• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2013

The ZnO is able to produce hydrogen from water however it can only absorb ultraviolet region due to its 3.37eV of wide band gap. Therefore efficiency of solar hydrogen production is low. In this work we report investigation results of improved visible light photo-catalytic properties of CdSe quantum dots(QDs) sensitized ZnO nanorod heterostructures. Hydrothermally vertically grown ZnO nanorod arrays on FTO glass were sensitized with CdSe by using SILAR(successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction) method. Morphology of grown ZnO and CdSe sensitized ZnO nanorods had been investigated by FE-SEM that shows length of $2.0{\mu}m$, diameter of 120~150nm nanorod respectively. Photocatalytic measurements revealed that heterostructured samples show improved photocurrent density under the visible light illumination. Improved visible light performance of the heterostructures is resulting from narrow band gap of the CdSe and its favorable conduction band positions relative to potentials of ZnO band and water redox reaction.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2016

인코딩은 정보의 형태나 형식을 표준화, 보안, 처리 속도 향상, 저장 공간 절약 등을 위해 다른 형태나 형식으로 변환 또는 처리 하는 것을 말한다. 정보 통신에서 송신자의 정보가 다른 형태로 수신자에게 전달할 수 있도록 정보를 변환하는 것도 인코딩이다. 이 처리를 수행 하는 장치를 인코더라 부른다. 본 논문에서는 양자 컴퓨터에서 요구되는 인코더 중 가장 기본적인 4-to-2 인코더를 제안한다. 제안한 인코더는 2개의 OR 게이트를 사용하여 구성된다. 제안한 구조는 셀의 간격을 최적화 하고 배선간의 잡음을 최소화하는 것을 목적으로 설계한다. 제안된 인코더를 QCADesigner를 통해 시뮬레이션을 수행하고, 그 결과를 분석하여 효율성을 확인한다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2022

We describe the importance of zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnO NP) concentration in the enhancement of electrical properties in a lead sulfide quantum dot (PbS QD)-based shortwave infrared (SWIR) photodetector. ZnO NPs were synthesized using the sol-gel method. The concentration of the ZnO NPs was controlled as 20, 30 and 40 mg/mL in this study. Note that the ZnO NPs layer is commonly used as an electron transport layer in PbS QDs SWIR photodetectors. The photo-to-dark ratio, which is an important parameter of a photodetector, was intensively examined to evaluate the electrical performance. The 20 mg/mL condition of ZnO NPs exhibited the highest photo-to-dark ratio value of 5 at -1 V, compared with 1.8 and 0.4 for 30 mg/mL and 40 mg/mL, respectively. This resulted because the electron mobility decreased when the concentration of ZnO NPs was higher than the optimized value. Based on our results, the concentration of ZnO NPs was observed to play an important role in the electrical performance of the PbS QDs SWIR photodetector.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2006

분자선증착기 (Molecular beam epitaxy. MBE)를 이용하여 InP (001) 기판에 자발형성 (Self-assembled) InAs/InAlAs, InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점 (quantum dots, QDs)을 형성하고 구조 및 광학적 특성을 원자력간현미경(Atomic force microscopy, AFM), 투과전자현미경 (Transmission electron microscopy, TEM), 상온 포토루미네슨스 (Photoluminescence, PL) 실험을 통하여 분석하였다. AFM 측정을 통해 표면 형태를 분석한 결과 InAs 양자구조는 기저물질의 표면상태에 따라 양자대쉬, 비대칭적인 형태를 갖는 양자점, 대칭적인 형태를 갖는 양자점과 같이 다양하게 성장되었다. InAlGaAs 물질을 장벽층으로 하는 InAs 양자점의 평균크기는 폭이 대략 23 nm, 높이가 약 2 nm 이었다. 성장조건을 다양하게 변화시켜 광통신시스템에 중요한 파장중의 하나인 $1.55{\mu}m$ 발광파장을 갖는 InAs 양자점을 형성하였다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.352-357
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 1.1 eV의 에너지대역을 흡수할 수 있는 InAs 양자점구조와 1.3 eV의 에너지 대역을 흡수 할 수 있는 InGaAs 양자우물구조를 이용한 텐덤형 태양전지의 구조를 1D poisson을 이용해 설계하고, 분자선 에피택시 장비를 이용하여 각각 5, 10, 15층씩 쌓은 양자점 및 양자우물구조를 삽입하여 p-n접합을 성장하였다. Photoluminescence (PL) 측정을 이용한 광학적특성 평가에서 양자점 5층 및 양자우물 10층을 삽입한 구조의 PL 피크가 가장 높은 상대발광강도를 나타냈으며, 각각 1.1 eV 및 1.3 eV에서 57.6 meV 및 12.37 meV의 Full Width at Half Maximum을 나타내었다. 양자점의 밀도 및 크기는 Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction system과 Atomic Force Microscope를 이용해 분석하였다. 그리고 GaAs/AlGaAs층을 이용한 터널접합에서는 I-V 측정을 통하여 GaAs층의 두께(20, 30, 50 nm)에 따른 터널링 효과를 평가하였다. GaAs 층의 두께가 30 nm 및 50 nm의 터널접합에서는 backward diode 특성을 나타낸 반면, 20 nm GaAs층의 GaAs/AlGaAs 터널접합에서는 다이오드 특성 곡선을 확인하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.213-213
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• 2012

