• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.214.1-214.1
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• 2013

Tetra-ethoxysilane (TEOS)은 일반적으로 저온 게이트 산화막의 원료 널리 이용되고 있으나 as-deposited 상태에서는 필수적으로 생성된 높은 계면밀도와 고정전하를 제거하기 위하여 수소계면처리, forming gas annealing 등 후처리 공정을 필수적으로 거처야만 한다. 즉 후처리 공정 없이도 일정수준의 계면밀도와 고정전하를 갖을 수 있는 출발물질이 제안되면 산업적 의미를 갖을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 TEOS를 대체할 수 있는 후보재료로써 Tetra-iso-propoxysilane (T-iso-POS)을 제안하였다. T-iso-POS는 iso 구조의 3차원적 특수 구조를 가지므로 더 쉽게 분해 될 수 있어 탄소의 결합을 억제 할 수 있다고 사료된다. 용량 결합형 PECVD (13.56 MHz) 장비를 이용하여 RCA 세정을 실시 한 p-Si (100) 기판위에 TEOS 혹은 T-iso-POS (2 sccm)와 O2를 도입(50 sccm), 플라즈마 전원(20~100 W), 압력(0.1~0.5 torr), 온도 ($170{\sim}400^{\circ}C$), 전극 간 거리 (1~4.5cm)의 조건 하에서 증착하였다. 얻어진 각각의 SiO2 막에 대해, 성장 속도, 2% BHF 용액보다 에칭 속도, IV 특성과 C-V 특성, FT-IR에 의해 화학구조 평가를 실시했다. T-iso-POS원료로 사용하여 TEOS보다 낮은 약 $200^{\circ}C$에서 증착 된 산화막에서 후 처리 없이도 10 MV/cm 이상의 절연 파괴 특성을 나타내는 우수한 게이트 절연막 제작에 성공했다. 그 성장 속도도 약 20 nm/min로 높았다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.436-445
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• 1996

비정질 실리콘박막의 고상결정화 특성에 대한 비정질 박막의 증착방법, 수소화 정도, 표면결정 활성화 에너지 변화 및 열처리 환경 영향을 X선 회절, EDAX, Raman 분광 분석으로 조사하였다. 저온(58$0^{\circ}C$)열처리 corning 시료에서 기판 barium(Ba), aluminum(AI) 성분의 막내 확산 임계열처리시간 및 확산에 기인 한 불안정 결정화 특성을 관찰하였다. 화학기상증착 석영 수소화 시료에서 hard damage 기계적 활성화 효과로 얻어진 조대결정립 결정화 특성을 X선 회절의 (111) 배향 상대강도 변화로 관찰 할 수 있었으며, 이는 활성화 효과에 의한 고상 결정화 시 핵생성과 성장속도변화로 다결정 실리콘의 전기적물성 향상 가능성을 보여주었다. Soft damage, bare 활성화 처리 수소화막의 결정화는 비정질 상의 혼재, 박막 응력등의 저품위 입계특성 및 미세결정립 성장 특성으로 관찰되었으나, 활성화 전처리에 의한 저온 및 고온(875$^{\circ}C$)단시간(30분) 결정화는 확인 되었다. 스퍼터링 비수소화 막의 결정화는 상변태 상태의 Raman 결정피크로 분석 되었으며, 결정화 거동에 선행막의 스퍼터링 및 비수소화 영향은 활성화효과에 관계없이 불완전 저품위 결정특성으로 확인되었다. AFM 표면형상은 3차원 island 성막특성을 보여주었고 표면거칠기정도는 높은 것으로 관찰되었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.228-231
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• 2006

This paper briefly introduces silicon based thin film solar cells: amorphous (a-Si:H), microcrystalline ${\mu}c-Si:H$ single junction and $a-Si:H/{\mu}c-Si:H$ tandem solar cells. The major difference of a-Si:H and ${\mu}c-Si:H$ cells comes from electro-optical properties of intrinsic Si-films (active layer) that absorb incident photon and generate electron-hole pairs. The a-Si:H film has energy band-gap (Eg) of 1.7-1.8eV and solar cells incorporating this wide Eg a-Si:H material as active layer commonly give high voltage and low current, when illuminated, compared to ${\mu}c-Si:H$ solar cells that employ low Eg (1.1eV) material. This Eg difference of two materials make possible tandem configuration in order to effectively use incident photon energy. The $a-Si:H/{\mu}c-Si:H$ tandem solar cells, therefore, have a great potential for low cost photovoltaic device by its various advantages such as low material cost by thin-film structure on low cost substrate instead of expensive c-Si wafer and high conversion efficiency by tandem structure. In this paper, the structure, process and operation properties of Si-based thin-film solar cells are discussed.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.245-252
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• 2015

In recent years, the cleaning and activation technology of surfaces using atmospheric plasma as well as the deposition technology for coating using atmospheric plasma have been demonstrated conclusively and drawn increasing industrial attention. Especially, due to the simplicity, the technology using atmospheric plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition has been widely studied from many researchers. The plasma source type commonly used as the stabilization of diffuse glow discharges for atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition pressure is the dielectric barrier discharge. In this review paper, some kinds of modified dielectric barrier discharge type will be presented. And, the characteristics of silicon based compound such as SiOx and SiNx deposited using atmospheric plasma enhanced chemical vapor system will be discussed.

