• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.90.1-90.1
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• 2010

Due to the rapidly diminishing energy sources and higher energy production cost, the interest in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) has been increasing dramatically in recent years. A typical DSSC is constructed of wide band gap semiconductor electrode such as $TiO_2$ or ZnO that are anchored by light-harvesting sensitizer dyes and surrounded by a liquid electrolyte with a iodide ion/triiodide ion redox couple. DSSCs based on one-dimensional nano-structures, such as ZnO nanorods, have been recently attracting increasing attention due to their excellent electrical conductivity, high optical transmittance, diverse and abundant configurations, direct band gap, absence of toxicity, large exiton binding energy, etc. However, solar-to-electrical conversion performances of DSSCs composed of ZnO n-type photo electrode compared with that of $TiO_2$ are not satisfactory. An important reason for the low photovoltaic performance is the dissolution of $Zn^{2+}$ by the adsorption of acidic dye followed by the formation of agglomerates with dye molecules which could block the I-diffusion pathway into the dye molecule on the ZnO surface. In this paper, we prepared the DSSC with the ZnO electrode using the chemical bath deposition (CBD) method under low temperature condition (< $100^{\circ}C$). It was demonstrated that the ZnO seed layers played an important role on the formation of the ZnO nanostructures using CBD. To achieve truly low-temperature growth of the ZnO nanostructures on the substrates, a two-step method was developed and optimized in the present work. Firstly, ZnO seed layer was prepared on the FTO substrate through the spin-coating method. Secondly, the deposited ZnO seed substrate was immersed into an aqueous solution of 0.25M zinc nitrate hexahydrate and 0.25M hexamethylenetetramine at $90^{\circ}C$ for hydrothermal reaction several times.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.54-60
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• 2015

ZnSnO thin films were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) process using diethyl zinc ($Zn(C_2H_5)_2$) and tetrakis (dimethylamino) tin ($Sn(C_2H_6N)_4$) as metal precursors and water vapor as a reactant. ALD process has several advantages over other deposition methods such as precise thickness control, good conformality, and good uniformity for large area. The composition of ZnSnO thin films was controlled by varying the ratio of ZnO and $SnO_2$ ALD cycles. The ALD ZnSnO film was an amorphous state. The band gap of ZnSnO thin films increased as the Sn content increased. The CIGS solar cell using ZnSnO buffer layer showed about 18% energy conversion efficiency. With such a high efficiency with the ALD ZnSnO buffer and no light soaking effect, AlD ZnSnO buffer mighty be a good candidate to replace Zn(S,O) buffer in CIGSsolar cells.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.153-153
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• 2006

ZnO 박막은 II-VI족 화합물 반도체로서 상온에서 3.37eV 의 넓은 밴드갭을 가지고 있을 뿐만 아니라 GaN(28meV) 보다 상온에서 큰 엑시톤 결합 에너지(60meV)와 열 안정성을 가지고 있다. 특히 ZnO를 base로 한 2차원의 화합물 (MgZnO, CdZnO 그리고 MgO) 반도체 물질은 UV LED, 생 화학 센서와 투명전극 등으로 응용이 가능하다. ZnO/MgZnO 양자우울 구조의 양자제한 효과로 인한 엑시톤 결합에너지와 전기적 광학적 특성 향상으로 광전자 소 자 제작이 가능하다. 그렇지만, Zn-Mg 상평형도에서 ZnO 내에 Mg 고용도가 상온에서 열역학적으로 4at% 이하 이고, 또한 ZnO와 MgO는 각각 우르짜이트 구조와 면심입방 구조를 가지기 때문에 Mg 함량용 높이는데 어려움이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 열처리를 함으로써 MgZnO 박막 내에 Mg 함량의 증가와 결정성 향상으로 고품질의 광전자 소자 제작을 가능하게 했다. 본 실험에서는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 장비로 MgZnO 박막 성장 후 Si 기판위에 성장된 박막의 결정성 향상과 MgZnO 내의 Mg 함량 변화를 관찰하기 위해 성장된 박막에 대한 열처리 효과를 연구 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.65-65
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• 2006

ZnO 박막은 II-VI족 화합물 반도체로서 상온에서 3.37eV의 넓은 밴드갭을 가지고 있을 뿐만 아니라 GaN(28meV) 보다 상온에서 큰 엑시톤 결합 에너지(60meV)와 열 안정성을 가지고 있다. 특히 ZnO를 base로 한 2차원의 화합물 (MgZnO, CdZnO 그리고 MgO) 반도체 물질은 UV LED, 생 화학 센서와 투명전극 등으로 응용이 가능하다. ZnO/MgZnO 양자우물 구조의 양자제한 효과로 인한 엑시톤 결합에너지와 전기적 광학적 특성 향상으로 광전자 소 자 제작이 가능하다. 그렇지만, Zn-Mg 상평형도에서 ZnO 내에 Mg 고용도가 상온에서 열역학적으로 4at% 이하 이고, 또한 ZnO와 MgO는 각각 우르짜이트 구조와 면심입방 구조를 가지기 때문에 Mg 함량을 높이는데 어려움이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 열처리를 함으로써 MgZnO 박막 내에 Mg 함량의 증가와 결정성 향상으로 고품질의 광전자 소자 제작을 가능하게 했다. 본 실험에서는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 장비로 MgZnO 박막 성장 후 Si 기판위에 성장된 박막의 결정성 향상과 MgZnO 내의 Mg 함량 변화를 관찰하기 위해 성장된 박막에 대한 열처리 효과를 연구 하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.483-487
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• 2010

