• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.2503-2508
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• 2010

ZnO thin films were grown on Si or $SiO_2$/Si substrates, at growth temperatures ranging from 150 to $400^{\circ}C$, by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using diethylzinc and water. Despite the large band gap of 3.3 eV, the ALD ZnO films show high n-type conductivity, i.e. low resistivity in the order of $10^{-3}\;{\Omega}cm$. In order to understand the high conductivity of ALD ZnO films, the films were characterized with X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, elastic recoil detection, Rutherford backscattering, Photoluminescence, and Raman spectroscopy. In addition, the various analytical data of the ZnO films were compared with those of ZnO single crystal. According to our analytical data, metallic zinc plays an important role for the high conductivity in ALD ZnO films. Therefore when the metallic zinc was additionally oxidized with ozone by a modified ALD sequence, the resistivity of ZnO films could be adjusted in a range of $3.8{\times}10^{-3}\;{\sim}\;19.0\;{\Omega}cm$ depending on the exposure time of ozone.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권7호
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• pp.583-588
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• 2011

$Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films were grown on quartz substrates by using the sol-gel spin-coating method. The mole fraction, x, of the $Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films was controlled from 0 to 1 by changes in the content ratio of the cadmium acetate dehydrate [$Cd{(CH_3COO)}_2{\cdot}2H_2O$] and zinc acetate dehydrate [$Zn{(CH_3COO)}_2{\cdot}2H_2O$]. The effects of the mole fraction on the morphological, structural, and optical properties of the $Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-visible spectroscopy. The $Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films exhibited the polygonal surface morphology and their grain size was increased ranging from 42.1 to 63.9 nm with the increase in the mole fraction. It was observed that the absorption bandgap of the $Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films decreased from 3.25 to 2.16 eV as the mole fraction increased and the Urbach energy ($E_U$) values changed inversely to the optical bandgap of the $Cd_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2009

ZnO에 대한 박막증착 연구를 위하여 유도결합 플라즈마 원자층박막증착(inductively coupled plasma assisted atomic layer deposition: ICP-ALD) 장치를 제작하고, 장치에 대한 기본 공정조건을 설정하기 위하여 플라즈마를 유도하지 않은 상태에서 p-type Si(100) 기판 위에 ZnO 박막을 증착하는 다양한 실험을 수행하였다. Zn 전구체(precursor)로는 Diethyl zinc [$Zn(C_2H_5)_2$, DEZn]를, 반응가스(reaction gas)로는 $H_2O$를, 캐리어(carrier) 및 퍼지가스(purge gas)로는 Ar을 사용하였다. 기판온도 $150^{\circ}C$에서 DEZn, $H_2O$, Ar의 공급시간을 변화시켜가면서 자기제한적 표면반응(self-limiting surface reaction)에 의한 박막성장조건을 성공적으로 유도하였다. 기판온도를 변화시켜가면서($90{\sim}210^{\circ}C$) 증착실험을 반복하여, 본 장치에 대한 ALD 공정온도(thermal ALD process window)를 확립하고 성장된 ZnO박막에 대한 증착특성, 결정성, 불순물 및 내부조성비등을 조사하였다. ALD 공정온도는 기판온도 $110{\sim}190^{\circ}C$로써 이 구간에서의 박막 평균증착률은 0.29 nm/cycle로 일정하게 나타났다. 기판온도가 높아질수록 결정성이 향상되어 ZnO(002) 피크가 우세하였다. 모든 ALD 공정온도에서 Zn와 O로만 구성된 고순도의 ZnO 박막을 실현하였는데, 온도가 높아질수록 Zn와 O의 비가 1에 근접하며 안정된 hexagonal wurtzite ZnO 구조의 박막이 성장되었다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권9호
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• pp.378-382
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• 2003

Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) are necessary as front electrode for most thin film solar cell. In our paper, transparent conducting aluminum-doped Zinc oxide films (ZnO:Al) were prepared by rf magnetron sputtering on glass (Corning 1737) substrate as a variation of the deposition condition. After deposition, the smooth ZnO:Al films were etched in diluted HCI (0.5%) to examine the electrical and surface morphology properties as a variation of the time. The most important deposition condition of surface-textured ZnO films by chemical etching is the processing pressure md the substrate temperature. In low pressures (0.9mTorr) and high substrate temperatures ($\leq$$300^{\circ}C$), the surface morphology of films exhibits a more dense and compact film structure with effective light-trapping to apply the silicon thin film solar cells.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.391-394
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• 2002

