• Title/Summary/Keyword: Sol-gel growth

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Orientational characteristics of PLT thin films with seeding layer prepared by sol-gel method (Sol-gel법으로 제조한 PLT 박막의 seeding layer 도입에 의한 배향 특성)

  • 김종국;김철기;김재남;박병옥
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.468-473
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    • 1998
  • Sol-gel법을 이용하여 PbTiO3에 La을 10mol% 도핑한 박막을 bare Si(100)-wafer 위에 스핀 코팅법을 이용하여 제조하였다. 제조된 박막의 열처리 온도에 따른 결정화 거동을 살펴보고, 씨앗층(seeding layer)을 도입하여 박막의 미세구조 및 배향성을 SEM과 XRD로 관찰하였다. 씨앗층없이 일반적으로 제조된 박막의 경우는 우선 배향성을 나타내지 않았으나, 씨앗층을 도입한 경우에는 씨앗층의 두께 및 열처리 시간에 따라 막의 배향성이 달라졌다.

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High-sensitivity ZnO gas Sensor with a Sol-gel-processed SnO2 Seed Layer (Sol-Gel 방법으로 제작된 SnO2 seed layer를 적용한 고반응성 ZnO 가스 센서)

  • Kim, Sangwoo;Bak, So-Young;Han, Tae Hee;Lee, Se-Hyeong;Han, Ye-ji;Yi, Moonsuk
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.420-426
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    • 2020
  • A metal oxide semiconductor gas sensor is operated by measuring the changes in resistance that occur on the surface of nanostructures for gas detection. ZnO, which is an n-type metal oxide semiconductor, is widely used as a gas sensor material owing to its high sensitivity. Various ZnO nanostructures in gas sensors have been studied with the aim of improving surface reactions. In the present study, the sol-gel and vapor phase growth techniques were used to fabricate nanostructures to improve the sensitivity, response, and recovery rate for gas sensing. The sol-gel method was used to synthesize SnO2 nanoparticles, which were used as the seed layer. The nanoparticles size was controlled by regulating the process parameters of the solution, such as the pH of the solution, the type and amount of solvent. As a result, the SnO2 seed layer suppressed the aggregation of the nanostructures, thereby interrupting gas diffusion. The ZnO nanostructures with a sol-gel processed SnO2 seed layer had larger specific surface area and high sensitivity. The gas response and recovery rate were 1-7 min faster than the gas sensor without the sol-gel process. The gas response increased 4-24 times compared to that of the gas sensor without the sol-gel method.

Critical factors in sol-gel transition of silicon metal alkoxide solutions (Silicon metal alkoxide 용액의 sol-gel 전이에서 중요인자)

  • ;;Hiromitsu Kozuka;Sumio Sakka
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.332-342
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    • 1995
  • The important factors of reaction conditions in sol-gel transition of silicon alkoxide solution have been reviewed and discussed on the basis of Raman study. Various factors such as type of catalyst, alkoxide, solvent, drying control chemical additive and water content affect the conversion mechanism in sol-gel process.

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Effect of annealing temperature on amorphous indium zinc oxide thin films prepared by a sol-gel spin-coating method

  • Lee, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Yup;Park, Byung-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.15-18
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    • 2012
  • Transparent conductive indium zinc oxide thin films were prepared by spin-coating a sol-gel solution. Zinc acetate dihydrate [$Zn(CH_3COO)_2{\cdot}2H_2O$] and indium acetate [In$(CH_3COO)_3$] were used as starting precursors, and 2-methoxyethanol with 1-propanol as solvents. Upon annealing in a temperature range from 500 to $1000^{\circ}C$, the thin film crystallizes into polycrystalline $In_2O_3$(ZnO). The lowest electrical resistivity was obtained at an annealing temperature of $700^{\circ}C$ as $2{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. Average optical transmittances were higher than 80% at all annealing temperatures. These experimental results confirm that the sol-gel spin-coating can be a good simplified practical method for forming transparent electrodes.