To fabricate $TiO_2$ nanoparticle-based dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) at a low-temperature, DSSCs were fabricated using hydropolymer and ZnO nanoparticles composites for the electron transport layer around a low-temperature ($200^{\circ}C$). ZnO nanoparticle with 20 nm and 60 nm diameter were used and Pt was deposited as a counter electrode on ITO/glass using an RF magnetron sputtering. We investigate the effect of ZnO nanoparticle concentration in hydropolymer and ZnO nanoparticle solution on the photoconversion performance of the low temperature fabricated ($200^{\circ}C$) DSSCs. Using cis-bis(isothiocyanato)bis(2,20 bipyridy1-4,40 dicarboxylato) ruthenium (II) bis-tetrabutylammonium (N719) dye as a sensitizer, the corresponding device performance and photo-physical characteristics are investigated through conventional physical characterization techniques. The effect of thickness of the ZnO photoelectrode and the morphology of the ZnO nanoparticles with the variations of hydropolymer to ZnO ratio on the photoconversion performance are also investigated. The morphology of the ZnO layer after sintering was examined using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). 60 nm ZnO nanoparticle DSSCs showed an incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) value of about 7% higher than that of 20 nm ZnO nanoparticle DSSCs. The maximum parameters of the short circuit current density ($J_{sc}$), the open circuit potential ($V_{oc}$), fill factor (ff), and efficiency ($\eta$) in the 60 nm ZnO nanoparticle-based DSSC devices were 4.93 mA/$cm^2$, 0.56V, 0.40, and 1.12%, respectively.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.11
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• pp.2021-2025
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• 2010

Electrical and structural properties were investigated on the effects of ZnO and the lead-free NKN-LST ceramics with the addition of ZnO were fabricated by a conventional mixed oxide method. A gradual change in the crystal and microstructure was observed with the increase of ZnO addition. For the NKN-LST-ZnO ceramics sintered at $1050^{\circ}C$, bulk density increased with the addition of ZnO and showed maximum value at addition 2.0mol% of ZnO. Curie temperature of the NKN-LST-ZnO ceramics slightly decreased with adding ZnO. The dielectric constant, piezoelectric constant ($d_{33}$) and electromechanical coupling factor ($k_p$) increased at the small amount of ZnO addition, which might be due to the increase in density. The high piezoelectric properties = 153 pC/N, electromechanical coupling factor = 0.484 and dielectric constant = 2883 were obtained for the NKN-LST+0.5ZnO ceramics sintered at $1050^{\circ}C$ for 2h.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.209-212
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• 1991

Recently, oxide semiconductor gas sensors consisted of n-type semiconductor materials such as $SnO_2$, ZnO and $Fe_2O_3$ have been widely used to detect reducing gases. The advantage of thick-film technology include the possibility of mass-production and automation, that of integrating the sensing element in a hybrid circuit and that of fuctional trimming of the sensor and/or the circuit. which would enable really interchangeable transducers to be prepared. In this paper, we made ZnO and $SnO_2$ gas sensors and investigated the sensitivity to CO gas. Therefore, we compared a ZnO gas sensor with a $SnO_2$ gas sensor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.432-432
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 HW-PLD(Hot-walled Pulsed Laser Deposition) 법을 이용하여 ZnO 나노와이어를 $Al_2O_3$ 기판 위에 성장하였다. 성장된 ZnO 나노와이어는 SEM, XRD, PL 분석을 통하여 구조적 특성을 확인하였으며, 성장된 나노와이어를 photolithography 공정을 통하여 FET(Field Effect Transistor)소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 소자의 I-V 특성 측정 결과 Ti/Au 전극과 ZnO nanowire 채널 간에 ohmic 접합이 형성된 것을 확인하였으며 게이트 전압의 증가에 따라 소스와 드레인 사이의 전류가 증가하는 전형적인 n-type FET소자 특성을 나타내었다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.11-17
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• 1985

A pot experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of Cd and Zn added to soil on the growth, peroxidase activity, chlorophyll content, inorganic components, and interaction between Cd and Zn in corn plant. The results obtained are as follows. Both Cd and Zn reduced dry weight and height of corn plant. Peroxidase activity of leaves increased in higher Cd content of shoot but adverse trend was shown with increasing Zn content of shoots. Chlorophyll contents were significantly decreased with increase of both Cd and Zn content of shoots. Higher soil Cd levels increased N content but decreased P, K, Ca, Mg and $SiO_2$ content in plant. Wherease higher Zn levels in soil increased P and $SiO_2$ content but decreased N, Ca, Mg content in plant. The total Cd and Zn uptake of shoot increased with time but the Cd and Zn content of shoot showed no tendency. Cadmium uptake by Zn application was reduced in higher Zn levels with time while Zn uptake by Cd application showed adverse trend.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.67.1-67.1
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• 2007