• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.66 no.3
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• pp.209-217
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• 2022

We have developed photosensitive electrochromic smart windows that does not require any transparent conducting oxide (TCO) substrate. In our previous study, we demonstrated that a flexible film-type device made with a low temperature curing WO₃ sol and TiO₂ sol could show a reversible and rapid switching between colored and bleached state via incorporation of platinum catalysts on the surface of WO₃ layer. However, when these devices were exposed to sunlight over 4 hour, it was confirmed that they did not return to fully bleached state in the darkened state due to their overcoloring process. In this study, we added 4-hydroxy-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPOL) as an additive to the electrolyte of photosensitive electrochromic device to effectively prevent the undesired overcoloring process. The resulting device with TEMPOL indeed did not undergo excessive coloration and showed great reversibility even after being exposed to sunlight for over 4 hours. Various concentrations of TEMPOL were applied to compare changes in the visible transmittance and coloring/bleaching kinetics of devices. In terms of energetic point of view, we proposed a plausible mechanism of TEMPOL to prevent excessive coloration.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.326-330
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• 2015

In this study, we demonstrate the photoelectrochromic devices composed of $TiO_2$ and $WO_3$ nanostructures prepared by anodization method. The morphology and the crystal structure of anodized $TiO_2$ nanotubes and $WO_3$ nanoporous layers are investigated by SEM and XRD. To fabricate a transparent photoelectrode on FTO substrate, a $TiO_2$ nanotube membrane, which has been detached from Ti substrate, is transferred to FTO substrate and annealed at $450^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr. The photoelectrode of $TiO_2$ nanotube and the counter electrode of $WO_3$ nanoporous layer are assembled and the inner space is filled with a liquid electrolyte containing 0.5 M LiI and 5 mM $I_2$ as a redox mediator. The properties of the photoelectrochromic devices is investigated and Pt-$WO_3$ electrode system shows better electrochromic performance compared to $WO_3$ electrode.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.24-34
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• 1997

In this study, two different types of complementary electrochromic devices using amorphous $WO_{3}$ films as a working electrode, $V_{2}O_{5}$ film and NiO film as counter electrodes respectively were investigated. For the devices using amorphous and crystalline $V_{2}O_{5}$ films of $100{\sim}150nm$ thickness with $ITO/WO_{3}/LiClO_{4}-PC/V_{2}O_{5}/ITO$ structure, an optical modulation of $50{\sim}60%$ were obtained at a potential range of $1{\sim}2V$. It has been shown that transmittance and reflectance of light could be electrically controlled by low applied voltage. For the devices with $ITO/WO_{3}/LiClO_{4}-PC/NiO/ITO$ structure in which NiO film was deposited by a RF reactive sputtering, the optical modulation in visible light region (${\lambda}=550nm$) and in near infrared light region (${\lambda}=850nm$) were 25% and 30%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.33.1-33.1
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• 2009

To date, nanostructured tungsten oxides with a variety of stoichiometries, such as WO3, WO2.9, W18O49, and WO2, have been prepared, because they are promising candidates for applications such as gas sensors, photocatalysts, electrochromic devices, and field emission devices. Among them, W18O49 and WO2 have been widely studied due to their outstanding chemical sensing, catalytic, and electron emissive properties. Here we report, for the first time, a one-pot solution-phase route to synthesizing a novel composite hierarchical hollow structure without adding catalysts, surfactants, or templates. The products, consisting of a WO2 hollow core sphere surrounded by a W18O49 nanorod shell (yielding a sea urchin-like structure), were generated as discrete structures via Ostwald ripening. To our knowledge, this type of composite hierarchical core/shell structure has not been reported previously. The morphological evolution and the detailed growth mechanism were carefully studied. We also demonstrate that the size of the hollow urchins is readily tunable by controlling the reactant concentrations.Interestingly, although bulk tungsten oxides are weakly paramagnetic or diamagnetic, the as-prepared products show unusual ferromagnetic behavior atroom temperature. The urchin structures also show a very high Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET) surface area, suggesting that they may potentially be applied to chemical sensor or effective catalyst technologies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.36-39
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• 2003

