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Effects of Sputter Deposition Sequence and Sulfurization Process of Cu, Zn, Sn on Properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell Material (Cu, Zn, Sn의 스퍼터링 적층방법과 황화 열처리공정이 Cu2ZnSnS4 태양전지재료 특성에 미치는 효과)

  • Park, Nam-Kyu;Arepalli, Vinaya Kumar;Kim, Eui-Tae
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.304-308
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    • 2013
  • The effect of a sputter deposition sequence of Cu, Zn, and Sn metal layers on the properties of $Cu_2ZnSnS_4$ (CZTS) was systematically studied for solar cell applications. The set of Cu/Sn/Zn/Cu multi metal films was deposited on a Mo/$SiO_2$/Si wafer using dc sputtering. CZTS films were prepared through a sulfurization process of the Cu/Sn/Zn/Cu metal layers at $500^{\circ}C$ in a $H_2S$ gas environment. $H_2S$ (0.1%) gas of 200 standard cubic centimeters per minute was supplied in the cold-wall sulfurization reactor. The metal film prepared by one-cycle deposition of Cu(360 nm)/Sn(400 nm)/Zn(400 nm)/Cu(440 nm) had a relatively rough surface due to a well-developed columnar structure growth. A dense and smooth metal surface was achieved for two- or three-cycle deposition of Cu/Sn/Zn/Cu, in which each metal layer thickness was decreased to 200 nm. Moreover, the three-cycle deposition sample showed the best CZTS kesterite structures after 5 hr sulfurization treatment. The two- and three-cycle Cu/Sn/Zn/Cu samples showed high-efficient photoluminescence (PL) spectra after a 3 hr sulfurization treatment, wheres the one-cycle sample yielded poor PL efficiency. The PL spectra of the three-cycle sample showed a broad peak in the range of 700-1000 nm, peaked at 870 nm (1.425 eV). This result is in good agreement with the reported bandgap energy of CZTS.

A Preliminary Study on Assessment of Urban Parks and Green Zones of Ecological Attributes and Responsiveness to Climate Change (도시공원녹지의 생태성 및 기후변화 대응성 평가 기초 연구)

  • Sung, Hyun-Chan;Hwang, So-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.107-117
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    • 2013
  • Problems in regard of ecological stability of urban ecosystem ensue from climate change and urbanization. Particularly, urban ecological conditions are deteriorating both quantitatively and qualitatively to a great extent. The present study aims to assess the current condition of selected sites (i. e. urban green zones and parks) in terms of preset assessment components; to find out problems and relevant solutions to improve the quality and quantity of parks and green zones; and ultimately to suggest some measures applicable to coping with climate change as well as to securing the ecological attributes of urban green zones and parks. According to the findings of this study, from quantitative perspectives, ecological attributes and responsiveness to climate change are high on account of the large natural-soil area(80%). By contrast, from qualitative perspectives including the planting structure (1 layer: 47%), the percentage of bush area(17%), the connectivity with surrounding green zones (independent types: 44%), the wind paths considered (5.6%), the tree species with high carbon absorption rates (20%), water cycles (17%), energy (8%) and carbon storage capacities(61%), ecological attributes and responsiveness to climate change were found very low. These findings suggest that the ecological values of urban parks and green zones should be improved in the future by conserving their original forms, securing natural-soil grounds and employing multi-layered planting structures and water bodies, and that responsiveness to climate change should be enhanced by planting tree species with high carbon storage capacities and obtaining detention ponds. In sum, robust efforts should be exerted in the initial planning stages, and sustained, to apply the methodology of green-zone development along with securing ecological attributes and responsiveness to climate change.

