• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2013

ZnO thin films were synthesized on Si substrates by MOCVD using diethyl zinc as a precursor. Effects of $O_2$/DEZ gas mixing ratio on the growth rate, surface morphology, preferred orientation, and electrical properties of the ZnO thin films were investigated with SEM, XRD, and Hall measurement. The surface reflectance variations of ZnO thin films were analyzed using laser-photometer apparatus. As the $O_2$/DEZ mixing ratio increased, growth rate and $I_{(002)}/I_{(101)}$ in XRD of ZnO thin films decreased, and the crystal structure was changed from columnar to planar structure. All ZnO films deposited at various CVD conditions exhibited c-axis (002) plane preferred orientation. The electrical properties of ZnO thin films mainly depended on the carrier mobility.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2013

The ZnO thin films were grown on GaN template substrates by RF magnetron sputtering at different RF powers and n-ZnO/p-GaN heterojunction LEDs were fabricated to investigate the effect of the RF power on the characteristics of the n-ZnO/p-GaN LEDs. For the growth of the ZnO thin films, the substrate temperature was kept constant at $200^{\circ}C$ and the RF power was varied within the range of 200 to 500W at different growth times to deposit films of 100 nm thick. The electrical, optical and structural properties of ZnO thin films were investigated by ellipsometry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), photoluminescence (PL) and by assessing the Hall effect. The characteristics of the n-ZnO/p-GaN LEDs were evaluated by current-voltage (I-V) and electroluminescence (EL) measurements. ZnO thin films were grown with a preferred c-axis orientation along the (0002) plane. The XRD peaks shifted to low angles and the surface roughness became non-uniform with an increase in the RF power. Also, the PL emission peak was red-shifted. The carrier density and the mobility decreased with the RF power. For the n-ZnO/p-GaN LED, the forward current at 20 V decreased and the threshold voltage increased with the RF power. The EL emission peak was observed at approximately 435 nm and the luminescence intensity decreased. Consequently, the crystallinity of the ZnO thin films grown with RF sputtering powers were improved. However, excess Zn affected the structural, electrical and optical properties of the ZnO thin films when the optimal RF power was exceeded. This excess RF power will degrade the characteristics of light emitting devices.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권10호
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• pp.1488-1493
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• 2017

Boron-doped ZnO:Al films were deposited by rf magnetron sputtering. The structural and optical property variations of the films with the boron amounts were studied. ZnO nanorods were grown on $SiO_2/Si$ wafers and glass by a hydrothermal method. ~50 nm-thick boron-doped ZnO:Al films were deposited on the substrates as seed layers. The mixed solution of zinc nitrate hexahydrate and hexamethylenetetramine in DI water was used as a precursor for ZnO nanorods. The concentration of zinc nitrate hexahydrate and that of hexamethylenetetramine were 0.05 mol, respectively. ZnO nanorods were grown at $90^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. X-ray diffraction was conducted to observe the crystallinity of ZnO nanorods. A field emission scanning electron microscope was employed to study the morphology of nanorods. Optical transmittance was measured by a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, and photoluminescence was carried out with 266 nm light. The ZnO nanorods grown on the 0.5 wt% boron-doped ZnO seed layer showed the best crystallinity.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 1995

Glass/SiNx/ZnO 적층 박막구조의 SAW 특성 변화를 분석하였다. ZnO 박막은 rf magnetron sputter를 이용하여, 산소를 반응성 가스로 Ar과 함께 진공챔버내에 주입시켜 증착하였고, 주로 산소량에 따른 박막의 특성변화를 관찰하였다. 산소분압은 ZnO 박막의 증착속도 및 결정성에 많은 영향을 주고 있었으며, rocking curve의 결과에 의하면 (002) 배향성을 가진 ZnO 박막의 c-축 수직도가 Ar과 산소의 유량비가 67/33에서 가장 좋은 2.17도를 보여주고 있다. 이 값은 ZnO 박막을 압전요소로 사용하기에 충분한 조건이다. SiNx의 두께를 7000Å, ZnO 박막의 두께를 5μm로 한 glass/SiNx/Al/ZnO의 박막 적층 구조의 SAW 특성을 보면 ZnO/glass 구조와 비교시 SAW 속도가 최대 2.2%까지 증가했음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.116-119
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• 2005

Al doped ZnO thin films (ZnO:Al) were deposited on poly carbonate (PC) substrate by rf magnetron sputtering. In addition, the electrical, optical properties of the films prepared at various conditions were investigated. As the sputter power increased, the resistivity of ZnO:Al films decreased, regardless of substrate types. However, the resistivity of the films increased with the sputter pressure. The ZnO:Al films were increasingly dark gray colored as the sputter power increased, resulting in the loss of transmittance. High quality films with resistivity as low as 1.43${\times}$10$^{-4}$ Ω-cm and transmittance over 80 % have been obtained by suitably controlling the deposition parameters.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2012