It has been known that quantum confinement effect of CdSe nanocrystal was observed by increasing the number of deposition cycle using successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. Here, we report on thermally-induced quantum confinement effect of CdSe at the given cycle number using spin-coating technology. A cation precursor solution containing $0.3\;M\;Cd(NO_3)_2{\cdot}4H_2O$ is spun onto a $TiO_2$ nanoparticulate film, which is followed by spinning an anion precursor solution containing $0.3\;M\;Na_2\;SeSO_3$ to complete one cycle. The cycle is repeated up to 10 cycles, where the spin-coated $TiO_2$ film at each cycle is heated at temperature ranging from $100^{\circ}C$ to $250^{\circ}C$. The CdSe-sensitized $TiO_2$ nanostructured film is contacted with polysulfide redox electrolyte to construct photoelectrochemical solar cell. Photovoltaic performance is significantly dependent on the heat-treatment temperature. Incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) increases with increasing temperature, where the onset of the absorption increases from 600 nm for the $100^{\circ}C$- to 700 nm for the $150^{\circ}C$- and to 800 nm for the $200^{\circ}C$- and the $250^{\circ}C$-heat treatment. This is an indicative of quantum size effect. According to Tauc plot, the band gap energy decreases from 2.09 eV to 1.93 eV and to 1.76 eV as the temperature increases from $100^{\circ}C$ to $150^{\circ}C$ and to $200^{\circ}C$ (also $250^{\circ}C$), respectively. In addition, the size of CdSe increases gradually from 4.4 nm to 12.8 nm as the temperature increases from $100^{\circ}C$ to $250^{\circ}C$. From the differential thermogravimetric analysis, the increased size in CdSe by increasing the temperature at the same deposition condition is found to be attributed to the increase in energy for crystallization with $dH=240cal/^{\circ}C$. Due to the thermally induced quantum confinement effect, the conversion efficiency is substantially improved from 0.48% to 1.8% with increasing the heat-treatment temperature from $100^{\circ}C$ to $200^{\circ}C$.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.191.2-191.2
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• 2015

Details of carrier dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) with a particular attention to nonradiative processes are not only interesting for fundamental physics, but it is also relevant to performance of optoelectronic devices and the exploitation of nanocrystals in practical applications. In general, the possible processes in such systems can be considered as radiative relaxation, carrier transfer between dots of different dimensions, Auger nonradiactive scattering, thermal escape from the dot, and trapping in surface and/or defects states. Authors of recent studies have proposed a mechanism for the carrier dynamics of time-resolved photoluminescence CdTe (a type II-VI QDs) systems. This mechanism involves the activation of phonons mediated by electron-phonon interactions. Confinement of both electrons and holes is strongly dependent on the thermal escape process, which can include multi-longitudinal optical phonon absorption resulting from carriers trapped in QD surface defects. Furthermore, the discrete quantized energies in the QD density of states (1S, 2S, 1P, etc.) arise mainly from ${\delta}$-functions in the QDs, which are related to different orbitals. Multiple discrete transitions between well separated energy states may play a critical role in carrier dynamics at low temperature when the thermal escape processes is not available. The decay time in QD structures slightly increases with temperature due to the redistribution of the QDs into discrete levels. Among II-VI QDs, wide-gap CdZnTe QD structures characterized by large excitonic binding energies are of great interest because of their potential use in optoelectronic devices that operate in the green spectral range. Furthermore, CdZnTe layers have emerged as excellent candidates for possible fabrication of ferroelectric non-volatile flash memory. In this study, we investigated the optical properties of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate grown using molecular beam epitaxy. Time-resolved and temperature-dependent PL measurements were carried out in order to investigate the temperature-dependent carrier dynamics and the activation energy of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.374-379
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• 2001

