• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.299-299
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• 2013

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) has widely been used as a transparent conductive oxide (TCE) for photovoltaic devices. Lately, flexibility of ITO becomes an issue as demand of flexible device increases. Several scientists have tried to substitute ITO to different materials such as conductive polymer, graphene, CNT, and metal nanowire because of ITO brittleness. Among the substitute materials, PEDOT:PSS has mostly paid attention because PEDOT:PSS has excellent flexibility and good conductivity. The conductivity of PEDOT:PSS increases up to 1000 S/cm with additives such as DMSO, EG, sorbitol, and so on. In our research group, we introduce a conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS as a buffer layer to improve not only flexibility but also conductivity. As PEDOT:PSS layer forms beneath ITO thin film (20 nm), sheet resistance decreases from $230{\Omega}$/${\Box}$ to $85{\Omega}$/${\Box}$ and crack initiation decreases from 4.5 mm to 3.5 mm as well. We have fabricated organic photovoltaic device and power conversion efficiencies using conventional ITO electrode and ITO/PEDOT:PSS hybrid electrode. The photovoltaic property such as power conversion efficiency for ITO/PEDOT:PSS hybrid electrode is comparable to the value obtained using conventional ITO electrode on glass substrate.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.609-614
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• 2017

The proposed stretchable transparent electrodes based on silver nanowires (AgNWs) were prepared on a polyurethane (PU) substrate. In order toavoid the surface roughness caused by the silver nanowires, a titanium oxide ($TiO_2$) buffer layer was addedby coating and heating the organometallic sol-gel solution. The fabricated stretchable electrodes showedan electrical sheet resistance of $24{\Omega}sq^{-1}$, 78% transmittance at 550 nm, and an average surface roughness below 5 nm. Furthermore, the AgNW-based electrode maintained its initial electrical resistance under 130% strain testing conditions, without the assistance of additional conductive polymer layers. In this paper, the critical role of the $TiO_2$ buffer layer between the AgNW network and the PU substrate has been discussed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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• pp.413-413
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• 2007

In recent years, flexible display devices such as liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diode (OLED), etc. have attracted considerable interest in a wide variety of applications. Polymer substrate is absolutely necessary to realize this kind of flexible display devices. Using the polymer as a substrate, there are lots of advantages including not only mechanical flexibility such as rolling and bending characteristics but also light weights, low cost and so on. In detail, thickness and weights is only one forth and one second of glass substrate, respectively. However, it needs low temperature below $150^{\circ}C$ in the fabrication process comparing to conventional deposition process. The polymer substrate is not thermally stable as much as the glass substrate so that some deformation can be occurred according to variation of temperature. In particular, performance of devices can be easily deteriorated by shrinkage of substrate when heating it. In this paper, pre-annealing and deposition of buffer layer was introduced and studied to solve previously mentioned problems of the shrinkage and followed shear stress.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1568-1570
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• 2003

We have studied the I-V characteristics of polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) thin film depending on a variation of thickness. Polymer PTFE buffer layer was made using thermal evaporation technique. The device was made in the structure of ITO/PTFE/Al. We have observed the NDR(negative differential resistance) behavior between 2.5V and 5V. There are some reports on this NDR behavior in the polymer thin film[1]. We have studied the NDR behavior depending on a variation thickness. As the film thickness increased, The NDR behavior decreased and moved in low electrical field, and we have studied the conduction mechanism of PTFE thin film.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.195-196
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• 2009

ITZO 박막과 $TIO_2$ 버퍼층은 각각 두 개의 캐소드를 사용한 마그네트론 2원동시 방전법과 산소 함량 2%를 사용한 반응성 sputtering 방법으로 각각 증착이 되었다. 모든 박막들은 상온에서 폴리머 기판인 PET에 증착되었다. $TiO_2$ 버퍼층을 도입함으로써 ITZO/$TiO_2$ 박막은 비정질 구조를 보여 주었고, 그것들의 비저항은 버퍼층의 두께가 증가할수록 감소함을 관찰하였다. 특히 기계적 특징은 $TiO_2$ 버퍼층을 5nm 증착하였을 경우에 bending test와 광학 현미경의 crack정도를 관찰함으로써 향상되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 투과율에 있어서 단일 ITZO 박막과 버퍼층을 5nm 도입한 박막은 가시광선에서 약 75%의 투과율을 가짐을 알 수 있었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.424-429
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• 2010

