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Effect of ON/OFF Cycles of Ar Gas on Structural and Optical Properties of ZnO Nanostructure Grown by Vapor Phase Transport

  • Nam, Gi-Woong;Kim, Min-Su;Cho, Min-Young;Kim, So-A-Ram;Leem, Jae-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.02a
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    • pp.415-415
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    • 2012
  • ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by a vapor phase transport process in a single-zone furnace within a horizontal quartz tube with an inner diameter of 38 mm and a length of 485 mm. The ZnO nanostructures were grown on Au-catalyzed Si(100) substrates by using a mixture of zinc oxide and graphite powders. The growth of ZnO nanostructures was conducted at $800^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. High-purity Ar and $O_2$ gases were pushed through the quartz tube during the process at a flow rate of 100 and 10 sccm, respectively. The sequence of ON/OFF cycles of the Ar gas flow was repeated, while the $O_2$ flow is kept constant during the growth time. The Ar gas flow was ON for 1 min/cycle and that was OFF for 2 min/cycle. The structure and optical properties of the ZnO nanostructures were investigated by field-emission scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction, temperature-dependent photoluminescence. The preferred orientation of the ZnO nanostructures was along c-axis with hexagonal wurtzite structure.

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Fabrication of ZnO Nanostructures with Various Growth Conditions by Vapor Phase Transport

  • Kim, So-A-Ram;Nam, Gi-Woong;Kim, Min-Su;Yim, Kwang-Gug;Kim, Do-Yeob; Leem, Jae-Youn
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.250-250
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    • 2011
  • Zinc oxide (ZnO) structures have great potential in many applications. Currently, the most commonly used method to grow ZnO nanostructres are the vapor transport method (VPT). The morphology of the ZnO structures largely related to the growth conditions, including growth temperature, distance between the substrate and source, and gas ambient. Previously ZnO nanosturecutres with high crystallinity were obtained at the growth temperature of 800$^{\circ}C$, in the argon and oxygen gas ambient. In this study, we report the properties of the ZnO nanostructures, which were synthesized on Au-catalyzed Si substrate by VPT, using a mixture of ZnO and graphite powders as source material under the different condition, including gas ratio of argon/oxygen and distance between substrate and source at the growth temperature of 800$^{\circ}C$. The structural and optical properties of the ZnO nanostructures were investigated by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and photoluminescence (PL).

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A study on the crystalline phases of AlN single crystals grown by PVT method (PVT 법으로 성장된 AlN 단결정의 결정상에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Seung-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 2014
  • AlN (Aluminum Nitride) crystals were grown by a PVT (Physical Vapor Transport) method and were characterized to phases on the growth temperature. The crystals phase and morphology were analyzed using an optical stereo-microscope and the optimum temperature for the growing was determined. In this report, the characteristics of the AlN crystals grown at various temperatures were reported.

Effects of impurity (N2) on thermo-solutal convection during the physical vapor transport processes of mercurous chloride

  • Kim, Geug-Tae;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 2010
  • For Ar=5, Pr=1.18, Le=0.15, Pe=2.89, Cv=1.06, $P_B$=20 Torr, the effects of impurity $(N_2)$ on thermally and solutally buoyancy-driven convection ($Gr_t=3.46{\times}10^4$ and $Gr_s=6.02{\times}10^5$, respectively) are theoretically investigated for further understanding and insight into an essence of thermo-solutal convection occurring in the vapor phase during the physical vapor transport. For $10K{\leq}{\Delta}T{\leq}50K$, the crystal growth rates are intimately related and linearly proportional to a temperature difference between the source and crystal region which is a driving force for thermally buoyancy-driven convection. Moreover, both the dimensionless Peclet number (Pe) and dimensional maximum velocity magnitudes are directly and linearly proportional to ${\Delta}T$. The growth rate is second order-exponentially decayed for $2{\leq}Ar{\leq}5$. This is related to a finding that the effects of side walls tend to stabilize the thermo-solutal convection in the growth reactor. Finally, the growth rate is found to be first order exponentially decayed for $10{\leq}P_B{\leq}200$ Torr.

Influence of thermo-physical properties on solutal convection by physical vapor transport of Hg2Cl2-N2 system: Part I - solutal convection

  • Kim, Geug-Tae;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.125-132
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    • 2010
  • For typical governing dimensionless parameters of Ar = 5, Pr = 1.16, Le = 0.14, Pe = 3.57, Cv = 1.02, $Gr_s=2.65{\times}10^6$, the effects of thermo physical properties such as a molecular weight, a binary diffusivity coefficient, a partial pressure of component B on solutally buoyancy-driven convection (solutal Grashof number $Gr_s=2.65{\times}10^6$) are theoretically investigated for further understanding and insight into an essence of solutal convection occurring in the vapor phase during the physical vapor transport of a $Hg_2Cl_2-N_2$ system. The solutally buoyancy-driven convection is significantly affected by any significant disparity in the molecular weight of the crystal components and the impurity gas of nitrogen. The solutal convection in a vertical orientation is found to be more suppressed than a tenth reduction of gravitational accelerations in a horizontal orientation. For crystal growth parameters under consideration, the greater uniformity in the growth rate is obtained for either solutal convection mode in a vertical orientation or thermal convection mode in horizontal geometry. The growth rate is also found to be first order exponentially decayed for $10{\leq}P_B{\leq}200$ Torr.