Transparent conductive oxides (TCO) are necessary as front electrode for most thin film solar cell. In our paper, transparent conducting aluminum-doped Zinc oxide films (ZnO:Al) were prepared by rf magnetron sputtering on glass (Corning 1737) substrate as a variation of the deposition condition. After deposition, the smooth ZnO:Al films were etched in diluted HCl (0.5%) to examine the electrical and surface morphology Properties as a variation of the time. The most important deposition condition of surface-textured ZnO films by chemical etching is the processing pressure and the substrate temperature. In low pressures (0.9 mTorr) and high substrate temperatures ($\leq$30$0^{\circ}C$), the surface morphology of films exhibits a more dense and compact film structure with effective light-trapping to apply the silicon thin film solar cells.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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• pp.888-890
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• 1999

ZnO thin films on (001) sapphire substrates have been deposited by pulsed laser deposition using a Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 355 nm at an oxygen pressure of 350 mTorr. In order to investigate the effect of the substrate temperature on the properties of ZnO thin films, the experiment has been performed at various substrate temperatures in the range of $200^{\circ}C$ to $700^{\circ}C$. According to XRD, (002) textured ZnO films of high crystalline quality have been obtained by pulsed laser deposition technique. However, the intensity of UV emission is mostly depending on the stoichiometry of ZnO films.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.138-143
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• 2004

Recently there has been a great world-wide interest in developing and characterizing new nano-structured materials. These newly developed materials are often prepared in limited quantities and shapes unsuitable for the extensive mechanical testing. The development of depth sensing indentation methods have introduced the advantage of load and depth measurement during the indentation cycle. In the present work, ZnO thin films are prepared on Si(111), Si(100) substrates at different temperatures by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) method. Because the potential energy in c-axis is low, the films always show c-axis orientation at the optimized conditions in spite of the different substrates. Thin films are investigated by X-ray diffractometer and Nano indentation equipment. From these measurements it is possible to get elastic modulus and hardness of ZnO thin films on Si substrates.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.828-830
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• 2000

Various substrates were compared for the investigation of the optical properties of ZnO thin films. ZnO thin films have been deposited on (100) p-type silicon substrates and (001) sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique using a Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 355 nm. Oxygen and nitrogen gases were used as ambient gases. Substrate temperatures were varied in the range of 200$^{\circ}C$ to 600$^{\circ}C$ at a fixed ambient gas pressure of 350 mTorr. ZnO films have been deposited on various substrates, such as Si and sapphire wafers. We have investigated substrate effect on the optical and structural properties of ZnO thin films using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL).

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기물성,응용부문
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• pp.54-57
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• 2004

ZnO thin films on (001) sapphire substrates have been deposited by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) technique using an Nd:YAG laser with a wavelength of 266 m. During deposition, the experiment of the deposition of ZnO thin films has been performed for substrate temperatures in the range of $400^{\circ}C$ and flow rate of 350 sccm, films have been annealed at various substrate temperatures after deposition. After post-annealing treatment in the oxygen ambient, the structural properties of ZnO thin films were characterized by diffraction (XRD), SEM and the optical of the ZnO were characterized by photoluminescence (PL).

• 센서학회지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.68-73
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• 1996

고주파 마그네트론 스펏터링법을 이용하여 유리 및 (012)면인 사파이어 기판위에 ZnO박막을 제조하였다. 유리기판위에는 (002)면을 갖는 ZnO 다결정박막이 제조되었으며, (012)면인 사파이어 기판위에는 (110)면인 ZnO에 피택셜 박막이 제조되었다. 유리 및 사파이어 기판위에 제조된 ZnO박막의 표면탄성파 특성을 조사하였다. 유리 및 사파이어 기판에 대한 중심주파수에서의 전파속도는 각각 2680 m/sec 및 5980 m/sec였으며, 기본모드에서 구한 결합계수는 각각 0.98 % 및 1.44 %였다.