• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.533-533
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 선형 대향 타겟 스퍼터 시스템을 이용하여 hetero sputtering방법으로 증착한Al-Ga-Zn-O (AGZO) 박막의 기판-타겟간 거리(Target-to-Substrate distance)에 따른 전기적, 광학적, 구조적 특성을 분석하였다. 타겟과 기판 사이의 거리 변화(30~120 mm)에 따른 AGZO 박막의 특성 변화를 관찰하기 위하여 일정한 DC 파워 250 W, 공정압력 0.3 mTorr, Ar 20 sccm에서 서로 다른 AZO 타겟과 GZO 타겟을 이용하여 hetero-sputtering 공정을 진행하였다. 최적의 타겟과 기판 사이의 거리를 결정하기 위해 AGZO 박막의 투과도(T)와 면저항($R_{sh}$)을 기반으로 figure of merit ($T^{10}/R_{sh}$)값을 계산하였다. 기판-타겟간 거리는 AGZO 박막의 밀도에 영향을 주는 핵심 인자로 30 mm에서 120 mm로 증가수록 밀도가 낮은 AGZO 박막이 형성되었다. 최적의 타겟과 기판 사이의 거리(30 mm)에서 AGZO 박막은 132 Ohm/sq의 낮은 면저항과 87.2%의 높은 투과도를 나타내었다. 그러나 기판-타겟간 거리가 증가할수록 같은 두께에서 면저항은 급격히 증가함을 발견할 수 있었으며 이러한 특성 변화는 스퍼터되어 기판에 도달하는 입자의 에너지 차이로 설명이 가능하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기판-타겟간 거리에 따른 AGZO 박막의 특성 변화를 설명할 수 있는 메커니즘을 다양한 분석을 통해 제시하였다. 또한 적화된 AGZO 투명 전극을 이용해 제작한 GaN-LED의 Damage free sputtering 기술에 대해서 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.471-472
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• 2008

The properties of Al doped ZnO (AZO) thin flim for solar cells with various input currents were studied in this paper. Using facing target sputtering with 2wt.% AZO targets, TCO films were deposited on glass(corning 2948) substrate at room temperature. AZO thin films were deposited by 0.2A, 0.4A, 0.6A and 0.8A at the thickness of 300nm. Electrical, optical and structural of thin films investigated by a Hall effect measurement (Ecopia), an UV-VIS spectrometer(HP) and a X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku). As a results, all thin films showed transmittance about 80%, respectively and resistivity was $7.67\times10^{-4}\Omega$-cm at 0.6A.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.144-144
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• 2007

Effects of power ratio on the electrical and optical properties of Au based Ga-, B- codoped ZnO(GZOB) thin films were investigated. GZOB thin films on Au based PC flexible substrate were deposited at various power in the range from 50 to 125 W by DC magnetron sputtering. Au layer was fabricated to achieve good electrical conductivity. The presence of additional boron impurity leads to improve structural defects. Thus, the c-axis orientation along (002) plane was enhanced with the increasing of power ratio and the surface morphology of the films showed a homogeneous and nano-sized microstructure. GZOB films grown at 125W were investigated a low resistivity value of $1{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$ and a visible transmission of 80% with a thickness of 300nm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.323-324
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• 2007

Investigation of improving the properties of UV photodetector which uses the wide bandgap of ZnO are under active progress. In this paper, transparent conducting aluminum-doped Zinc oxide films(AZO) were prepared by rf magnetron sputtering on glass(corning 1737) and p-Si substrate, were then annealed at temperature $400^{\circ}C$ for 2hr. The AZO thin films were deposited by RF sputtering system. HF power and work pressure is 120 W and 15 mTorr, respectively, and the purity of AZO target is 5N. The AZO thin films were deposited at 300, 400, $500^{\circ}C$, and $600^{\circ}C$. For sample deposited at $400^{\circ}C$, we observed best $V_r-I_{ph}$ of 0.94 mA and good transmittance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.21-21
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• 2010

CIGS 박막 태양전지는 저가 기판의 사용, 원소재 소비가 적은 박막 증착, 연속공정 적용 등으로 인해 결정질 실리콘 태양전지에 비해 제조단가가 낮다. 변환효율의 경우 실험실 수준에서 최고 20%의 효율이 보고되고 있어 다결정 실리콘 태양전지와 견줄 만하다. 따라서 CIGS 박막 태양전지는 제조단가와 효율 면에서 매우 우수한 경쟁력을 가진 태양전지로 인식되고 있다. 일반적으로 CIGS 박막 태양전지는 Substrate/Mo전극/CIGS 광흡수층/CdS 버퍼층/ZnO 투명전극의 기본 구조를 가지고 있으며 다양한 공정과 디자인을 적용하여 제품이 생산되고 있다. 다양한 소재와 공정들 가운데에서 유리 소재를 기판으로 사용하면서 진공증발이나 스퍼터링과 같은 Physical Vapour Deposition(PVD)을 적용하여 CIGS 광흡수층을 제조하는 기술이 가장 보편적으로 적용되고 있다. 즉 상용화에 가장 근접해 있는 기술이라고 할 수 있으며 현재는 대량생산체제 구축을 위한 기술 개발이 진행되고 있다. 또한 종래의 기판소재와 광흡수층 제조 공정의 단점을 극복하기 위한 기술들도 개발되고 있다. 특히 유리 기판 소재를 금속이나 폴리머 소재를 대체하는 기술, PVD 공정이 아닌 비진공 공정을 적용하여 CIGS 광흡수층을 제조하는 기술 등은 응용성과 제조 단가 측면에서의 파급력이 크다고 할 수 있다. 본 발표에서는 저가 고효율 CIGS 박막 태양전지 개발을 위한 이슈들을 정리하고, 이를 해결하기 위한 국내외의 연구 개발 동향을 살펴보고자 한다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 하여 CIGS 박막 태양전지의 발전방향에 대해서 전망하고자 한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.222-224
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• 2006

