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Effect of Pt Layers on the Photoelectrochemical Properties and Stability of a Copper Oxide/n-Si Electrode (Copper oxide/n-Si 전극의 광전기화학 변환 특성과 안정성에 미치는 Pt 층의 영향)

  • 윤기현;홍석건;강동헌
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 2000
  • The Pt/copper oxide/n-Si electrodes were fabricated by depositing copper oxide thin film of 500${\AA}$ and very thin Pt layer on the n-type (100) Si substrate. hotoelectrochemical properties and stability profiles of the electrodes were investigated as a function of deposition time of Pt layer. As the deposition time of Pt layer increased up to 10 seconds, the photocurrent and quantum efficiency were increased and then decreased with further depositing time. The better cell stability was observed for the electrode with longer deposition time. The improvements in above photoelectrochemical properties indicate that Pt layer acts as a catalyst layer at electrode/electrolyte interface as well as a protective layer. The decreasing tendency of the photocurrent and efficiency for the electrode with Pt layer deposited above 20 seconds was explained as an increases in probbility of electron-hole pair recombination and also the absorbing photon loss at electrode surface due to the excessive thickness of Pt layer. The results were confirmed by impedance spectroscopy, mutiple cycle voltammograms and microstructural analyses.

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Mechanical characterization of 100 nm-thick Au thin film using strip bending test (띠 굽힘 시험을 통한 100 nm 두께 금 박막의 기계적 특성 평가)

  • Kim, J.H.;Lee, H.J.;Han, S.W.;Baek, C.W.;Kim, J.M.;Kim, Y.K.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.252-257
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    • 2004
  • Nanometer-sized structures are being applied to many devices including micro/nano electronics, optoelectronics, quantum devices, MEMS/NEMS, biosensors, etc. Especially, the thin film with submicron thickness is a basic structure for fabricating these devices, but its mechanical behaviors are not well understood. The mechanical properties of the thin film are different from those of the bulk structure and are difficult to measure because of its handling inconvenience. Several techniques have been applied to mechanical characterization of the thin film, such as nanoindentation test, micro/nano tensile test, strip bending test, etc. In this study, we focus on the strip bending test because of its high accuracy and moderate specimen preparation efforts, and measure Au thin film, which is a very popular material in micro/nano electronic devices. Au film is deposited on Si substrate by evaporation process, of which thickness is 100nm. Using the strip bending test, we obtain elastic modulus, yield and ultimate tensile strength, and residual stress of Au thin film.

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A Multifunctional Material Based on Triphenylamine and a Naphthyl Unit for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Organic Solar Cells, and Organic Thin-Film Transistors

  • Kwon, Jongchul;Kim, Myoung Ki;Hong, Jung-Pyo;Lee, Woochul;Lee, Seonghoon;Hong, Jong-In
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.1355-1360
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    • 2013
  • We have developed a new multifunctional material, 4,4',4"-tris(4-naphthalen-2-yl-phenyl)amine (2-TNPA), which can be used as a blue-emitting and hole-transporting material in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), as well as a donor material in organic solar cells (OSCs) and an active material in organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). The OLED device doped with 3% 2-TNPA shows a maximum current efficiency of 3.0 $cdA^{-1}$ and an external quantum efficiency of 3.0%. 2-TNPA is a more efficient hole-transporting material than 4,4'-bis[N-(naphthyl-N-phenylamino)]biphenyl (NPD). Furthermore, 2-TNPA shows a power-conversion efficiency of 0.39% in OSC and a field-effect mobility of $3.2{\times}10^{-4}cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}$ in OTFTs.

