass substrates are somewhat heavy and brittle, whereas plastic substrates are lightweight, unbreakable, and so on. For these reasons, it has been recently suggested to use plastic substrates for flexible display application instead of glass. Many reaearchers have tried to produce high quality thin films at rood temperatures by using several methods. Therefore, amorphous ITO films excluding thermal process exhibit a decrease in electrical conductivity and optical transparency with time and a very poor chemical stability. However the amorphous Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) offers several advantages. For typical instance, unlike either crystalline or amorphous ITO, same and higher than a-IGZO resistivity is found when no reactive oxygen is added to the sputter chamber, this greatly simplifies the deposition. We reported on the characteristics of a-IGZO thin films were fabricated by RF-magnetron sputtering method on the PEN substrate at room temperature using 3inch sputtering targets different rate of Zn. The homogeneous and stable targets were prepared by calcine and sintering process. Furthermore, two types of IGZO TFT design, a- IGZO source/drain material in TFT and the other a- ITO source/drain material, have been fabricated for comparison with each other. The experimental results reveal that the a- IGZO source/drain electrode in IGZO TFT is shown to be superior TFT performances, compared with a- ITO source/drain electrode in IGZO TFT.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.60.2-60.2
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 Indium-free 및 gallium-free 기반의 산화물 TFT를 제작하기 위해 n-type $TiO_2$ 반도체 기반의 thin film transistor ($Mo/TiO_{2-x}/SiO_2/p+\;+Si$)를 oxygen deficient black $TiO_{2-x}$ 타겟을 이용하여 DC magnetron sputtering 공법으로 제작하고 그 특성을 분석하였다. DC magnetron sputtering 공법으로 성막된 $TiO_{2-x}$ semiconductor의 전기적, 광학적, 화학적 결합 에너지 및 구조적 특성 분석을 위해 semiconductor parameter analyzer (Aglient 4156-C), UV/Vis spectrometer, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy를 각각 이용하여 분석하였으며 이를 RTA 전/후 특성 비교를 통하여 관찰하였다. $TiO_{2-x}$ TFT의 소자 특성은 RTA 열처리 전/후 전형적인 insulator 특성에서 semiconductor 특성으로 변화되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 최적화된 열처리 공정에서 filed effect mobility 0.69 $cm^2$/Vs, on to off current ratio $2.04{\times}10^7$, sub-threshold swing 2.45 V/decade와 Vth 10.45 V를 확보할 수 있었다. 또한 RTA 열처리 후 밴드갭이 3.25에서 3.41로 확장되는 특성을 나타내었다. 특히 RTA 열처리 후 stoichiometric $TiO_2$ 상태와는 다른 $Ti^{2+}$, $Ti^{3+}$, $Ti^{4+}$ 등의 다양한 oxidation states가 관찰되었으며 이러한 oxidation states를 $TiO_{2-x}$ 박막에서의 oxygen deficient 상태와 연관시킴으로써 oxygen vacancy의 n-type dopant로의 거동을 확인하였다. $TiO_2$ 채널 기반의 TFT 특성을 통하여서 indium free 또는 gallium free 산화물 채널로써의 가능성을 확인하였다.