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Current Saturation in the Electrical Resistivity Method (전기비저항탐사에서 전류포화현상)

  • Kang, Hye-Jin;Cho, In-Ky
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.370-377
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    • 2010
  • In this study, we investigated the current saturation which forces the apparent resistivity to converge when the conductivity contrast between the anomalous body and background medium is greater than a specific value. Analizing theoretical and numerical solutions for some simple models, we studied the behavior of the surface charge, and how the surface charge cause the current saturation and finally lead to the convergence of the apparent resistivity in the resistivity method. As a consequence of above analysis, we verified that the current saturation makes the apparent resistivity converge to a specific value and the magnitude of the apparent resistivity anomaly be less than that of the ideal conductor or insulator in the resistivity method. In general, current saturation is considered to occur when the conductivity contrast becomes larger than 100.

Optical and Electrical Properties of Indium Doped PEDOT:PSS

  • Kim, Byoung-Ju;Kang, Kwang-Sun
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.109-112
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    • 2017
  • Various wt. ratios of indium were doped to the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styreneswulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) to enhance the conductivity and transmittance. The transmittance of the films increased with increasing the amount of indium. The field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) image of 2.54 wt. % of indium doped PEDOT:PSS film shows large number of aggregated indium particles. However, more than 2.54 wt. % of indium doped PEDOT:PSS films showed reduced aggregated indium particles. Moreover, 4.47 wt. % of indium doped PEDOT:PSS film showed no aggregated particles. The resistivity of pure PEDOT:PSS film showed $880k{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. The resistivity of 1.03 wt. % indium doped film reduced approximately 26 times compared with pure PEDOT:PSS film. The resistivity of indium doped film further reduced with increasing the amount of indium, which showed approximately $0.55k{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$ for the PEDOT:PSS film doped 4.47 wt. % of indium.

Conducting ZnO Thin Film Fabrication by UV-enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition

  • Kim, Se-Jun;Kim, Hong-Beom;Seong, Myeong-Mo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.211.1-211.1
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    • 2013
  • We fabricate the conductive zinc oxide(ZnO) thin film using UV-enhanced atomic layer deposition. ZnO is semiconductor with a wide band gap(3.37eV) and transparent in the visible region. ZnO can be deposited with various method, such as metal organic chemical vapour deposition, magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser ablation deposition. In this experiment, ZnO thin films was deposited by atomic layer deposition using diethylzinc (DEZ) and D.I water as precursors with UV irradiation during water dosing. As a function of UV exposure time, the resistivity of ZnO thin films decreased dramatically. We were able to confirm that UV irradiation is one of the effective way to improve conductivity of ZnO thin film. The resistivity was investigated by 4 point probe. Additionally, we confirm the thin film composition is ZnO by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. We anticipate that this UV-enhanced ZnO thin film can be applied to electronics or photonic devices as transparent electrode.

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The Electric and Thermal Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 (방전플라즈마 소결된 Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3의 열/전기적 특성)

  • Lee, Gil-Geun;Choi, Young-Hoon;Ha, Gook-Hyun
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.285-290
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    • 2012
  • The present study was focused on the analysis of the electric and thermal properties of spark plasma sintered $Bi_{0.5}Sb_{1.5}Te_3$ thermoelectric material. The crystal structure, microstructure, electric and thermal properties of the sintered body were evaluated by measuring XRD, SEM, electric resistivity, Hall effect and thermal conductivity. The $Bi_{0.5}Sb_{1.5}Te_3$ sintered body showed anisotropic crystal structure. The c-axis of the $Bi_{0.5}Sb_{1.5}Te_3$ crystal aligned in a parallel direction with applied pressure during spark plasma sintering. The degree of the crystal alignment increased with increasing sintering temperature and sintering time. The electric resistivity and thermal conductivity of the $Bi_{0.5}Sb_{1.5}Te_3$ sintered body showed anisotropic characteristics result from crystal alignment.

Effects of Alumina Powder on the Properties of Mica Sheet Impregnated with Silicone Rubber Resin (알루미나 분말의 첨가에 따른 실리콘고무수지 함침 마이카시트의 특성)

  • Park Hyo-Yul;Kang Dong-Pil;Ahn Myeong-Sang;Myung In-Hye
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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    • v.54 no.12
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    • pp.561-566
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes electrical resistivity, dielectric strength, thermal conductivity, thermal stability and tensile strength of mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin or silicone rubber resin containing alumina powder. The mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin had higher electrical resistivity, dielectric strength and tensile strength than those of virgin mica sheet. Electrical resistivity of mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin containing alumina increased with increasing the amount of alumina. However, dielectric strength and tensile strength of mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin containing alumina decreased with increasing the amount of alumina. The mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin had lower thermal conductivity than that of virgin mica sheet. However, thermal conductivity of mica sheet impregnated with silicone rubber resin conatining alumina increased with increasing the amount of alumina. In the case of thermal stability, thermal degradation of virgin mica sheet and impregnated mica sheet with silicone rubber resin did not occur up to $1100^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$, respectively.