Environment Effects on the Stability of the CQUEAN CCD

  • Choi, Nahyun;Pak, Soojong;Choi, Changsu;Park, Won-Kee;Im, Myungshin;Jeon, Yiseul;Baek, Giseon
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.222.2-222.2
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    • 2012
  • Camera for QUasars in EArly uNiverse (CQUEAN) is an optical CCD camera attached to the 2.1m Otto Struve telescope at the McDonald Observatory, USA. CCD output signal contains the electrons generated by photoionization of incident light and thermal ionization. Therefore reliable photometric result can be obtained only under the stable condition of CCD thermal properties. We investigated the temperature dependency of the various characteristics of CQUEAN CCD chip, including bias level, dark level, gain, and quantum efficiency (QE), with the CQUEAN observation and calibration data obtained during 2012 May run. We discuss the environmental effects, i.e., ambient temperature, as well as CCD temperature on the stability of its characteristics.

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Fourth-order interference between perpendicularly polarized beams with different intensities in a HOM interferometer (HOM 간섭계에서 세기가 다른 수직편광된 빔사이의 4차 간섭)

  • Kim, Heon-Oh;Kim, Tae-Soo;Ko, Jeon-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.116-121
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    • 2003
  • We have observed a nonclassical effect in a fourth-order interference experiment with the photon pairs produced by parametric down-conversion and the Hong-Ou-Handel interferometer. For interfering classical fields with orthogonal polarizations, the visibility can be no larger than 50%, and it depends on the ratio of the two beam intensities. It is found that not only is our observed visibility of 85% well above 50%, but it is also independent of the two beam intensities in coincidence measurements made in a two-photon polarization correlation experiment.

High-Density Quantum Nanostructure for Single Mode Distributed Feedback Semiconductor Lasers by One-Step Growth (단일 공정에 의한 고효율 단일모드 반도체 레이저 구조 제작을 위한 고밀도 양자 나노구조 형성)

  • Son, Chang-Sik;Baek, Jong-Hyeob;Kim, Seong-Il;Park, Young-Ju;Kim, Yong-Tae;Choi, Hoon-Sang;Choi, In-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.485-490
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    • 2003
  • We have developed a new way of the constant growth technique to maintain a grating height of originally-etched V-groove of submicron gratings up to 1.5 $\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness by a low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The constant growth technique is well performed on two kinds of submicron gratings that made by holography and electron (e)-beam lithography GaAs buffer layer grown on thermally deformed submicron gratings has an important role in recovering the deformed grating profile from sinusoidal to V-shaped by reducing mass transport effects. The thermal deformation effect on submicron gratings made by e-beam lithography is less than that on submicron gratings made by holography. The constant growth technique is an important step to realize complex optoelectronic devices such as one-step grown distributed feedback lasers and two-dimensional photonic crystals.

Sturctural Studies of InGaAs/InGaAsP Multi-quantum well Structure Grown on Corrugated InP by MOVPE (MOVPE 성장방법으로 corrugated InP 기판위에 성장된 InGaAs/InGaAsP 다층박막의 구조연구)

  • Nahm, Sahn;Jang, Dong-Hoon;Suh, Kyoung-Soo;Cho, Kyoung-Ik
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.651-656
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    • 1996
  • InGaAs/InGaAsP 다층박막을 corrugation이 형성된 InP 기판위에 MOVPE 방법을 이용하여 성장 시킨 후 성장조건에 따른 corrugation 높이의 변화와 석출상에 대하여 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 시킨 후 성장조건에 따른 corrugation 높이의 변화와 석출상에 대하여 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 연구하였다. Corrugation이 형성된 InP 기판을 PH3 및 AsH3가스를 동시에 공급해 주었는데 AsH3 가스의 압력이 높으면(1.8x10-2torr)많은 양의 As를 포함한 In1-xAsxP(x=0.3)석출상이 격자결함과 더불어 형성되었다. 반면에 AsH3 가스의 압력이 낮을때는 (1.0x10-3torr) corrugation의 높이가 30nm이었고, 적은 양의 As를 포함한 In1-xAsxP(x<0.1)석출상이 격자결함이 없이 형성되었다.

