• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2022

Since the organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been widely investigated as next-generation displays, it has been successfully commercialized as a flexible and rollable display. However, there is still wide room and demand to improve the device characteristics such as power efficiency and lifetime. To solve this issue, there has been a wide research effort, and among them, the internal and the external light extraction techniques have been attracted in this research field by its fascinating characteristic of material independence. In this study, a micro-nano composite structured external light extraction layer was demonstrated. A reactive ion etching (RIE) process was performed on the surfaces of hexagonally packed hemisphere micro-lens array (MLA) and randomly distributed sphere diffusing films to form micro-nano composite structures. Random nanostructures of different sizes were fabricated by controlling the processing time of the O₂ / CHF₃ plasma. The fabricated device using a micro-nano composite external light extraction layer showed 1.38X improved external quantum efficiency compared to the reference device. The results prove that the external light extraction efficiency is improved by applying the micro-nano composite structure on conventional MLA fabricated through a simple process.

• 멤브레인
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.367-374
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 LSCF/GDC (20 : 80 vol%) 복합 분리막 표면에 LSC/GDC (50 : 50 vol%) 활성층을 코팅한 후 활성층의 열처리 온도, 두께, 침투법을 이용한 STF 도입이 산소투과 특성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 활성층 도입은 복합 분리막의 산소 투과 유속을 급격히 증진시켰으며 이는 활성층 성분인 LSC/GDC (50 : 50 vol%)가 전자 전도성 및 표면 산소 분해 반응을 증진시켰기 때문이었다. 활성층의 열처리 온도가 $900^{\circ}C$에서 $1000^{\circ}C$로 증가한 경우, 산소 투과 유속은 증가하였고 이는 분리막과 활성층 사이 그리고 활성층의 결정입간 접촉이 증진하여 산소이온과 전자 흐름을 증진시켰기 때문으로 설명되었다. 코팅층의 두께가 약 $10{\mu}m$에서 약 $20{\mu}m$로 증가한 경우, 산소 투과 유속은 오히려 감소하였는데 이는 코팅층의 두께가 증가할수록 기공을 통한 공기 중의 산소 유입이 어려워지기 때문으로 설명되었다. 또한, 코팅층에 침투법을 이용하여 STF를 도입한 경우가 STF를 도입하지 않은 경우 보다 높은 산소 투과 유속을 보였는데 이는 도입된 STF가 산소 분해하는 표면 반응 속도를 촉진시키기 때문이다. 본 연구로부터 LSC/GDC (50 : 50 vol%) 활성층 코팅 및 특성 제어는 LSCF/GDC (20 : 80 vol%) 복합 분리막의 산소투과 증진에 매우 중요함을 확인하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2012

Halogen lamp was applied to fabricate the selective emitter crystalline silicon solar cell. In selective emitter structure, the recombination of minority carriers is reduced with heavily doped emitter under metal grid, consequently improving the conversion efficiency. Laser selective emitter process which is recently used the most generally induces the damage on the silicon surface. However the lamp has enough heat to form heavily doped emitter layer by diffusing phosphorus from PSG without surface damage. In this work, we have studied to find the design and the suitable condition for halogen lamp such as power, time, temperature and figured out the possibility to fabricate the selective emitter silicon solar cell by lamp heating. The sheet resistance with $100{\Omega}/{\Box}$ was lower to $50{\Omega}/{\Box}$ after halogen lamp treatment. Heat transfer to lightly doped emitter region was blocked by using the shadow mask.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2006

New photopolymers were designed and prepared using the photosensitive polymer binders. Holographic gratings were successfully fabricated in these photopolymer samples by a conventional optical interference method. We also investigated the effect of photocrosslink in the polymer binder on the diffraction behavior of a new photopolymer. The dynamic behavior of the grating formation was monitored by changing exposure intensity in terms of the diffraction efficiency. Particularly, we focused our efforts in observing the variation of diffraction efficiency during a post UV curing process. The surface topographical change of photopolymer layer before and after Vis/UV light exposure was observed by atomic force microscope (AFM). We inscribed the gratings of the glass diffuser on the surface of the photopolymer and investigated their diffusing properties. The diffusers with photopolymer with the main chain polymer binder showed relatively good viewing angle of around ${\pm}30{\circ}$. Two kinds of photopolymer showed similar uniformity of around 47-54%.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2013

