• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.110-114
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• 2011

Polymeric films of high chemical stability and mechanical strength covered with a thin metallic film have been extensively used in various fields as electric and electronic materials. In this study, we have chosen polypropylene (PP) as the polymer due to its outstanding chemical resistance and good creep resistance. We coated thin nickel film on PP films by the electroless plating process. The surfaces of PP films were pre-treated and modified to increase the adhesion strength of metal layer on PP films, prior to the plating process, by an environment-friendly process with atmospheric plasma generated using dielectric barrier discharges in air. The surface morphologies of the PP films were observed before and after the surface modification process using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The static contact angles were measured with deionized water droplets. The cross-sectional images of the PP films coated with thin metal film were taken with SEM to see the combined state between metallic and PP films. The adhesion strength of the metallic thin films on the PP films was confirmed by the thermal shock test and the cross-cutting and peel test. In conclusion, we made a composite material of metallic and polymeric films of high adhesion strength.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2017

The effect of metal turnover (MTO) of electroless Ni plating bath on the brittle fracture behavior of electroless nickel electroless palladium immersion gold (ENEPIG)/Sn-3.0wt%Ag-0.5wt%Cu(SAC305) solder joint was evaluated in this study. The MTOs of the electroless Ni for the ENEPIG surface finish were 0 and 3. As the MTO increased, the interfacial IMC thickness increased. The brittle fracture behavior of the ENEPIG/SAC305 solder joint was evaluated with high speed shear (HSS) test. The HSS strength decreased with increasing the MTO of the electroless Ni bath. The brittle fracture increased with increasing the shear speed of the HSS test. The percentage of the brittle fracture for the 3 MTO sample was much higher than that for the 0 MTO sample.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.192-193
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• 2007

An evaporated Ti/Pd/Ag contact system is most widely used to make high-efficiency silicon solar cells, however, the system is not cost effective due to expensive materials and vacuum techniques. Commercial solar cells with screen-printed contacts formed by using Ag paste suffer from a low fill factor and a high shading loss because of high contact resistance and low aspect ratio. Low-cost Ni and Cu metal contacts have been formed by using electro less plating and electroplating techniques to replace the Ti/Pd/Ag and screen-printed Ag contacts. Ni/Cu alloy is plated on a silicon substrate by electro-deposition of the alloy from an acetate electrolyte solution, and nickel-silicide formation at the interface between the silicon and the nickel enhances stability and reduces the contact resistance. It was, therefore, found that nickel-silicide was suitable for high-efficiency solar cell applications. Cu was electroplated on the Ni layer by using a light induced plating method. The Cu electroplating solution was made up of a commercially available acid sulfate bath and additives to reduce the stress of the copper layer. In this paper, we investigated low-cost Ni/Cu contact formation by electro less and electroplating for crystalline silicon solar cells.

• 한국염색가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국염색가공학회 2004년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.238-244
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• 2004

In this study we have examined Copper and Nickel double metal layer on the synthetic fabrics by electroless chemical plating. We have focused on the shielding effect of the four kinds of woven and none-woven structure against electromagnetic fields. The shielding effectiveness of Copper and Nickel double metal layer showed between 90dB and 70dB, which are closely related to the fabric structure, that is cover factor and density. The more dense, The better shielding effect.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 1999

Flip chip assembly directly on organic boards offers miniaturization of package size as well as reduction in interconnection distances resulting in a high performance and cost-competitive Packaging method. This paper describes the investigation of alternative low cost flip-chip mounting processes using electroless Ni/Au bump and anisotropic conductive adhesives/films as an interconnection material on organic boards such as FR-4. As bumps for flip chip, electroless Ni/Au plating was performed and characterized in mechanical and metallurgical point of view. Effect of annealing on Ni bump characteristics informed that the formation of crystalline nickel with $Ni_3$P precipitation above $300^{\circ}C$ causes an increase of hardness and an increase of the intrinsic stress resulting in a reliability limitation. As an interconnection material, modified ACFs composed of nickel conductive fillers for electrical conductor and non-conductive inorganic fillers for modification of film properties such as coefficient of thermal expansion(CTE) and tensile strength were formulated for improved electrical and mechanical properties of ACF interconnection. The thermal fatigue life of ACA/F flip chip on organic board limited by the thermal expansion mismatch between the chip and the board could be increased by a modified ACA/F. Three ACF materials with different CTE values were prepared and bonded between Si chip and FR-4 board for the thermal strain measurement using moire interferometry. The thermal strain of ACF interconnection layer induced by temperature excursion of $80^{\circ}C$ was decreased with decreasing CTEs of ACF materials.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.140-144
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• 2016

In this paper, core-shell structure of nickel/gold (Ni/Au) conductive layer on poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) micro-ball was fabricated and its conduction property was investigated. Firstly, PMMA micro-ball was synthesized by using dispersion polymerization method. Size of the ball was $2.8{\mu}m$ within ${\pm}7%$ deviation, and appropriate elastic deformation of the PMMA micro-ball ranging from 31 to 39% was achieved under 3 kg pressure. Also, 200 nm thick Ni/Au conductive layer was fabricated on the PMMA micro-ball by uniformly depositing with electroless-plating. Adhesion of the conductive layer was optimized with help of surface pre-treatment, and the layer adhered without peeling-off despite of thermal expansion by collision with accelerated electrons. Composite paste containing core-shell structured particles well cured at low temperature of $130^{\circ}C$ while pressing the test chip onto the substrate to make electrical contact, and electrical resistance of the conductive layer showed stable behavior of about $6.0{\Omega}$. Thus, it was known that core-shell structured particle of the Ni/Au conductive layer on PMMA micro-ball was feasible to flexible electronics.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 1989

