• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2013

For the biocompatibility test of implantable devices or for the sensitivity evaluation of biomedical sensors, it is required to understand the mechanism of the protein adsorption and the interaction between the adsorbed proteins and cells. In this study, the adsorption of proteins in a cell culture medium with fetal bovine serum onto an indium tin-oxide electrode was characterized by using linear sweep voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. We immersed the fabricated ITO electrodes in the culture medium for 30, 60, or 90 min, and then measured the electrochemical properties of electrodes with 10 mM $Fe(CN){_6}^{3-/4-}$ and 0.1 M KCl electrolyte. With an increase of contacting time, the anodic peak current was decreased and the charge transfer resistance was increased. However, both parameters were recovered to the values before contact with the medium after the treatment of Trypsin/Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid hydrolyzing proteins.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.392-397
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 투명 전극용 ITO(Indium Tin Oxide) 박막의 성막 조건을 알아내기 위하여 DC(Direct Current) 마그네트론 스퍼터를 사용해 증착된 ITO 박막의 특성을 분석하였다. 실험 조건은 1~3[mTorr] 분위기압으로 조절하고 인가전압은 260~330[V]로 10[V]씩 스텝을 주어 실험을 진행하였다. 증착된 박막의 투과율, 굴절률 및 표면과 단면 형상을 자외선-가시광선 분광광도계, 타원편광분석기와 주사전자현미경으로 측정하였다. ITO 성막 조건 1~2[mTorr] 분위기압에서 300[V] 정도의 전압이 투과율이 90[%] 이상으로 우수하고 굴절률이 2이상 이였다. 따라서 높은 투명 전도성 전극을 만들기에 적절한 조건임을 확인하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2009

리튬 이차전지의 양극 활물질인 스피넬 망간산화물(${LiMn_2}{O_4}$, LMO) 표면에 ITO(indium tin oxide)를 코팅하여, 고온($55^{\circ}C$)에서 사이클 수명과 속도특성을 조사하였다. 정전류 정전압 충방전 실험의 결과, ITO가 코팅되지 않은 LMO 전극의 표면에서 고온 고전압 조건에서 전해질이 분해하여 피막이 형성되고, 이 피막의 저항으로 인하여 분극현상(polarization)이 심하게 발생하였다. 그러나, ITO가 2 mol% 이상 코팅된 LMO의 경우 양극 활물질과 전해질과의 직접적인 접촉 면적이 줄어들어, 전해질의 분해가 감소하였고 내부저항에 의한 분극 현상 또한 현저히 감소하였다. 이러한 결과, ITO가 코팅된 전극의 충방전에 따른 가역성이 코팅되지 않은 LMO에 비해 크게 향상되었다. 적외선 분광기를 이용하여 ITO가 코팅된 LMO 표면에서 피막형성이 감소함을 확인하였다. ITO의 코팅으로 LMO 전극의 속도특성도 크게 향상되었는데, 이는 저항이 큰 피막형성이 억제된다는 점과 ITO의 전기전도도가 크다는 사실로 설명할 수 있다.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.177-179
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• 2009

In order to investigate the possible application of ZnO films as a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) electrode, ZnO:Al films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering method. The effects of surface treatment and doping concentration on the structural and electrical properties of ZnO films were mainly studied experimentally. Five-inch PDP cells using either a ZnO:Al or indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode were also fabricated separately under the same manufacturing conditions. The luminous properties of both the transparent conducting oxide electrode were measured and compared with each other. By doping the ZnO target with 2 wt% of Al2O3, the film deposited at a chemical surface treatment resulted in the minimum resistivity of 8.5 _ 10_4 U-cm and a transmittance of 91.7%. And DBD surface treatment resulted in the minimum resistivity of 8.5 _ 10_4 U-cm and a transmittance of 91.7%. Although the luminance and luminous efficiency of the transparent conducting oxide electrode using ZnO:AI are lower than those of the cell with the ITO electrode by about 10%, these values are sufficient enough to be considered for the normal operation of TCO.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2012

The electrocatalytic activities and surface roughness of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) electrodes have been investigated after thermal treatment at 100, 150, or $200^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, 2 h, or 8 h. To check electrocatalytic activities, the electrochemical behavior of four electroactive species (p-hydroquinone, $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$, ferrocenemethanol, and $Fe(CN){_6}^{4-}$) has been measured. The electron transfer rate for p-hydroquinone oxidation and ferrocenemethanol oxidation increases with increasing the incubation temperature and the incubation period of time, but the rate for $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$ is similar irrespective of the incubation temperature and period because $Ru(NH_3){_6}^{3+}$ undergoes a fast outer-sphere reaction. Overall, the electrocatalytic activities of ITO electrodes increase with increasing the incubation temperature and period. The surface roughness of ITO electrodes increases with increasing the incubation temperature, and the thermal treatment generates many towering pillars as high as several tens of nanometer.