• Transactions of the Society of Information Storage Systems
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.85-90
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• 2006

In this study, measurement of thermal conductivity of multilayer thin dielectric film has been conducted via differential $3\omega$ method. Also, verification of differential $3\omega$ method has been accomplished with various proposed criteria. The target film for the measurement is 300 nm thick silicon dioxide which is covered with upper protective layer of various thicknesses. The upper protective layer is inserted between the target film and the heater line for purpose of electrical insulator or anti-oxidation barrier since the target film may be a good electrical conductor or a well-oxidizing material. Since the verification of differential $3\omega$ method has not been conducted yet, we have shown that the measurement of thermal conductivity of thin films with upper protective layer via differential $3\omega$ method is verified to be reliable as long as the proposed preconditions of the samples are satisfied. Experimental results show that the experimental errors tend to increase with aspect ratio between thickness of the upper protective layer and width of the heater line due to heat spreading effect.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.2247-2252
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• 2008

The SiOC films as the carbon doped silicon oxide film were prepared with the variation of flow rater ratios by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The samples were analyzed by the fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, I-V measurement and scanning electron microscopy. The samples were shown the chemical shift according to the flow rate ratios, and the grain did not formed at the sample with hybrid properties. The leakage currents decreased according to the increasing of the substrate temperature at the sample with hybrid properties, but the potential barrier increased.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.48 no.7
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• pp.660-666
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• 2010

30 nm thick Ni layers were deposited on a glass substrate by e-beam evaporation. Subsequently, 30 nm or 60 nm ${\alpha}-Si:H$ layers were grown at low temperatures ($<220^{\circ}C$) on the 30 nm Ni/Glass substrate by catalytic CVD (chemical vapor deposition). The sheet resistance, phase, microstructure, depth profile and surface roughness of the $\alpha-Si:H$ layers were examined using a four-point probe, HRXRD (high resolution Xray diffraction), Raman Spectroscopy, FE-SEM (field emission-scanning electron microscopy), TEM (transmission electron microscope) and AES depth profiler. The Ni layers reacted with Si to form NiSi layers with a low sheet resistance of $10{\Omega}/{\Box}$. The crystallinty of the $\alpha-Si:H$ layers on NiSi was up to 60% according to Raman spectroscopy. These results show that both nano-scale NiSi layers and crystalline Si layers can be formed simultaneously on a Ni deposited glass substrate using the proposed low temperature catalytic CVD process.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.8
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• pp.557-562
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• 2012

Self-organized ruthenium (Ru) dots were fabricated by $400^{\circ}C$ RTA (rapid thermal annealing) and ALD (atomic layer deposition). The dots were produced under the $400^{\circ}C$ RTA conditions for 10, 30 and 60 seconds on all Si(100)/200 nm-SiO2, glass, and glass/fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates. Electrical sheet resistance, and surface microstructure were examined using a 4-point probe and FE-SEM (field emission scanning electron microscopy). Ru dots were observed when a 30 nm-Ru layer on a Si(100)/200 nm-SiO2 substrate was annealed for 10, 30 and 60 seconds, whereas the dots were only observed on a glass substrate when a 50 nm-Ru layer was annealed on glass. For a glass/FTO substrate, RTA <30 seconds was needed for 30 nm Ru thick films. Those dots can increase the effective surface area for silicon and glass substrates by up to 5-44%, and by 300% for the FTO substrate with a < $20^{\circ}$ wetting angle.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.758-762
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• 2018

The transfer characteristics of zinc tin oxide(ZTO) on silicon dioxide($SiO_2$) thin film transistor generally depend on the electrical properties of gate insulators. $SiO_2$ thin films are prepared with argon gas flow rates of 25 sccm and 30 sccm. The rate of ionization of $SiO_2$(25 sccm) decreases more than that of $SiO_2$(30 sccm), and then the generation of electrons decreases and the conductivity of $SiO_2$(25 sccm) is low. Relatively, the conductivity of $SiO_2$(30 sccm) increases because of the high rate of ionization of argon gases. Therefore, the insulating performance of $SiO_2$(25 sccm) is superior to that of $SiO_2$(30 sccm) because of the high potential barrier of $SiO_2$(25 sccm). The $ZTO/SiO_2$ transistors are prepared to research the $CO_2$ gas sensitivity. The stability of the transistor of $ZTO/SiO_2$(25 sccm) as a high insulator is superior owing to the high potential barrier. It is confirmed that the electrical properties of the insulator in transistor devices is an important factor to detect gases.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.228-237
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• 2022

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have demonstrated the potential to replace silicon and compound semiconductors that are conventionally used in photodetectors. These materials are ultrathin and have superior electrical and optoelectronic properties as well as mechanical flexibility. Consequently, they are particularly advantageous for fabricating high-performance photodetectors that can be used for wearable device applications and Internet of Things technology. Although prototype photodetectors based on single microflakes of 2D materials have demonstrated excellent photoresponsivity across the entire optical spectrum, their practical applications are limited due to the difficulties in scaling up the synthesis process while maintaining the optoelectronic performance. In this review, we discuss facile methods to mass-produce 2D material-based photodetectors based on the exfoliation of van der Waals crystals into nanosheet dispersions. We first introduce the liquid-phase exfoliation process, which has been widely investigated for the scalable fabrication of photodetectors. Solution processing techniques to assemble 2D nanosheets into thin films and the optoelectronic performance of the fabricated devices are also presented. We conclude by discussing the limitations associated with liquid-phase exfoliation and the recent advances made due to the development of the electrochemical exfoliation process with molecular intercalants.