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Deposition of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia by the Thermal CVD Process

  • In Deok Jeon;Latifa Gueroudji;Nong M. Hwang
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 1999
  • Yttria stabilized zirconia(YSZ) films were deposited on porous NiO substrates and quartz plates by the thermal CVD using $ZrCl_4, YCl_3$ as precursors, and $O_2$ as a reactive gas at atmospheric pressure. The evaporation temperature of $ZrCl_4$ was varied from $250^{\circ}C$ to $550^{\circ}C$ while the temperatures of $YCl_3$ and the substrate were varied from $1000^{\circ}C$ to $1030^{\circ}C$. As the evaporation temperature of $ZrCl_4$ increased, the deposition rate of $ZrO_2$ decreased, contrary to our expectation. As a result of the decreased deposition rate of $ZrO_2$, the yttria content increase. The high evaporation temperature of $ZrCl_4$ makes the well-faceted crystal while the low evaporation temperature leads to the cauliflower-shaped structure. The dependence of the evaporation temperature on the growth rate and the morphological evolution was interpreted by the charged cluster model.

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$CeO_2$ Single Buffer Deposition on RABiTS for SmBCO Coated Conductor

  • Kim, T.H.;Kim, H.S.;Ha, H.S.;Yang, J.S.;Lee, N.J.;Ha, D.W.;Oh, S.S.;Song, K.J.;Jung, Y.H.;Pa, K.C.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.180-181
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    • 2006
  • As a rule, high temperature superconducting coated conductors have multi-layered buffers consisting of seed, diffusion barrier and cap layers. Multi-buffer layer deposition requires longer fabrication time. This is one of main reasons which increases fabrication cost Thus, single buffer layer deposition seems to be important for practical coated conductor process. In this study, a single layered buffer deposition of $CeO_2$ for low cost coated conductors has been tried using thermal evaporation technique 100nm-thick $CeO_2$ layers deposited by thermal evaporation were found to act as a diffusion layer. $0.4{\mu}m$-thick SmBCO superconducting layers were deposited by thermal co-evaporation on the $CeO_2$ buffered Ni-W substrate. Critical current of 118A/$cm^2$ was obtained for the SmBCO coated conductors.

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Effect of Acvated Oxygen Plasma on the Crystallinity and Superconductivity of $Yba_2Cu_3-O_{7-x}$ Thin Films Prepated by Reactive Co-evaporation method

  • Chang, Ho-Jung;Kim, Byoung-Chul;Akihama, Ryozo;Song, Jin-Tae
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 1994
  • As-grown $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$ films on MgO(100)substrates were prepated by a reactive co-evaporation method, and effects of activated oxygen plasma on the crystallinity and superconductivity at substrate temperature ranging from $450^{\circ}C$ to $590^{\circ}C$ were investigated. The film deposited under the activated oxygen plasma at the substrate temperature of $590^{\circ}C$ had a single crystal phase. Whereas, when films were deposited under only oxygen gas, they were not in perfect single crystal phase but with slight polycrystalline nature. When the substrate temperature was $590^{\circ}C$, $Tc_{zero}$'s were 83K and 80K for films with and without activated oxygen plasma, respectively. The critical temperature, the crystal structure and the surface morphology of as-grown films were found to be insensitive to the activated oxygen plasma which is introduced during deposition instead of oxygen gas, but the crystalline quality was improved somewhat by the introduction by the introduction of actvated oxygen plasma.

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Comparison of characteristics of MgO films deposited by vacuum arc method with other methods. (진공아크 증착법과 다른 공정에 의해 증착된 MgO 박막 특성 비교)

  • 이은성;김종국;이성훈;이건환
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.112-117
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    • 2003
  • MgO films is widely used in plasma display panel (PDP) technology. In this work, structural and optical properties of the MgO films deposited by e-beam evaporation, reactive magnetron sputtering, which are commercially used, and arc deposition were compared. MgO thin films were deposited on glass substrates by vacuum arc deposition equipment using a magnesium metal target at various oxygen gas flows. In order to investigate the packing density by ellipsometer, to measure reasonable erosion-rates of the MgO protective layers, we introduced an acceleration test method, namely, Ar+ ion beam induced erosion test. Also, XPS and UV test were adopted to examine the effect of the moisture on the optical transmittance of the MgO protective layers, which showed that these of MgO films by arc deposition method sustained more 90% and were insensitive to effect of the moisture. XRD and AFM have been also used to study behaviors of the structure and surface morphology.