Two different window-structured $CuInGaSe_2$(CIGS) solar cells, i.e., CIGS/thin-CdS/ZnO:B(sample A) and CIGS/very thin-CdS/Zn(S/O)/ZnO:B(sample B), were prepared, and the diffusivity of Zn, Cd, S, and B atoms, respectively, in the CIGS, ZnO or Zn(S/O) layer was estimated by a theoretical fit to experimental secondary ion mass spectrometer data. Diffusivities of Zn, Cd, S, and B atoms in CIGS were $2.0{\times}10^{-13}(1.5{\times}10^{-13})$, $4.6{\times}10^{-13}(4.4{\times}10^{-13})$, $1.6{\times}10^{-13}(1.8{\times}10^{-13})$, and $1.2{\times}10^{-12}cm^2/s$ at 423K, respectively, where the values in parentheses were obtained from sample B and the others from sample A. The diffusivity of the B atom in a Zn(S/O) of sample B was $2.1{\times}10^{-14}cm^2/sec$. Moreover, the diffusivities of Cd and S atoms diffusing back into ZnO(sample A) or Zn(S/O)(sample A) layers were extremely low at 423K, and the estimated diffusion coefficients were $2.2{\times}10^{-15}cm^2/s$ for Cd and $3.0{\times}10^{-15}cm^2/s$ for S.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.809-815
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• 2012

Recently, as the interest in improving energy efficiency has grown, the demand for vehicle and machine parts that are resistant in high temperature corrosive conditions and abrasive environments has increased. Pack chromizing treatment of sintered steels is a profitable method that satisfies both corrosion resistance and low friction properties. Since austenitic stainless steels have good corrosion resistance but low mechanical hardness, if they are replaced by sintered steel parts with pack chromizing treatment, all the desirable properties such as low price, easy molding, high hardness, low frictional coefficient, and high corrosion resistance, can be obtained. The higher corrosion resistance of the chromized parts over that of the austenitic stainless steels was acquired by coating chromium carbides and a thin chromium oxides layer on the surface. Moreover, the surface morphology of chromized parts, which were composed of chromium rich phases and hardened chromium carbides by diffusing and alloying, had a peak-and-valley shape so that the dimple effect by the wrinkled morphology and high hardness induced a low friction coefficient.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2023

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) occurs when abdominal pressure increases, such as sneezing, exercising, and laughing. Surgical and non-surgical treatments are the common methods of SUI treatment; however, the conventional treatments still require continuous and invasive treatment. Laser have been used to treat SUI, but excessive temperature increase often causes thermal burn on urethra tissue. Therefore, the optimal conditions must be considered to minimize the thermal damage for the laser treatment. The current study investigated the feasibility of the laser irradiation condition for SUI treatment using non-ablative 980 nm laser from a safety perspective through numerical simulations. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to analyze the numerical simulation model. The Pennes bioheat equation with the Beer's law was used to confirm spatio-temporal temperature distributions, and Arrhenius equation defined the thermal damage caused by the laser-induced heat. Ex vivo porcine urethral tissue was tested to validate the extent of both temperature distribution and thermal damage. The temperature distribution was symmetrical and uniformly observed in the urethra tissue. A muscle layer had a higher temperature (28.3 ℃) than mucosal (23.4 ℃) and submucosal layers (25.5 ℃). MT staining revealed no heat-induced collagen and muscle damage. Both control and treated groups showed the equivalent thickness and area of the urethral mucosal layer. Therefore, the proposed numerical simulation can predict the appropriate irradiation condition (20 W for 15 s) for the SUI treatment with minimal temperature-induced tissue.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.665-675
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• 2007