A non-vacuum process for $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$ (CIGS) thin film solar cells from nanoparticle precursors was described in this work CIGS nanoparticle precursors was prepared by a low temperature colloidal route by reacting the starting materials $(CuI,\;InI_3,\;GaI_3\;and\;Na_2Se)$ in organic solvents, by which fine CIGS nanoparticles of about 20nm in diameter were obtained. The nanoparticle precursors were mixed with organic binder material for the rheology of the mixture to be adjusted for the doctor blade method. After depositing the mixture of CIGS with binder on Mo/glass substrate, the samples were preheated on the hot plate in air to evaporate remaining solvents ud to burn the organic binder material. Subsequently, the resultant (porous) CIGS/Mo/glass simple was selenized in a two-zone Rapid Thermal Process (RTP) furnace in order to get a solar ceil applicable dense CIGS absorber layer. Complete solar cell structure was obtained by depositing. The other layers including CdS buffer layer, ZnO window layer and Al electrodes by conventional methods. The resultant solar cell showed a conversion efficiency of 0.5%.

• Advances in materials Research
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.181-193
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• 2013

Description and theory of spin coating technique has been elaborately outlined and a spin coating machine designed and fabricated using affordable components. The system was easily built with interdisciplinary knowledge of mechanics, fluid mechanics and electronics. This equipment employs majorly three basic components and two circuit units in its operation. These include a high speed dc motor, a proximity sensor mounted at a distance of about 15 mm from a reflective metal attached to the spindle of the motor to detect every passage of the reflective metal at its front and generate pulses. The pulses are transmitted to a micro-controller which process them into rotational speed (revolution per minute) and displays it on a lead crystal display (LCD) which is also a component of the micro-controller. The circuit units are a dc power supply unit and a PWM motor speed controlling unit. The various components and circuit units of this equipment are housed in a metal casing made of an 18 gauge black metal sheet designed with a total area of 1, $529.2cm^2$. To illustrate the use of the spin-coating system, ZnO sol-gel films were prepared and characterized using SEM, XRD, UV-vis, FT-IR and RBS and the result agrees well with that obtained from standard equipment and a speed of up to 9000 RPM has been achieved.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.382-386
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• 2019

The alignment characteristics of liquid crystal (LC) molecules on a solution-derived lanthanum zinc oxide (LZO) film under ion-beam irradiation were demonstrated. Using the solution process, an LZO film was fabricated on the glass substrate and cured at $100^{\circ}C$. Afterwards, ion-beam irradiation was performed following the LC alignment method. Using this film, an LC cell was fabricated and the characteristics of the LC alignment were verified. Cross polarizing microscopy and the crystal rotation method were used to investigate the alignment state of the LC molecules on the LZO films. Furthermore, field emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to explore the effect of the ion-beam irradiation on the LZO film. Through these, it was confirmed that the ion-beam irradiation induced surface modification, which demonstrated anisotropic physical and chemical surface characteristics. Due to this, uniform LC alignment was achieved. Finally, the residual DC and anchoring energy of the LC cell based on the LZO films were measured using a capacitance-voltage curve.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.99-104
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• 2021

Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) was used to deposit semiconducting IZTO (indium zinc tin oxide) thin films onto heavily-doped Si substrates using a sintered ceramic target with the nominal composition In0.4Zn0.5Sn0.1O1.5, which could work as a channel layer for oxide TFT (oxide thin film transistor) devices. The crystallization behavior and electrical properties were examined for the films in terms of deposition parameters, i.e. target tilt angle and substrate temperature during deposition. The thickness uniformity of the films were examined using a stylus profilometer. The observed difference in electrical properties was not related to the degree of crystallization but to the deposition temperature which affected charge carrier concentration (n), electrical resistivity (ρ), sheet resistance (Rs), and Hall mobility (μH) values of the films.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.1024-1029
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• 2022

Composite scintillation screens on a base of Gd_1.2Y_1.8Ga_2.5Al_2.5O₁₂:Ce (GYAGG) scintillator have been evaluated for neutron detection. Besides the powdered scintillator, the composite includes ⁶LiF particles; both are merged with a binder and deposited onto the light-reflecting aluminum substrate. Results obtained demonstrates that screens are suitable for use with a silicon photomultiplier readout to create a prospective solution for a compact and low-cost thermal neutron sensor. Composite GYAGG/⁶LiF scintillation screen shows a pretty matched sensitivity and γ-background rejection with a widely used ZnS/⁶LiF screens however, possesses forty times faster response.