Synthesis of Nickel and Copper Nanopowders by Plasma Arc Evaporation

  • Cho, Young-Sang;Moon, Jong Woo;Chung, Kook Chae;Lee, Jung-Goo
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.411-424
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the synthesis of nickel nanoparticles and copper nanospheres for the potential applications of MLCC electrode materials has been studied by plasma arc evaporation method. The change in the broad distribution of the size of nickel and copper nanopowders is successfully controlled by manifesting proper mixture of gas ambiance for plasma generation in the size range of 20 to 200 nm in diameter. The factors affecting the mean diameter of the nanopowder was studied by changing the composition of reactive gases, indicating that nitrogen enhances the formation of larger particles compared to hydrogen gas. The morphologies and particle sizes of the metal nanoparticles were observed by SEM, and ultrathin oxide layers on the powder surface generated during passivation step have been confirmed using TEM. The metallic FCC structure of the nanoparticles was confirmed using powder X-ray diffraction method.

Thermochromic VV$_{1-x}$ Sn$_{x}$O$_2$Thin Films by Reactive E-beam Evaporation (반응성 전자빔 방법에 의한 써모크로믹 V$_{1-x}$ Sn$_{x}$O$_2$박막)

  • Kim, Myoung-Geun;Lee, Moon-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.5 no.7
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    • pp.850-857
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    • 1995
  • VO$_{x}$ and V$_{1-x}$ Sn$_{x}$O$_2$thin films were fabricated on a glass under various $O_2$pressure by reactive e-beam evaporation method. Thermochromism and transition temperatures of these thin films were examined by measuring spectral solar transmittances with spectrophotometer at various temperatures, and their stoichiometries were analyzed by RBS. Oxygen pressure of 5$\times$10$^{-5}$ . Torr was found to be optimum to fabricate near stoichiometric VO$_2$thin film by reactive e-beam evaporation. Rapid thermal annealing(RTA) was adopted to crystallize the thin films and annealing at 40$0^{\circ}C$ ~45$0^{\circ}C$ for 20 ~ 30 seconds was found to be the optimum annealing condition for the crystallization of VO$_2$thin film of 100nm-300nm thickness. 1~6 atomic percent of Sn was doped into VO$_2$thin films to fabricate V$_{1-x}$ Sn$_{x}$O$_2$thin films. These V$_{1-x}$ Sn$_{x}$O$_2$thin films showed distinct thermochromism and significantly higher transition temperatures than VO$_2$thin film.

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A Study on the Discharge Characteristics and Formation of MgO Protection Layer for PDP by Reactive Sputtering (반응성 스파트링에 의한 PDP용 MgO 보호층 형성과 그 방전특성에 관한 연구)

  • 하홍주;이우근;남상옥;박영찬;조정수;박정후
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1996.11a
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 1996
  • MgO protection layer in ac PDP(plasma display panel) prevents the dielectric layer from ion bombarding in discharge plasma. The MgO layer also has the additional important role in lowering the firing voltage due to a large secondary electron emission coefficient. Until now, the MgO protection layer is mainly prepared by E-beam evaporation. In this study, MgO protection layer is prepared on dielectric layer of ac PDP cell by reactive R.F magnetron sputtering with Mg target under various conditions of oxygen partial pressure. Discharge characteristics of PDP is also studied as a parameter of MgO preparation conditions. The sputtered MgO shows the better discharge characteristics compared with MgO deposited by E-beam evaporator.

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A Study on the Optimium Preparation Conditions of MgO Protection Layer in PDP by Reactive Sputtering (반응성 스파트링에 의한 PDP용 MgO 보호층의 최적 형성조건에 관한 연구)

  • 류주연;김영기;김규섭;조정수;박정후
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.432-435
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    • 1997
  • In AC PDP, electrodes are covered with dielectric layer and the discharge is formed on the surface of the dielectric layer. MgO protection layer on the dielectric layer in PDP prevents a dielectric layer from sputtering and lowers the firing voltage due to a large secondary electron emission yield( ${\gamma}$ ). Until now, the MgO protection layer is mainly prepared by E-beam evaporation. However, there are some problems that is easy pollution and change of its characteristics with time and delamination. Therefore, in this study, MgO protection layer is prepared on dielectric layer by reactive R.F. magnetron sputtering with MgO target. Discharge characteristics and secondary electron emission coefficients of PDP are studied as a parameter of preparation conditions. Discharge voltage characteristics of the prepared MgO layer can be stable and improved by the annealing process in vacuum chamber.

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