• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.187-187
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• 2015

The past thirty years have seen increasingly rapid advances in the field of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) transparent thin film.[1] However, a major problem with this ITO thin film application is high cost compared with other transparent thin film materials.[2] So far, in order to overcome this disadvantage, we show a transparent ITO/Ag/i-ZnO multilayer thin film electrode can be the solution. In comparison with using amount of ITO as a transparent conducting material, intrinsic-Zinc-Oxide (i-ZnO) based on ITO/Ag/i-ZnO multilayer thin film showed cost-effective and it has not only highly transparent but also conductive properties. The aim of this research has therefore been to try and establish how ITO/Ag/i-ZnO multilayer thin film would be more effective than ITO thin film. Herein, we report ITO/Ag/i-ZnO multilayer thin film properties by using optical spectroscopic method and measuring sheet resistance. At a certain total thickness of thin film, sheet resistance of ITO/Ag/i-ZnO multilayer was drastically decreased than ITO layer approximately $40{\Omega}/{\square}$ at same visible light transmittance.(minimal point $5.2{\Omega}/{\square}$). Tendency, which shows lowly sheet resistive in a certain transmittance, has been observed, hence, it should be suitable for transparent electrode device.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.403-403
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• 2011

결정질 태양전지는 태양전지 시장에 큰 서막을 장식하였다. 현재 여러 종류의 태양전지 기술들이 많이 나오고 있지만 결정질 태양전지는 변환 효율이 좋고 신뢰성이 높아서 높은 시장 점유율을 차지하고 있다. 하지만 응용 분야가 적고 기판 가격이 비싸다는 단점이 있다. 현재에는 응용분야 개선을 위하여 Flexible solar cell에 대한 연구가 활발하다. Flexible solar cell에 상부전극은 결정질 태양전지에서 사용되는 Ag나 Al 전극 대신 TCO 종류의 일종인 ITO를 많이 사용한다. Flexible Solar cell은 Organic Solar cell과 Amorphous Solar Cell 두 가지 범주를 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Amorphous Solar Cell의 전극에 사용되는 ITO의 온도 Stress에 따른 특성을 연구함으로써 Engineer의 근본적인 이슈인 저비용, 고효율에 초점을 맞추어 소자특성을 확인해 보도록 한다. Glass에 E-beam evaporation 장비를 이용하여 ITO를 증착하였고 제작된 소자를 200, 250, 300, 350$^{\circ}C$의 온도변수를 두어 1시간동안 Annealing 하였다. 각 Annealing 온도에 따른 Sheet resistivity,와 visible 영역의 transmittant를 측정하였다. visible영역에서의 transmittant는 Annealing 200$^{\circ}C$에서 300$^{\circ}C$로 온도가 증가함에 따라 transmittant는 증가하다가 350$^{\circ}C$에서 감소하였다. Sheet resistivity의 경우 Annealing 200$^{\circ}C$에서 300$^{\circ}C$로 온도가 증가함에 따라 ITO의 Sheet resistivity가 줄어들다가 350$^{\circ}C$에서 증가하였다. 300$^{\circ}C$로 Annealing한 ITO가 가시광선 영역에서 transmittant가 가장 높은 80%로 측정 되었다. Sheet resistivity역시 300$^{\circ}C$로 Annealing한 ITO가 8${\Omega}/{\Box}$로 가장 낮았다. Annealing 온도가 ITO의 electrical 특성과 optical 특성에 변화를 주었음을 알 수 있었다. Resistivity가 낮은 ITO 전극으로 박막 셀을 제작한다면 좋은 효율을 얻을 수 있을 거라 생각된다.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2015