졸-젤법을 이용한 실리카를 지방족 폴리에스테르 주사슬에 가교구조로 도입한 하이브리드 복합재료를 합성하여 열전소자의 버퍼코트층으로의 적용가능성을 검토하였다. 고분자 기지로 사용된 폴리에스테르는 $240^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 열처리 시간에 따라 $30{\sim}90^{\circ}C$ 정도 열분해개시 온도가 증가하였고, 폴리에스테르-실리카 복합재료는 실리카의 첨가 비율에 따라 $30{\sim}50^{\circ}C$ 정도 열분해 개시온도가 증가하였다. 폴리에스테르-실리카 복합재료는 실리카가 Knoevenagel 축합반응을 방해하는 요소로 작용하여 폴리에스테르에 비해 열처리후에도 변색이 일어나지 않았고, 광학특성 변화가 작았다. 이들 복합재료의 열전도도는 실리카의 첨가량에 따라 선형적으로 증대되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.258-258
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• 2008

Among several available high-k dielectrics the lanthanum zirconium oxide ($LaZrO_x$) system is very attractive as a buffer insulating layer. Because both lanthanum and zirconium atoms, the constituents of the $LaZrO_x$ thin film, have been considered to be thermally stable in contact with Si. The $LaZrO_x$ films were deposited by a sol-gel method. After the deposition, The $LaZrO_x$ films were crystallized at $750^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes in $O_2$ ambient. PVDF-TrFE films were deposited on these $LaZrO_x$/Si structures using a sol-gel technique. The sol-gel solution was spin-coated on $LaZrO_x$/Si structures at 500 rpm for 5 sec and 2500 rpm for 15 sec. The deposited layer was dried at $165^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in air on a hot-plate. Then, we deposited Au electrode on PVDF-TrFE films using thermal evaporation.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.744-750
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• 1998

마이크로 머신 소자는 일반전자 소자와 달리 소자 자체에 미세한 기계적 구조물을 갖고 있으며, 이의 구동을 통하여 센서 또는 엑츄에이터의 기능을 갖게 된다. 이 소자들은 그 작동 요구특성에 따라 패키지의 기계적, 환경적 격리를 요구하거나 분위기조절이 요구되는 등 까다로운 패키지 특성을 필요로 한다. 또한 미세한 작동소자들로 인하여 열 및 열응력에 매우 민감하며, 패키지방법에 따라 구동부위의 작동 특성이 크게 변화할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 마이크로 머신 소자가 패키지 상에 접촉되어 패키지 될 때, 소자의 접촉 재료 및 공정온도, 크기 등이 마이크로 머신 소자에 미치는 열응력을 연구하였다. 유한요소해석법을 사용하여 소자에 미치는 열응력과 이로 인한 마이크로머신 소자의 물리적 변형을 예측하고, 이를 통하여 마이크로 머신 소자 패키지에 최소한의 열응력을 미치는 소자접속 재료의 선별과 패키지 설계의 최적화를 이루고자 하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.180-186
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• 2001

최근 전류 법적인 Clark형 센서의 단점을 극복하기 위해 FET형 용존 산소 센서가 제안되었다. 그러나 제안된 센서의 출력은 작업전극에서 발생하는 pH의 변화를 감지하기 때문에 유속에 대한 영향을 받는다. 본 논문에서는 FIA(flow injection analysis)를 이용하여 유속의 영향을 최소화 할 수 있는 방향을 결정하였다. 그리고 완충막을 작업전극과 감지막 위에 형성시켜 작업전극과 감지부가 측정용액에 직접 노출되어 용액의 유동에 의해 센서의 출력이 불안정한 문제를 개선하였다. TEOS(tetraethylorthosilicate)와 DEDMS(diethoxydimethylsilane)를 혼합하여 졸-겔법으로 완충막을 형성하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.139-139
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• 2010

Ionic Transition Metal Complex based (iTMC) Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEECs) have been drawn attention for cheap and easy-to-fabricate light-emitting device. LEEC is one of the promising candidate for next generation display and solid-state lighting applications which can cover the defects of current commercial OLEDs like complicated fabrication process and strong work-function dependent sturucture. We have investigated the performance characteristics of LEECs based on poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)-incorporated transition metal complex, which is tris(2, 2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate in this study. There are advantages using conductive polymer-incorporated luminous layer to prevent light disturbance and absorbance while light-emitting process between light-emitting layer and transparent electrode like ITO. The devices were fabricated as sandwiched structure and light-emitting layer was deposited approximately 40nm thickness by spin coating and aluminum electrode was deposited using thermal evaporation process under the vacuum condition (10-3Pa). Current density and light intensity were measured using optical spectrometer, and surface morphology changes of the luminous layer were observed using XRD and AFM varying contents of PEDOT:PSS in the Ruthenium(II) complex solution. To observe enhanced ionic conductivity of PEDOT:PSS and luminous layer, space-charge-limited-currents model was introduced and it showed that the performances and stability of LEECs were improved. Main discussions are the followings. First, relationship between film thickness and performance characteristics of device was considered. Secondly, light-emitting behavior when PEDOT:PSS layer on the ITO, as a buffer, was introduced to iTMC LEECs. Finally, electrical properties including carrier mobility, current density-voltage, light intensity-voltage, response time and turn-on voltages were investigated.