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Real-Time Communication using TMO(Time-Triggered and Message-Triggered Object) in Distributed Computing Systems

  • Kim, Gwang-Jun;Kim, Chun-Suk;Kim, Yong-Gin;Yoon, Chan-Ho;Kim, Moon-Hwan
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.12-22
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    • 2003
  • Real-time(RT) object-oriented(OO) distributed computing is a form of RT distributed computing realized with a distributed computer system structured in the form of an object network. Several approached proposed in recent years for extending the conventional object structuring scheme to suit RT applications, are briefly reviewed. Then the approach named the TMO (Time-triggered Message-triggered Object) structuring scheme was formulated with the goal of instigating a quantum productivity jump in the design of distributed time triggered simulation. The TMO scheme is intended to facilitate the pursuit of a new paradigm in designing distributed time triggered simulation which is to realize real-time computing with a common and general design style that does not alienate the main-stream computing industry and yet to allow system engineers to confidently produce certifiable distributed time triggered simulation for safety-critical applications. The TMO structuring scheme is a syntactically simple but semantically powerful extension of the conventional object structuring approached and as such, its support tools can be based on various well-established OO programming languages such as C++ and on ubiquitous commercial RT operating system kernels. The Scheme enables a great reduction of the designers efforts in guaranteeing timely service capabilities of application systems

Simulation of Two-Dimensional Intervalley Scattering Rate in HEMT Device (HEMT 소자의 2차원 계곡간 산란율 시뮬레이션)

  • 이준하;이흥주
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.336-339
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    • 2004
  • In this paper the two-dimensional scattering rates were calculated in pseudomorphic Al/sub x//Ga/sub 1-x//As/Ga/sub y/In/sub l -y//As/GaAs heterostructure systems. The electronic states of the square quantum well were determined by the numerical self-consistent solution of Poisson's and Schrodinger's equations. The numerically obtained wave functions and energy levels were used to obtain the major two-dimensional scattering rates in this structure. Polar optical- and acoustic-phonon scattering, piezoelectric, ionized impurity and alloy scattering were considered for the first two sub-bands. The results were compared to the three-dimensional scattering rates also calculated in the same region.

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InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well light-emitting diodes with highly transparent Pt thin film contact on p-GaN

  • Heo, Chul;Kim, Hyun-Soo;Kim, Sang-Woo;Lee, Ji-Myun;Kim, Dong-Jun;Kim, Hyun-Min;Park, Sung-Joo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.116-116
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    • 2000
  • 질화물 반도체는 LED, LD, Transistor, 그리고 Photodetector 등 광소자 및 전자소자를 실현할 수 있는 소재로써 최근에 각광 받고 있으며, 또한 국·내외적으로 연구가 활발히 진행되고 잇다. 질화물 발광 다이오드 제작에는 소자의 효율과 수명시간의 향상을 위하여 질화물 반도체와 금속과의 접합시 고 품질의 오믹 접합이 필수적이다. 특히 p-형 GaN의 경우에는 높은 정공 농도를 갖는 p-형 GaN를 얻기가 어렵고 GaN의 일함수에 비하여 높은 일함수를 갖는 금속이 없기 때문에 매우 낮은 접합 저항을 가지며 안정성이 매우 우수한 금 접합을 얻기가 어렵다고 알려져 있다. 또한, GaN 계열의 발광 다이오드는 일반적으로 표면 발광 다이오드 형태로 제작되기 때문에 p-형 GaN 층의 오믹 접촉으로 사용되는 금속의 전기적 특성뿐만 아니라 발광 다이오드의 활성층에서 발광되어 나오는 빛에 대한 투과도 또한 우수하여야 발광 다이오드의 효율이 우수해진다. 본 연구에서는 p-형 GaN층의 접합 금속으로 Pt(80nm)과 Ni(5nm)/Au(7nm)를 사용하여 InGaN/GaN 다중양자우물 구조의 발광 다이오드를 제작하여 전기적 특성 및 발광효율을 측정하였다. 그리고, Pt(80nm)과 p-형 GaN와의 접합시 온도 변화에 따른 전기적 특성을 TLM 방법으로 조사하고, 가시광선 영역에서의 빛에 대한 투과도를 UV/VIS spectrometer, X-ray reflectivity, 그리고 Atomic Force Microscopy 등을 이용하여 분석하였다.

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