Transparent conductive ZnO/Ag/ZnO (ZAZ) multilayer films were deposited by Radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering and direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering. The effects of post deposition vacuum annealing temperature on the structural, electrical and optical properties of the ZAZ multilayer films were investigated. The thickness of ZAZ films is kept constant at ZnO 50 nm/Ag 5nm/ZnO 45 nm, while the vacuum annealing temperatures were varied from 200 and $400^{\circ}C$, respectively. As-deposited ZAZ films exhibit a sheet resistance of $6.1{\Omega}/{\Box}$ and optical transmittance of 72.7%. By increasing annealing temperature to $200^{\circ}C$, the resistivity decreased to as low as $5.3{\Omega}/{\Box}$ and optical transmittance also increased to as high as 82.1%. Post-deposition annealing of ZAZ multilayer films lead to considerably lower electrical resistivity and higher optical transparency, simultaneously by increased crystallization of the films.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.72-77
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• 2013

RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링법의 스퍼터링 조건에 따른 TFT 구동회로를 위한 ZnO 박막의 구조적 특성에 관해 연구하였다. ZnO 박막은 RF 파워 및 증착압력을 변화시킴으로서 성장시켰다. 구조적 특성은 X-선 회절 분석기(XRD)와 원자력간 현미경(AFM)에 의해 분석되었다. ZnO 박막은 100W의 RF 파워에서 충분한 결정도를 가졌다. 그러나 RF 파워가 증가함에 따라 ZnO 박막의 표면 거칠기가 증가하였고 증착압력이 5mTorr에서 15mTorr로 증가함에 따라 ZnO(002) 피크의 반치폭(FWHM)이 증가하였다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2008

산소분압비에 따른 ZnO 박막의 성장특성을 알아보기 위해 RF 스퍼터링 시스템을 이용하여 $0%{\sim}30%$의 산소분압비로 박막을 제작하였다. 위상변조방식의 분광타원계를 이용하여 $1.5{\sim}3.8eV$ 범위에 걸쳐 타원상수를 측정하였고, TL 분산관계식을 이용하여 최적맞춤한 결과 박막과 표면기칠기층의 두께, void 비율을 알 수 있었고, ZnO 알갱이의 크기는 산소분압비의 증가에 따라 그 크기가 작아짐을 알 수 있었다. 산소분압비에 따른 ZnO 박막의 밴드 갭은 산소유입량의 증가에 따라 증가하여 ZnO 박막의 광흡수 특성이 산소분압비에 크게 의존함을 알았고, 산소분압비의 증가는 결정의 불완전성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.201-207
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• 1998

본 연구는 rf reactive magnetron sputtering 방법으로 증착한 ZnO 박막을 압전진동 자로 제작하였을 때 발생하는 금속전극과의 계면특성에 대해 조사하였다. 이때 ZnO 박막은 금속 아연 target을 산소분위기에서 sputtering하여 얻었다. 미리 얻은 최적성장조건으로 Cr/ZnO/Cr의 구조을 갖는 압전 진동자를 제작한 후, 금속전극과 ZnO 박막과의 계면특성을 분석하였다. 제작된 압전진동자는 I-V 측정, AES depth profile, SEM, C-V 측정등을 이용 하여 분석하였고, 이러한 분석 결과 금속전극과 ZnO 박막 사이에 $SiO_2$ 확산방지막을 쌓은 Cr/ $SiO_2$/ZnO/Cr의 구조로 ZnO 압전진동자를 제작했을 때 좋은 특성을 보임을 알 수 있었 다. 그리고, 이러한 사실은 제작된 진동자를 구동시키고 이에 대한 인가진동수에 따른 진동 변위를 측정해보므로써 확인할 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.216-221
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• 2006

ZnO thin films prepared by PLD method exhibit an excellent optical property, but may have some problems such as incomplete surface roughness and crystallinity. In this study, undoped ZnO buffer layers were deposited on (0001) sapphire substrates by ultra high vacuum pulse laser deposition (UHV-PLD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) methods, respectively. After post annealing of ZnO buffer layer, undoped ZnO thin films were deposited under different oxygen pressure ($35{\sim}350$ mtorr) conditions. The Arsenic-doped (1, 3 wt%) ZnO thin layers were deposited on the buffer layer of undoped ZnO by UHV-PLD method. The optical property of the ZnO thin films was analyzed by photoluminescence (PL) measurement. The ${\theta}-2{\theta}$ XRD analysis exhibited a strong (002)-peak, which indicates c-axis preferred orientation. Field emission-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) revealed that microstructures of the ZnO thin films were varied by oxygen partial pressure, Arsenic doping concentration, and deposition method of the undoped ZnO buffer layer. The denser and smoother films were obtained when employing MBE-buffer layer under lower oxygen partial pressure. It was also found that higher Arsenic concentration gave the enhanced growing of columnar structure of the ZnO thin films.