Preparation and Sinterability of Nano-Size $TiO_2$ Powders Using Supercritical Fluids (초임계 유체를 이용한 나노크기 $TiO_2$ 분말제조 및 소결특성)

  • 송정환;이정석;박인석;임대영
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.625-631
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    • 2000
  • In this study, the characteristics and sinterablities of TiO2 powders which were fabricated on sol-gel process and supercritical fluid process were examined. The powders fabricated on sol-gel process were amorphous. The particle size and shape were changed with the amount of water used for hydrolysis of titanium ethoxide. The powders were changed from amorphous to crystalline by heating at 400℃. The crystalline anatase TiO2 powders were directly prepared in ethanol supercritical fluid condition that temperature was 270±3℃ and pressure was 7.3 MPa. It's primary crystalline size was 20 nm and agglomerated as spherical shape whose size was 0.7∼1㎛. The powders prepared on sol-gel process were not sintered densely at 900℃ because of abnormal grain growth. However, the powders which prepared on supercritical fluid process were sintered densely at the comparatively low temperature of 800℃ by ideal growth of grain, which are fired at 900℃.

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Effect of heat-treatment on the structural and electrical properties of ZnO thin films by the sol-gel method

  • Lee, Seung-Yup;Park, Byung-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.72-75
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    • 2008
  • Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were prepared by a sol-gel method. The structural and electrical properties were investigated by varying drying and annealing temperatures. The thin films were coated (250 nm) by spin-coating method on glass substrates. The optimum drying temperature of ZnO thin films was 300$^{\circ}C$ where the resistivity was the lowest and the preferred c-axis orientation was the highest. The annealing was carried out in air and inert atmospheric conditions. The degree of the preferred c-axis orientation was estimated. The highest preferred c-axis orientation was recorded at 600$^{\circ}C$. The preferred c-axis orientation and grain growth resulted in the mobility enhancement of the ZnO thin films, and the lowest resistivity was 0.62${\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ at 600$^{\circ}C$.

Preparation of $Pb_{1-x}La_x(Zr_{1/2}Ti_{1/2})_{1-{x/4}}O_3$ thin films by a sol-gel method using a polypropanediol (Polypropanediol을 이용한 sol-gel법에 의한$Pb_{1-x}La_x(Zr_{1/2}Ti_{1/2})_{1-{x/4}}O_3$박막의 제조)

  • 김태희;박경봉;김찬규
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.178-183
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    • 2002
  • The PLZT (x/50/50, x = 1, 2, 5, 7) thin films have been prepared by a sol-gel method using polypropanediol as a solvent, and their dielectric properties have been investigated. The prepared sol was coated 10 times on $Pt/Ti/SiO2_2$/Si wafer. After post-annealing at 560~$600^{\circ}C$ for 10 min, the 600 nm-thick PLZT (x/50/50) thin films were formed with pure perovskite phase. Grain size of the PLZT (x/50/50) thin films was increased with increasing the amount of La. For all the compositions, dielectric properties such as dielectric constant and remnant polarization were enhanced with increasing annealing temperatures. As the amount of La was increased, the remnant polarization, coercive field and dielectric constant of the PLZT (x/50/50) thin films fired at $600^{\circ}C$ were decreased.

Effects of additives on properties of Sol-Gel derived $TiO_2$ coating films for nonlinear optics (Effects of additives on properties of Sol-Gel derived $TiO_2$coating films for nonlinear optics)

  • 김세훈;정용선;김인기;강승민;현부성;김병일;박원규
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.315-323
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    • 1998
  • $TiO_2$films of rutile and anatase phase have been prepared on silica glass substrates by the sol-gel method using $Ti(i-OC_3H_7)_4$. The effect of additives on the polymorph of $TiO_2$film has been examined in view of degree of crystallization. Third-order nonlinear optical properties of the both film have been investigated by the third harmonic generation method. The measured 3rd order nonlinear optical susceptibility of rutile and anatase thin films were about $1.4{\times}10^{-12}$ and $9.7{\times}10^{-13}$ esu, respectively.

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The Effect of PbO on Sintering of Undoped PbTiO3 Ceramics Prepared by Sol-Gel Processing (PbO가 Sol-Gel Process로 제조된 순수 PbTiO3 세라믹스의 소결에 미치는 영향)

  • 김선욱;윤만순;김남흥
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.335-340
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    • 1992
  • Undoped PbTiO3 ceramics was successfully prepared by using sol-gel process, which had not been fabricated due to its microcracks created by anisotropic stress during phase transition from cubic to tetragonal phase. Fabrication of undoped PbTiO3 ceramics via sol-gel processing was very much affected by the PbO content of the samples as well as PbO vapor from sintering atmosphere. Excess PbO was found to promote rapid grain growth in PbTiO3 ceramics. After sintering at 1100$^{\circ}C$ average grain size of PbTiO3 ceramics with excess PbO was about 8 times greater than that of stoichiometric composition, which may be due to PbO liquid phase from excess PbO.

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