Investigations of Temperature Effect on the Conduction Mechanism of Electrical Conductivity of Copolymer/Carbon Black Composite

  • El Hasnaoui, M.;Kreit, L.;Costa, L.C.;Achour, M.E.
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 2017
  • This study deals the prediction of temperature effect on low-frequency dispersion of alternating current (AC) conductivity spectra of composite materials based on copolymer reinforced with carbon black (CB) particles. A sample of ethylene butylacrylate loaded with 13% of CB particles were prepared and investigated using the impedance spectroscopy representation in the frequency range from 40 Hz to 0.1 MHz and temperature range from $20^{\circ}C$ to $125^{\circ}C$. The dielectric constant, ${\varepsilon}^{\prime}$, and dielectric losses, ${\varepsilon}^{{\prime}{\prime}}$, were found to decrease with increasing frequency. The frequency dependence of the AC conductivity follows the universal power law with a large deviation in the high frequency region, the positive temperature coefficient in resistivity effect has been observed below the melting temperature which makes this composite potentially remarkable for industrial applications.

Resistivity Imaging Using Borehole Electrical Resistivity Tomography: A Case of Land Subsidence in Karst Area Due to the Excessive Groundwater Withdrawal (시추공 전기비저항 토모그래피를 이용한 비저항 영상화: 과잉취수에 의한 석회암 지반침하 지역 사례)

  • Song, Sung-Ho;Lee, Gyu-Sang;Um, Jae-Youn;Suh, Jung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.537-547
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    • 2011
  • Electrical resistivity tomography surveys using boreholes were applied to reveal the cause of a catastrophic land subsidence accompanied by the excessive groundwater withdrawal in urban karst area and to map the connectivity of disseminated cavities over the study area. In order to understand the hydrogeological characteristics, resistivity using exsitu core samples, groundwater level for five boreholes, and hydraulic conductivity using slug test were measured. The hydraulic conductivity variation ranging from 0.8 to $9.3{\times}10^{-4}\;cm/s$ for five boreholes and a gentle slope of groundwater level indicated that there is no significant characteristics of hydraulic heterogeneity. Core samples of the lime-silicated rock were classified as three groups including cracked, weathered, and fresh and measured the resistivity values ranged from 103 to 161, 218 to 277, and 597 to 662 ohm-m, respectively. Drilling results that showed the cavity filled with clay materials and tomogram for this region indicated resistivity value lower than 50 ohm-m. From the inverted resistivity results for each section with five boreholes, cavity and fractured layer were distributed along the depth between 10 and 20 m overall area and cavities ranging from 4 to 6 m filled with clay materials.

Electrical Resistivity of Cylindrical Cement Core with Successive Substitution by Electrolyte of Different Conductivity (전도성이 다른 공극수로 순차 치환한 시멘트 시험편의 전기비저항)

  • Lee, Sang-Kyu;Lee, Tae-Jong
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.328-337
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    • 2009
  • To investigate the relation between pore fluid conductivity and bulk resistivity of a rock sample it is assumed that electrolyte solution perfectly substitute the pore fluid that occupied the pore space within the sample in general. In this study, it is investigated that how much can the electrolyte solution substitute the pore fluid by repeating the same saturation process. Four kinds of NaCl solutions of 8, 160, 3200, 64000 ${\mu}S$/cm are used. The saturation process has repeated four times for each electrolyte in increasing conductivity order first then four times each in decreasing order. The more the saturation process repeated with the same electrolyte, the more electrolyte solution substitute the pore fluid. Geometric mean of bulk resistivity in increasing and decreasing orders with the same electrolyte solution is assumed to be mostly close to the bulk resistivity with perfect substitution. Bulk resistivity measurements for both increasing and decreasing order differs within 10% to the geometric mean when repeating the saturation process 4 times while maximum 40% difference is observed when single saturation process for each electrolyte solution with increasing order. The modified parallel resistant model can generally represent the relations between pore fluid resistivity and bulk resistivity in the experiment, but more experimental data with various rock samples with different porosity is needed to generalize the model.

Resistivity Variation of Nickel Oxide by Substrate Heating in RF Sputter for Microbolometer

  • Lee, Yong Soo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.348-352
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    • 2015
  • Thin nickel oxide films formed on uncooled and cooled $SiO_2/Si$ substrates using a radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputter powered by 200 W in a mixed atmosphere of argon and oxygen. Grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy are used for the structural analysis of nickel oxide films. The electrical conductivity required for better bolometric performance is estimated by means of a four-point probe system. Columnar and (200) preferred orientations are discovered in both films regardless of substrate cooling. Electric resistivity, however, is greatly influenced by the substrate cooling. Oxygen partial pressure increase during the nickel oxide deposition leads to a rapid decrease in resistivity, and the resistivity is higher in the cooled nickel oxide samples. Even when small microstructure variations are applied, lower resistivity in favor of low noise performance is acquired in the uncooled samples.