A Study on On-line Recognition of Korean Strokes with Sequential Information Using Neural Network (순서정보에 의한 한글자획 온라인 인식을 위한 신경회로망에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Gil-Jung;Choi, Sug;Lee, Jong-Hyeok;Nam, Ki-Gon;Yoon, Tae-Hoon;Kim, Jae-Chang;Park, Ui-Yul;Lee, Yang-Sung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.1380-1390
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    • 1992
  • This paper proposes an on-line recognition system of Korean strokes using multi-layer neural network with tracing the stroke pattern. The system segments the stroke pattern into subpatterns, detects prominent stroke features in the subpatterns and integrates all the activation values of features in the related subpatterns. The activation values of the integrated stroke-specific features represent statistic characteristics of features and contributes for classifying the stroke pattern. Since the informations in Korean strokes are concentrated in the first and last parts of the strokes, the system extracts stroke-specific features in these parts attentatively and infers corner features using the sequential information of the extracted stroke-specific features in the first and last part of strokes the system is relatively simple in structure and rapid in on-line recognition of hand-written Korean strokes.

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Development of Artificial Intelligence Janggi Game based on Machine Learning Algorithm (기계학습 알고리즘 기반의 인공지능 장기 게임 개발)

  • Jang, Myeonggyu;Kim, Youngho;Min, Dongyeop;Park, Kihyeon;Lee, Seungsoo;Woo, Chongwoo
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.137-148
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    • 2017
  • Researches on the Artificial Intelligence has been explosively activated in various fields since the advent of AlphaGo. Particularly, researchers on the application of multi-layer neural network such as deep learning, and various machine learning algorithms are being focused actively. In this paper, we described a development of an artificial intelligence Janggi game based on reinforcement learning algorithm and MCTS (Monte Carlo Tree Search) algorithm with accumulated game data. The previous artificial intelligence games are mostly developed based on mini-max algorithm, which depends only on the results of the tree search algorithms. They cannot use of the real data from the games experts, nor cannot enhance the performance by learning. In this paper, we suggest our approach to overcome those limitations as follows. First, we collects Janggi expert's game data, which can reflect abundant real game results. Second, we create a graph structure by using the game data, which can remove redundant movement. And third, we apply the reinforcement learning algorithm and MCTS algorithm to select the best next move. In addition, the learned graph is stored by object serialization method to provide continuity of the game. The experiment of this study is done with two different types as follows. First, our system is confronted with other AI based system that is currently being served on the internet. Second, our system confronted with some Janggi experts who have winning records of more than 50%. Experimental results show that the rate of our system is significantly higher.

Preparation and characterization of nanoporous monolith with high thermal insulation performance (나노 기공성 단열 실리카 모노리스 제조 및 특성 연구)

  • Choi, Hyun-Muk;Kim, Seong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2014
  • In this study, we synthesized two different silica monoliths by using sol-gel, solvent exchange, surface modification, ambient pressure drying processes, and surfactant-based templating technique followed by calcination process. All of the prepared two silica monoliths showed crack-free appearance with fairly good transparency, and furthermore were confirmed to have extremely high porosity, specific surface area, and mean pore size below 30 nm. The silica aerogel sample exhibited finer and more homogeneous nano-sized pore structure due to spring back effect caused by surface modification, which resulted in better thermal insulation performance. Based on measured thermal conductivities and theoretical relationship, multi-layered glass window system in which silica monolith prepared in this study was inserted as a middle layer was revealed to have superior thermal insulation performance compared to conventional air-inserted glass window system.

Design of QCA Content-Addressable Memory Cell for Quantum Computer Environment (양자컴퓨터 환경에서의 QCA 기반 내용주소화 메모리 셀 설계)

  • Park, Chae-Seong;Jeon, Jun-Cheol
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.521-527
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    • 2020
  • Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is a technology that attracts attention as a next-generation digital circuit design technology, and several digital circuits have been proposed in the QCA environment. Content-addressable memory (CAM) is a storage device that conducts a search based on information stored therein and provides fast speed in a special process such as network switching. Existing CAM cell circuits proposed in the QCA environment have a disadvantage in that a required area and energy dissipation are large. The CAM cell is composed of a memory unit that stores information and a match unit that determines whether or not the search is successful, and this study proposes an improved QCA CAM cell by designing the memory unit in a multi-layer structure. The proposed circuit uses simulation to verify the operation and compares and analyzes with the existing circuit.