Conducting polymers are finding increasing number of applications in various electronic devices such as chemical sensors, electrochromic display, light emitting diodes, etc. Polyaniline(PANI) ranks among highly prospective conduction polymers. PANI was first synthesis in 1862[1] and has been extensively studied as a conducting polymer since the 1980s[2]. The side range of electrical, electrochemical and optical properties coupled with good environmental stability makes PANI potentially attractive for application as an electronic material. (omitted)

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.210.1-210.1
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• 2016

전기변색 소자는 가시광선의 투과도 조절이 가능하며 또한 메모리특성 이라는 독특한 특성 때문에 최근 많은 연구자들이 주목하고 있다. 이러한 전기변색 소자는 전기변색 물질에 따라 스마트 윈도우, 투명 디스플레이 그리고 자동차용 룸 밀러 등 다양한 분야에 응용이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 높은 변색 속도와 안전성 (durability)를 가지는 전기변색 소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 소자는 4 Hz (125 ms)구동 속도에서 약 30,000 cycles 구동에도안정적으로 작동하며 투과도 변화폭은 약 50% 이다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.121-121
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• 2003

NiO thin films are very attractive for use as an antiferromagnetic layer, p-type transparent conducting films, in electrochromic devices and functional sensor layer for chemical sensors, due to their excellent chemical stability, as well as optical, electrical and magnetic properties. In addition, (100)- and (111)-oriented NiO films can be used as buffer layers on which to deposit other oriented oxide films, such as c-axis-oriented perovskite-type ferromagnetic films and superconducting films, because of the similarity in symmetry of oxygen ion lattice and lattice constants between the NiO films and the oriented oxide films. Thus, controlling the crystallographic orientation and surface roughness of the NiO films for a buffer layer are very important.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.9.2-9.2
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• 2011

Ultrathin polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayer films prepared by the versatile layer-by layer (LbL) assembly method have been utilized for the preparation of light-emitting diodes, electrochromic, membrane, and drug delivery system, as well as for selective area patterning and particle surface modification because the various materials with specific properties can be inserted into the film with nano-level thickness irrespective of the size or the shape of substrate. Since the introduction of the LbL technique in 1991 by Decher and Hong, various hydrophilic materials can be inserted within LbL films through complementary interactions (i.e., electrostatic, hydrogen-bonding or covalent interaction). In this study, it is demonstrated that LbL SA multilayer films based on nucleophilic substitution reaction can allow the preparation of the highly efficient magnetic and/or optical films and nonvolatile memory devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.365.1-365.1
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• 2014

Cobalt oxide has excellent various properties such as high catalytic activity, antiferromagnetism, and electrochromism. So cobalt oxides offer a great potential for their applications in the various areas such as optical gas sensor, catalysts for oxidation reaction, electrochromic devices, high temperature solar selective absorbers, magnetic materials, pigment for glasses and ceramics, and negative electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. We have synthesized novel cobalt complexes by simple reaction of cobalt bistrimethylsilylamide as a starting material with a lot of conventional ligands as potential cobalt oxide precursors. The studies include the facile preparation, structural characterization, and spectroscopic analysis of the new precursors. We are making efforts to grow cobalt oxide thin films using cobalt complexes newly synthesized in this study using deposition techniques.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.448-451
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• 2004

Vanadium oxides have been widely used in a variety of technological applications such electrochromic devices as infrared detectors and are expected as a material suitable for gas sensing applications. Thin films of Vanadium oxide (VOx) have been deposited by r.f magnetron sputtering under different oxygen partial pressure ratios and substrate temperatures. Humidity-sensitive properties of resistive sensors having interdigitated electrode structure are characterized. Our sensors show good response to humidity over 20%RH to 80%RH. Vanadium oxide films deposited with 0% $O_2$ partial pressure at foot exhibit greater sensitivity to humidity change than others.