Codeposion of inert particles particles in a metallic mateix by electroless plating process involves two phenomena. Firstly, the adsorption of inercles and secondly, the adsorption of inert particles on the cathode. In the present paper the first adsorption phenomenon and in the next paper the second ane are studied in greaterdetail for the Ni-SiCc, Ni-Al2AO3 and Ni-WC systems. Measurements of the Zeta potentials for the SiC and Al2AO3 particles have been in different electrolyte solutions and the ionic species adsorbed on the Particles studied. The addition of sodium acetate, trisodium citrate and sodium phosphinate to nikel sulface sruomotes the zeta potential of SiC and Al2O3 particles, but zeta phosphinate to nickel is more positive than Al2O3 particles although the amount of nickel ion adsorbrd on the Al2O3 particles become greater than that of SiC particles. It is suggested that this is due to adsortion of Na ion onto the surface SiC particles.

• 공업화학
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.742-748
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• 1997

초경공구(WC-Co)의 성능 향상을 목적으로 고경도, 높은 열전도도의 특성 등을 가진 다이아몬드 막을 코팅하고 있으나 WC-Co 기판표면의 특성상 문제점으로 인하여 코팅의 어려움이 있다. 이 문제의 해결을 위하여 WC-Co기판위에 중간층을 도입한 후 다이아몬드 막을 증착시키는 새로운 방법을 고려하였으며 중간층의 제조에 무전해 Ni-P도금법을 사용하였다. 무전해도금을 위한 WC-Co기판의 전처리, 무전해도금 및 열처리, 다이아몬드 막 증착의 공정에 대하여 조사하였다. 형성되는 계면의 구조와 성분, 계면간의 밀착력 등을 Scratch Tester, Roughness Tester, SEM/EDS, XRD, Raman Spectroscopy를 사용하여 분석하였다. 무전해도금의 전처리로서 산에 의한 방법과 다이아몬드 분말에 의한 방법을 사용하였으며 두 경우에 모두 WC-Co기판의 표면조도의 감소, 표면 Co성분의 감소, 그리고 밀착력 저하가 관찰되었다. 무전해도금층의 열처리시 영향을 조사하였으며 온도 증가에 따라 Ni 결정이 형성되며 이로 인하여 도금의 밀착력이 증가되며 Ni 결정이 성장함을 관찰하였다. 또한 열처리된 Ni-P도금 위에서 다이아몬드막 증착 실험을 실시하였으며 증착온도를 증가시킴에 따라 다이아몬드 형성이 증가되어 $800^{\circ}C$일때 양호한 다이아몬드 막을 얻을 수 있었다. 본 연구의 방법 및 실험조건은 WC-Co를 비롯하여 다이아몬드 막 형성이 어려운 소재들의 코팅에 효과적으로 이용될 수 있다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2007

Nano-sized Sn particles were coated with Ni-P layer using an electroless deposition method and their anodic performance was tested for lithium secondary batteries. Uniform coating layers were obtained, of which the thickness was controlled by varying the $Ni^{2+}$ concentration in the plating bath. It was found that the Ni-P layer plays two important roles in improving the anodic performance of Sn powder electrode. First, it prevents the inter-particle aggregation between Sn particles during the charge/discharge process. Second, it provides an electrical conduction pathway to the Sn particles, which allows an electrode fabrication without an addition of conductive carbon. A pseudo-optimized sample showed a good cyclability and high capacity ($>400mAh\;g^{-1}$) even without conductive carbon loading.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제5권7호
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• pp.794-801
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• 1995

LCD 모듈을 위한 실장 기술인 Chip on Glass 공정 기술을 개발함에 있어 구동 IC와 기판d의 Al 전극을 연결하기 위하여 기존의 기술과의 연관성 및 공정의 연속성, 제조단가등을 고려하여 Pb-Sn 범프를 사용하고자 하였으며 이를 위해 Al 금속 박막위에 니켈 무전해 도금하는 방법을 연구 하였다. Al 전극에 무전해 니켈 도금하기 위해서는 광레지스트 차폐막을 손상하지 않는 전처리 방법이 필요하기 때문에 전처리 방법으로서 알칼리 아연산염 처리법과 불화물을 이용한 아연산염 처리법을 선택하여 실시하였다. 이 가운데 산성불화암모늄(NH$_4$HF)을 1.5 g/$\ell$ 함유하고 황산아연(ZnSO$_4$)을 100 g/$\ell$ 함유한 산성 아연산염 용액에서는 광레지스트 차폐막이 손상되지 않았으며 처리시간을 적절히 조절함으로써 알루미늄 박막상에 선택적으로 니켈 무전해 도금을 할 수 있었다. 아연산염 응액중의 첨가제와 무전해 도금액 중의 억제제인 Thiourea는 도금층의 평활도를 높이는 역할을 하였다. 또한 아연산염 처리를 하기 전에 산세 처리를 함으로써 도금층의 균일성을 향상시킬 수 있었다.