Effects of Non-Absorbable Gases on the Absorption Process of Aqueous LiBr Solution Film in a Vertical Tube (II) (수직관내 리튬브로마이드 수용액막의 흡수과정에 대한 비흡수가스의 영향)

  • Kim, Byeong-Ju;Lee, Chan-U
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.499-509
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    • 1998
  • In the absorption process of water vapor in a liquid film, the composition of the gas phase, in which a non-absorbable gas is combined with the absorbate influences the transport characteristics remarkably. In the present study, the absorption processes of water vapor into aqueous solution of lithium bromide in the presence of non-absorbable gases were investigated analytically. The continuity, momentum, energy and diffusion equations for the solution film and gas phase were formulated in integral forms and solved numerically. It was found that the mass transfer resistance in gas phase increased with the concentration of non-absorbable gas. However the primary resistance to mass transfer was in the liquid phase. As the concentration of non-absorbable gas in the absorbate increased, the liquid-vapor interfacial temperature and concentration of absorbate in solution decreased, which resulted in the reduction of absorption rate. The reduction of mass transfer rate was found to be significant for the addition of a small amount of non-absorbable gas to the pure vapor, especially at the outlet of an absorber where non-absorbable gases accumulated. At higher non-absorbable gas concentration, the decrease of absorption flux was almost linear to the volumetric concentration of non-absorbable gas.

Experimental Observations of Boiling and Flow Evolution in a Coiled Tube

  • Ye, P.;Peng, X.F.;Wu, H.L.;Meng, M.;Gong, Y. Eric
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.22-29
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    • 2008
  • A sequence of visually experimental observations was conducted to investigate the flow boiling and two-phase flow in a coiled tube. Different boiling modes and bubble dynamical evolutions were identified for better recognizing the phenomena and understanding the two-phase flow evolution and heat transfer mechanisms. The dissolved gases and remained vapor would serve as foreign nucleation sites, and together with the effect of buoyancy, centrifugal force and liquid flow, these also induce very different flow boiling nucleation, boiling modes, bubble dynamical behavior, and further the boiling heat transfer performance. Bubbly flow, plug flow, slug flow, stratified/wavy flow and annular flow were observed during the boiling process in the coiled tube. Particularly the effects of flow reconstructing and thermal non-equilibrium release in the bends were noted and discussed with the physical understanding. Coupled with the effects of the buoyancy, centrifugal force and inertia or momentum ratio of the two fluids, the flow reconstructing and thermal non-equilibrium release effects have critical importance for flow pattern in the bends and flow evolution in next straight sections.

Optical Properties of ZnO Soccer Ball Structures by Using Vapor Phase Transport

  • Nam, Gi-Woong;Kim, Min-Su;Kim, Do-Yeob;Yim, Kwang-Gug;Kim, So-A-Ram;Leem, Jae-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.248-248
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    • 2011
  • ZnO was grown on a Au-catalyzed Si(100) substrate by using a simple vapor phase transport (VPT) with a mixture of zinc oxide and graphite powders. The ZnO grown at 800$^{\circ}C$ had a soccer ball structure with diameters of <500 nm. The ZnO soccer ball structure was, for the first time, observed in this work. The optical properties of the ZnO soccer balls were investigated by photoluminescence (PL). In the room-temperature (RT) PL of the ZnO soccer balls, a strong near-band-edge emission (NBE) and a weak deep-level emission were observed at 3.25 and 2.47 eV (green emission), respectively. The weak deep-level emission (DLE) at around 2.47 eV (green emission) is caused by impurities and structural defects. The FWHM of the NBE peak from the ZnO soccer balls was 110 meV. In addition, the PL intensity ratio of the NBE to DLE was about 4. The temperature-dependent PL was also carried out to investigate the mechanism governing the quenching behavior of the PL spectra.

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CFD Code Development for a Two-phase Flow with an Interfacial Area Transport Equation (계면면적 수송방정식을 적용한 이상유동 해석코드 개발)

  • Bae, B.U.;Yoon, H.Y.;Euh, D.J.;Song, C.H.;Park, G.C.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2696-2701
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    • 2007
  • For the analysis of a two-phase flow, the interaction between two phases such as the interfacial momentum or heat transfer is proportional to the interfacial area. So the interfacial area concentration (IAC) is one of the most important parameters governing the behavior of each phase. This study focuses on the development of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code for investigating a boiling flow with a one-group IAC transport equation. It was based on the two-fluid model and governing equations were calculated by SMAC algorithm. For checking the robustness of the developed code, the experiment of a subcooled boiling in a vertical annulus channel was analyzed to validate the capability of the IAC transport equation. As the results, the developed code was confirmed to have the capability in predicting multi-dimensional phenomena of vapor generation and propagation in a subcooled boiling.

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