• 센서학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.10-15
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• 1995

유기 박막 electoluminescent(EL) 소자를 제작하여 전극의 일함수에 따른 출력휘도의 의존성과 휘도-전압 특성을 측정하였다. 제작된 소자의 구조는 Indium-Tin-Oxide(ITO)/정공수송층/발광층(전자수송층)/금속전극이며, 정공수송층으로는 PMMA+TPD(0.5wt%)와 측쇄 액정 고분자 메트릭스인 MC homopolymer+TPD(0.005wt%)와 (MC/MMA)copolymer+TPD(0.005wt%)을 사용하였으며, 발광층은 $Alq_{3}$을, 금속전극으로는 Ca, Mg, Mg:Ag(10:1) 와 Al을 사용하였다. 출력특성이 전압에 따른 정류특성을 가짐을 보였으며, 소자의 문턱전압은 5볼트이고, 출력 휘도는 10 볼트에서 700 $Cd/m^{2}$이상의 휘도를 보였다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.307-311
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• 1999

Interfacial properties of electrode and organic thin layer is one of the most important factor in performing a Light Emitting Diodes(LED). Phthalocyanine copper was used as a buffer layer to improve interface characteristic, so that device efficiency was improved. In this study, LEDs were fabricated as like structures of Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) / N,N' -Diphenyl-N,N'-di(m-tolyl)-benzidine (TPD) / 8-Hydroxyquinoline aluminum(Alq) / Aluminum(Al) and Indium-Tin-Oxide(ITO) / N,N'-Diphenyl-N,N' -di(m-tolyl)-benzidine(TPD) / 2-(4-Biphenylyl)-5(4-tert-butyl-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole(PBD) / Aluminum(Al). In these devices, CuPC was layered at electrode/organic layer interface. As position is changing and thickness is changing, devices showed characteristic luminescence efficiency and luminescence inensity respectively. We showed in this study that luminescence efficiency was improved with CuPC layer in LEDs. The efficiency of device with layer CuPC is higher than that of 2 layer CuPC. However, the luminescence of 2 layer CuPC device got higher value.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.388-392
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• 2013

현재 인듐-주석-산화물(Indium-Tin-Oxide, ITO)은 디스플레이 제품에 투명 전극으로 사용된다. 하지만 인듐과 주석의 자원고갈 문제와 ITO 제조 공정에 많은 에너지가 소비되어 최근에는 ITO 대체물질의 개발과 ITO 재사용 및 재활용에 관한 연구가 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 상황에서 ITO를 재활용 하게 되면 수치상으로 환경부하 값의 변화 추이를 확인하기 위해서는 전과정 평가 기법을 이용한 전과정 평가가 매우 적절하다. 따라서 전과정 평가 수행을 위해 공정상에서 투입물질과 생성물질을 구분하고, 데이터 베이스(DB)를 적용하여 환경성 평가 결과를 영향 범주별로 계산하였으며, 34%를 폐기함에 따라 각각 해당하는 환경부하 값이 계산되었다. 화학당량적으로 ITO의 양을 계산하여 환경부하 값을 결정할 경우, 산성 물질과 자원고갈에 해당하는 값들이 계산되었고, ITO를 1 ton 생산하여 34%를 폐기할 경우 $ 476를 땅에 묻는 결과가 도출되었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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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.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2021

Transparent conducting oxide (TCO) films have been widely used in optoelectronic devices, such as OLEDs, TFTs, and solar cells. However, thin films of indium tin oxide (ITO) have few disadvantages pertaining to process parameters such as substrate temperature and sputtering power. In this study, we investigated the requirements for using TCO films in silicon-based solar cells and the best alternative TCO materials to improve their efficiency. Moreover, we discussed the current status of high-efficiency solar cells using low-temperature TCO films such as indium zinc oxide and Zr-doped indium oxide.