Properties of colored topaz by new surface treatment (새롭게 표면처리된 유색 토파즈의 특성)

  • Lee, Bohyun;Koo, Changsik;Yeon, Seokju;Choi, Hyunmin;Kim, Youngchool;Kim, Sunhee
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2013
  • We performed analysis of composition and structure of coating layers by using ED-XRF and TOF-SIMS for some passion topaz of Swarovski which developed recently as new surface treatment of TCF (thermal color fusion) technique. In addition, we compared differences between Ti-coated topaz (Mystic topaz) and new treated colored topazes (passion topaz) with magnification observation and simplified durability test. As a result, we can observe similar characteristic clues in Ti-coated topaz and passion topaz by magnified observation. According to results of depth profile by TOF-SIMS, we can know that topaz is treated by multi-layer coating or surface diffusion coating. Moreover, the passion topaz which is treated by chemical reaction between metal elements shows more stable chemical resistance and higher Mohs' hardness than Ti-coated topaz.

Development of an Artificial Neural Network Expert System for Preliminary Design of Tunnel in Rock Masses (암반터널 예비설계를 위한 인공신경회로망 전문가 시스템의 개발)

  • 이철욱;문현구
    • Geotechnical Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.79-96
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    • 1994
  • A tunnel design expert system entitled NESTED is developed using the artificial neural network. The expert system includes three neural network computer models designed for the stability assessment of underground openings and the estimation of correlation between the RMR and Q systems. The expert system consists of the three models and the computerized rock mass classification programs that could be driven under the same user interface. As the structure of the neural network, a multi -layer neural network which adopts an or ror back-propagation learning algorithm is used. To set up its knowledge base from the prior case histories, an engineering database which can control the incomplete and erroneous information by learning process is developed. A series of experiments comparing the results of the neural network with the actual field observations have demonstrated the inferring capabilities of the neural network to identify the possible failure modes and the support timing. The neural network expert system thus complements the incomplete geological data and provides suitable support recommendations for preliminary design of tunnels in rock masses.

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Dynamic Gesture Recognition for the Remote Camera Robot Control (원격 카메라 로봇 제어를 위한 동적 제스처 인식)

  • Lee Ju-Won;Lee Byung-Ro
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.8 no.7
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    • pp.1480-1487
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    • 2004
  • This study is proposed the novel gesture recognition method for the remote camera robot control. To recognize the dynamics gesture, the preprocessing step is the image segmentation. The conventional methods for the effectively object segmentation has need a lot of the cole. information about the object(hand) image. And these methods in the recognition step have need a lot of the features with the each object. To improve the problems of the conventional methods, this study proposed the novel method to recognize the dynamic hand gesture such as the MMS(Max-Min Search) method to segment the object image, MSM(Mean Space Mapping) method and COG(Conte. Of Gravity) method to extract the features of image, and the structure of recognition MLPNN(Multi Layer Perceptron Neural Network) to recognize the dynamic gestures. In the results of experiment, the recognition rate of the proposed method appeared more than 90[%], and this result is shown that is available by HCI(Human Computer Interface) device for .emote robot control.

A Study on the Optical Characteristics of Multi-Layer Touch Panel Structure on Sapphire Glass (Sapphire Glass 기반 다층박막 터치패널구조의 광학특성 연구)

  • Kwak, Young Hoon;Moon, Seong Cheol;Lee, Ji Seon;Lee, Seong Eui
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.168-174
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    • 2016
  • A conductive oxide-based sapphire glass indium tin oxide/metal electrode and the optical coating, through patterning process was studied in excellent optical properties and integrated touch panel has a high strength. Indium tin oxide conductive oxides of the sapphire glass to 0.3 A at DC magnetron sputtering method of 10 min, gas flow Ar 10 Sccm Ar, $O_2$ 1.0 Sccm the formation conditions of the thin film after annealing at $550^{\circ}C$ for 30min was achieved through a 86% transmittance. In addition, the coating 130 nm hollow silica sol-gel was to improve the optical transmittance of the indium tin oxide to 91%. For the measurement by the modeling hollow silica sol by Macleod simulation and calculated the average values of silica part to the presence or absence in analogy to actual. Refractive index value and the actual value of the material on the simulation the transmittance difference is it does not completely match the air region similar to the actual value (transmission) could be confirmed that the measurement is set to a value of between 5 nm and 10 nm.