In-situ Air Sparging (IAS, AS) is a remediation technique in which organic contaminants are volatilized from saturated zone to unsaturated layer. This study focuses on the removal and interaction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and $CO_2$, and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) in saturated and unsaturated, and air space zone on the unsaturated soil surface. Soil sparging temperature of hot air has risen to $34.9{\pm}2.7^{\circ}C$ from $23.0{\pm}1.9^{\circ}C$ for 36 days. At the diffusing point, fluid TPH concentrations were reduced to 78.7% of the initial concentration in saturated zone when hot air was sparged. The TPH concentrations were decreased to 66.1% for room temperature air sparging. The amount of VOCs for hot air sparging system, in air space, was approximately 26% larger than constant air sparging system. The amount of $CO_2$ was 4,555 mg (in unsaturated zone) and 4,419 mg (in air space) when hot air was sparged was 3,015 mg (in unsaturated zone) and 3,634 mg (in air space) for room air temperature in the $CO_2$ amount. The removals of VOCs and biodegradable $CO_2$ through the hot air sparging system (modified SVE) were more effective than the room temperature air sparging. The regression equation were $Y=976.4e^{-0.015{\cdot}X}$, $R^2=0.98$ (hot air sparging) and $Y=1055e^{-0.028{\cdot}X}$, $R^2=0.90$ (room temperaure air sparging). Estimated remediation time was approximately 500 days, if final saturated soil TPH concentration was set to 1.2 mg/L application of tail effect.

• 분석과학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.197-205
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• 1993

닉켈과 크롬 20% 혼합분말을 실험실용 아트리터에서 시간을 달리하여 밀링하였고 입도분포, 미세조직 및 X-레이 회절 특성을 조사하였다. 합금화 상태를 확인하고자 포화자화값과 보자력값을 측정하였고 플라즈마 용해 잉곳 경우와 비교하였다. 기계적 합금화는 분말의 미세화 단계 후 크롬이 닉켈 속으로 확산이 일어나는 계면적의 증가에 의해서 진행하였다. 그러나 15시간 이상 밀링 후 서브 미크론 크기의 결정립으로 정상상태가 이루어졌음에도 불구하고 용해 잉곳과 같이 조성적으로 균일한 고용합금의 자성특성이 관찰되지 않았다. 밀링 시간이 길어질수록 결정립의 크기는 미세화되었으며 합금층이 증가하였다. 따라서 조성의 균질화는 분말의 소성변형에 의해서 일어나는 성분분말 사이의 계면적 증가와 계면내에서 입계 또는 전위와 같은 격자결함을 통해 크롬의 닉켈 속으로 확산에 의해서 율속되는 것으로 생각된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.574-581
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• 2012

OLED 소자는 수분과 산소의 침투에 의하여 유기물이 열화되어 수명이 감소하는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서 OLED 소자의 봉지 기술이 최근 연구되고 있다. 현재 유리나 금속 용기를 이용하여 캡슐화 하는 방법이 널리 사용되고 있지만 이러한 방법으로는 유연한(flexible) 소자의 구현이 어렵기 때문에 이를 대체할 수 있는 기술들이 연구되고 있다. 박막 필름을 이용한 OLED의 봉지 기술은 유연한 디스플레이에 적용할 수 있는 기술로 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 치밀하고 결함이 없는 패시베이션(passivation) 박막을 형성하기 위해서 상온에서 증착이 가능한 PECVD를 이용한 무기 박막 증착 방법을 개발하고 증착 조건과 구조에 따른 OLED의 특성 변화를 분석하였다. 하나의 시스템에서 in-situ로 패시베이션할 수 있는 시스템 및 공정을 구축하였으며 단일 무기 박막의 WVTR(Water Vapor Transmission Rate) 값을 $1{\times}10^{-2}g/m^2{\cdot}day$ 이하로 확보하였고 제작된 박막을 패시베이션막으로 유연한 디스플레이에 적용할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다.