• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.2067-2072
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• 2013

Hydrogen ($H_2$) treatment using a two-step $TiO_2$ nanotube (TONT) film was performed under various annealing temperatures from $350^{\circ}C$ to $550^{\circ}C$ and significantly influenced the extent of hydrogen treatment in the film. Compared with pure TONT films, the hydrogen-treated TONT (H:TONT) film showed substantial improvement of material features from structural, optical and electronic aspects. In particular, the extent of enhancement was remarkable with increasing annealing temperature. Light absorption by the H:TONT film extended toward the visible region, which was attributable to the formation of sub-band-gap states between the conduction and valence bands, resulting from oxygen vacancies due to the $H_2$ treatment. This increased donor concentration about 1.5 times higher and improved electrical conductivity of the TONT films. Based on these analyses and results, photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance was evaluated and showed that the H:TONT film prepared at $550^{\circ}C$ exhibited optimal PEC performance. Approximately twice higher photocurrent density of 0.967 $mA/cm^2$ at 0.32 V vs. NHE was achieved for the H:TONT film ($550^{\circ}C$) versus 0.43 $mA/cm^2$ for the pure TONT film. Moreover, the solar-to-hydrogen efficiency (STH, ${\eta}$) of the H:TONT film was 0.95%, whereas a 0.52% STH efficiency was acquired for the TONT film. These results demonstrate that hydrogen treatment of TONT film is a simple and effective tool to enhance PEC performance with modifying the properties of the original material.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2007

The present work considers the concept of enzymatic photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen through water splitting using a Xe lamp as a source of light. A solar cell was applied to the system in order to shift the level of electrochemical energy of the system, resulting in the rate of hydrogen production at $43\;{\mu}mol/(cm^2{\times}hr)$ in cathodic compartment with an anodized tubular $TiO_2$ electrode(ATTE, $5^{\circ}C$/1hr in 0.5 wt% HF-$650^{\circ}C$/5hr). The trend of the rate of hydrogen production, for the ATTEs with different annealing temperature from $350^{\circ}C$ to $850^{\circ}C$, fairly well coincided with the photoelectrical properties measured by potentiostat. The actual chemical bias through imposition of two electrolytes of different pHs between anode(13.68) and cathode(7.5) was 0.24eV.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.643-650
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• 2000

Density-of-states effective mass(m*$_{d}$) and conductivity mass(m*$_{c}$)for Ge and Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$ are obtained by using 8$\times$8 k.p and strain Hamiltonians. It is shown that m*$_{d}$ and m*$_{c}$ for electrons in Ge/Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$(001) and Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$/Ge(001) are much smaller than those for electrons in relaxed Ge mainly due to the increase of interaction caused by the strain between the conduction band and valence bands at the $\Gamma$ point. The lift of degeneracy in Ge/Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$(001) and Ge/Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$(001) makes m*$_{d}$ and m*$_{c}$ for holes smaller than those in relaxed Ge and results in the decrease of the interband scattering as well as interband scattering. The decrease of the interband scattering is more obvious in Ge/Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$(001) because of its large splitting energy between the heavy hole and light hole band. Therefore, Ge/Ge$_{0.8}$/Sn$_{0.2}$(001) is expected to be good candidate for the development of ultra high-speed CMOS device.CMOS device.eed CMOS device.CMOS device.

• 센서학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2001

CBD방법으로 성장하여 $450^{\circ}C$로 열처리한 ZnSe 박막은 회전 무늬로부터 외삽법으로 구한 격자상수 $a_0$가 $5.6678\;{\AA}$인 zinc blend임을 알았다. Van der Pauw 방법으로 측정한 Hall 데이터에 의한 이동도는 10 K에서 150 K 까지는 불순물 산란 (impurity scatterimg)에 의하여, 150 K에서 293 K까지는 격자산란 (lattice scattering)에 의하여 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 또한 운반자 농도의 ln n대 1/T에서 구한 활성화 에너지($E_a$)는 0.27 eV였다. 투과 곡선의 투과단으로 본 띠 간격은 293 k에서 $2,700{\underline{5}}\;eV$이었던 것이 10K에서는 $2.873{\underline{9}}\;eV$로 변하였다. 광전류 봉우리 위치를 투과단과 비교할 때 293 K에서 30 K까지 관측된 한 개의 봉우리는 가전자대 ${\Gamma}_8$에서 전도대 ${\Gamma}_6$로 전이에 의한 광전류 봉우리이고, 10K에서 관측된 단파장대 417.3 nm($2.971{\underline{4}}\;eV$)의 봉우리는 가전자대 ${\Gamma}_7$에서 전도대 ${\Gamma}_6$로, 431.5 nm($2.873{\underline{3}}\;eV$)의 봉우리는 가전자대 ${\Gamma}_8$에서 전도대 ${\Gamma}_6$로 전이에 의한 광전류 봉우리가 관측된 것으로 판단된다. 광전류 봉우리의 10K에서 단파장대의 가전자대 갈라짐(splitting)에 의해서 측정된 ${\Delta}so$(spin orbit coupling)는 $0.098{\underline{1}}\;eV$ 였다. 10 K에서 광발광 봉우리의 440.7 nm($2.812{\underline{7}}\;eV$)는 자유 엑시톤(free exciton : $E_x$), 443.5 nm ($2.795{\underline{5}}\;eV$)는 주개-얽매인 엑시톤(donor-bound exciton) 인 $I_2(D^0,\;X)$와 445.7 nm ($2.781{\underline{8}}\;eV$)는 반개-얽매인 엑시톤(acceptor-bound exciton) 인 $I_1(A^0,X)$이고, 460.5 nm ($2.692{\underline{3}}\;eV$)는 주개-받개쌍(donor-acceptor pair:DAP) 발광, 580 nm ($2.137{\underline{6}}\;eV$)는 self activated(A)에 기인하는 광발광 봉우리로 분석된다.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.48-58
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• 1997

[ $CuInTe_2$ ] 다결정은 수평전기로에서 합성하고, $CuInTe_2$ 단결정은 수직 Bridgman 방법으로 성장시켰다. $CuInTe_2$ 단결정의 c축에 수직 및 평행한 시료의 광전도도와 광발광특성을 293K에서 20 K의 온도영역에서 측정하였다. 측정된 광전류 봉우리로부터 구한 c축에 수직 및 평행한 시료의 에너지 띠 간격은 상온에서 각각 0.948 eV와 0.952 eV였다. 광전류 봉우리와 광발광 봉우리의 에너지차는 포논에너지이며 상온에서 c축에 수직 및 평행한 시료의 에너지차는 각각 22.12 meV와 21.4 meV였다. 또한 광전류 스펙트럼으로부터 시료의 spin-orbit 상호작용과 결정장 상호작용에 의한 가전자대의 갈라짐 ${\Delta}cr$과 ${\Delta}so$는 각각 0.046, 0.014 eV였다.