MBE를 이용하여 GaAs위에 InAs 양자점을 성장시키고 Ga, As, In, As의 순서로 셔터를 교대로 열어주는 방식으로 3주기 반복하여 InGaAs 층을 성장시키고 그 위에 다시 GaAs층을 성장시킨 시료(시료번호: QDl)에 대하여 온도를 변화시키며 열처리를 수행한 후 그 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. 기존의 다른 그룹들의 연구결과처럼, InAs 양자점을 성장시키고 GaAs 에피층을 barrier층으로 성장시킨 경우, 열처리 온도가 증가함에 따라 발광피크는 단파장쪽으로 이동하는 것을 확인하였다. 반면에, InGaAs층을 포함하고 있는 QDI 시료의 경우, 발광 피크의 위치가 열처리 온도가 $600^{\circ}C$가 될 때까지는 장파장 쪽으로 이동하다가, 그 이상의 온도에서는 단파장 쪽으로 이동하는 현상을 관찰하였다. 또한, 발광피크의 반치폭도 열처리 온도가 증가하면서 감소하는 경향을 보이다가 다시 증가되는 경향을 보이고 있다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.246.1-246.1
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• 2014

Over the past several years, colloidal core/shell type quantum dots lighting-emitting diodes (QDLEDs) have been extensively studied and developed for the future of optoelectronic applications. In the work, we fabricate an inverted CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) based light-emitting diodes (QDLED). In order to reduce work function of indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode for inverted structure, a very thin (<10 nm) polyethylenimine ethoxylated (PEIE) is used as surface modifier[1] instead of conventional metal oxide electron injection layer. The PEIE layer substantially reduces the work function of ITO electrodes which is estimated to be 3.08 eV by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). From transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study, CdSe/ZnS QDs are uniformly distributed and formed by a monolayer on PEIE layer. In this inverted QDLEDs, blend of poly (9,9-di-n-octyl-fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazolo) and poly(N,N'-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N'-bis(phenyl)benzidine] are used as hole transporting layer (HTL) to improve hole transporting property. At the operating voltage of 8 V, the QDLED device emitted spectrally orange color lights with high luminance up to 2450 cd/m2, and showed current efficacy of 0.6 cd/A, respectively.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.161-173
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• 2020

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have gained tremendous attention as a key material for highly advanced display technologies. The performance of QD light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) has improved significantly over the past two decades, owing to notable progress in both material development and device engineering. The brightness of QLEDs has improved by more than three orders of magnitude from that of early-stage devices, and has attained a value in the range of traditional inorganic LEDs. The emergence of high-luminance (HL) QLEDs has induced fresh demands to incorporate the unique features of QDs into a wide range of display applications, beyond indoor and mobile displays. Therefore it is necessary to assess the present status and prospects of HL-QLEDs, to expand the application domain of QD-based light sources. As part of this study, we review recent advances in HL-QLEDs. In particular, based on reports of brightness exceeding 10⁵ cd/㎡, we have summarized the major approaches toward achieving high brightness in QLEDs, in terms of material development and device engineering. Furthermore, we briefly introduce the recent progress achieved toward QD laser diodes, being the next step in the development of HL-QLEDs. This review provides general guidelines for achieving HL-QLEDs, and reveals the high potential of QDs as a universal material solution that can enable realization of a wide range of display applications.