Purpose: For optimizing properties of final glasses frame, the aim of this study is to examine the correlation of processing conditions and properties of cellulose acetate (CA) sheets through the investigation of properties of CA sheets prepared under processing steps. Methods: The properties of CA sheets were investigated in terms of different glasses frame processing conditions, bending process, barrel process, and ultrasonic cleaning process. CA sheets prepared through the sequential processing were examined by various analysis: gloss, mechanical properties, thermal properties. Results: After barrel process, hardness and tensile strength of CA sheet were increased. However, bending strength and impact strength were decreased. It is suggested the CA sheet had became rather stiff state (brittle). Also, in degradation temperature region of plasticizer, about 3% of reduction in plasticizer weight was confirmed upon TGA analysis. Conclusions: Glasses frame process, especially in the barrel process have a profound influence on the properties of CA sheet owing to reduction of total amount of plasticizer.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess characterize overseas company's Cellulose acetate glasses frame sheets (overseas company's CA sheet) Also, the optimum content of plasticizer and melt extrusion condition of industrial CA resin were established for appropriate glasses frame. Methods: Overseas company's Cellulose acetate glasses frame sheets (overseas company's CA sheet) were characterized by $^1H$-NMR, GPC, and TGA. Also, the optimum content of plasticizer and melt extrusion condition of industrial CA resin were established. Results: The plasticizer of overseas company's CA sheet measured by $^1H$-NMR was diethyl phthalate, and its content was measured 30 wt% by TGA. Also, industrial CA resin showed enough melting behavior in the range of 190~200$^{\circ}C$. Compared to overseas company's CA sheet's tensile strength value of 2.2~2.8 kgf/$mm^2$, industrial CA resin exhibited sufficient tensile strength value of 2.3 kgf/$mm^2$ for glasses frame. Conclusions: Industrial CA resin with 30 wt% plasticizer content would be a promising material for glasses frame prepared by melt extrusion to replace China CA sheet.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.277-284
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• 2018

This paper reports the transparent electrode, which would be applied to transparent displays and smart glasses. Herein, a squared metal mesh with the most widely used copper wire in microwaves is studied for the alternating thin-film-type transparent and conducting indium tin oxide(ITO), with a low conductivity(sheet resistance > $5{\Omega}/sq.$). The electromagnetic performance of a patch antenna with metal mesh is analyzed. This paper presents the results of the optical(OT, optical transparent) and electrical(sheet resistance) characteristics of a squared metal mesh, which is a basic design. To improve the OT, copper wire(w=0.2 mm) is used in fabricating the squared metal mesh and the relationship between the OT and the antenna performance(radiation gain, radiation pattern) was analyzed according to the mesh size(l=1, 2 mm). The measurement results show that the antenna performance and the optical characteristic are in inverse proportion to each other. In real applications, the optical and electrical characteristics, and the costs of production are to be considered.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.95-95
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07d
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• pp.1795-1796
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• 1999

ITO thin films have been deposited on PET substrate by reactive dc magnetron sputtering without substrate heater and post heat treatment. The electrical and optical properties of as-deposited films are dominated by oxygen gas ratio. As the experimental results, the excellent ITO films are prepared on PET substrate at the operating conditions as follows: operating pressure of 5 mTorr, target-substrate distance of 4.5 cm, dc power of $20{\sim}30W$, and oxygen gas ratio of 10 %. The optical transmittance is above 80 % at 550 nm, and the sheet resistance and resistivity of films are $24{\Omega}$/square and $1.5{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.3-13
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• 2005

The optical patterantor provides the high resolution and quantitative information of the spray. Fuel distribution and Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD) can be measured from fluorescence and Mie-scat-tering images. To correct the attenuation of the laser beam and signal in dense spray region, the method to find the geometric mean of the signal intensities obtained from two cameras was evaluated and verified in a solid-cone spray. In high pressure environment, the increased number density of the droplets cause multiple scattering. The optical patternation technique using a laser beam instead of a laser sheet was applied to minimize the multiple scattering problem. The pattern of a coaxial spray was changed from hollow-cone to solid-cone shape, and the spray angle was reduced as the ambient pressure increased from 0.1 to 4.0 MPa.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.1039-1042
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• 2001

A method for designing antireflection (AR) and antistatic (AS) films by the use of conducting polymer as an electrically conductive transparent layer is proposed. The conducting AR film is composed of four-layer with alternating high and low refractive index layer: silicon dioxide (n=1.44) and titanium dioxide (n=2.02) prepared at low temperature by sol-gel method are used as the low and high refractive index layer, respectively. The 3,4-polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) which has the sheet resistance of 10$^4$$\Omega$/$\square$ is used as a conductive layer. Optical constant of ARAS film was measured by the spectroscopic ellipsometer and from the measured optical constants the spectral properties such as reflectance and transmittance were simulated in the visible region. The reflectance of ARAS films on glass substrate was below 0.8 %R and the transmittance was higher than 95 % in the visible wavelength (400-700 nm). The measured AR spectral properties was very similar to its simulated results.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.601-604
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• 2008

We report on the Ag thickness effect on the electrical and optical properties of indium zinc tin oxide (IZTO)-Ag-IZTO multilayer electrode grown on a PET substrate and the surface plasmon effect of Ag layer on the optical properties of IZTO-Ag-IZTO electrode. Using an IZTO-Ag-IZTO multilayer with a total thickness below ~80 nm, we can obtain high-quality flexible electrode with very low sheet resistance, high transmittance, high work function and superior flexibility.