• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.1022-1028
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• 1997

This work was performed to study the characteristics of electrochemical intercalation reactions occurring at the interface between the organic electrolyte and tungsten trioxide thin film (thickness of $4000{\AA}$) prepared by e-beam evaporation method as cathodically coloring oxide with regard to the electrochromism by the intercalating reactions of the lithium cation in the 1M $LiClO_4/PC$ organic solution. The characteristics of electrochemical intercalation reactions were investigated by various DC electrochemical methods such as cathodic Tafel polarization test, multiple and the single sweep cyclic voltammetry and the coulomety titrations method. The surfaces of thin films were observed with the patterns of X ray diffraction after the coloring and bleaching reactions. In comparison with the previous results that $WO_3$ thin film intersely detached from the surface of electrode when the hydrogen cation was intercalated into $WO_3$ thin film in the o.1N $H_2SO_4$ aqueous solution, the intercalation reaction of lithium cation into $WO_3$ thin film in the 1M $LiClO_4/PC$ organic solution was shown that the stable bleaching and coloration was appeared within 1.0V of the applied overpotential. When the overpotential of electrochromic reaction for lithium cation in the 1M $LiClO_4/PC$ organic solution had been applied up to 1.5V, the accumulation phenomenon of lithium in amorphous $WO_3$ thin film layer occurred because the inserted lithium into amorphous $WO_3$ thin layer for coloring process was not fully removed from the thin layer to the electrolyte during bleaching process. It was found that there is a limitation of applied overpotential for coloring process by the reduction of the current densities of bleaching and coloration after few number of coloring and bleaching cycles.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.168-172
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• 2010

Superhydrophilic thin film consisted of positively charged poly (allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and negatively charged poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) was fabricated by a layer-by-layer (LBL) self-assembly. Glutaraldehyde (GA) was used in order to increase an adhesion hardness by amine-aldehyde reaction. The surface morphology, thickness, transmittance, water contact angle and adhesion hardness of PAH/PAA thin film with or without GA were measured. The adhesion hardness of PAH/PAA thin film with GA deposition increased over 2 times although the film thickness of PAH/GA/PAA decreased than that of PAH/PAA thin film. The increase of adhesion hardness by amine-aldehyde reaction between PAH and GA was measured by fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Fabricated PAH/PAA and PAH/GA/PAA thin films showed water contact angel under $5^{\circ}$ and high transmittance over 91.3% at 550 nm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1911-1913
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• 2001

전위차 측정형 바이오 센서는 기준전극에 대한 센서 전극의 전기화학적 전위를 정확하게 측정하여야 하므로 기준전극의 안정성이 매우 중요하다. 기준전극의 전위는 전해질 용액 내의 염소 음이온 농도에 영향을 받으나 다행히도 혈액 내의 염소 음이온 농도는 거의 변화가 없으므로 혈액 속에서의 은/염화은 기준전극의 전위도 거의 변화가 없다. 본 연구에서는, 사진석판 (Photolithography) 공정을 이용하여 실리콘 표면 및 다공질 실리콘 표면에 은/염화은 박막 기준전극을 제작하고 시료 용액에서의 drift, 안정성, 재현성 등에 대한 특성을 고찰하였고, SEM, AES, EDX 스펙트럼 등을 이용하여 전극의 표면을 분석하였다. 시료 용액의 염소 음이온 농도를 $10^{-4}$M에서 1M까지 변화시켜가며 기준 전극의 전위를 측정한 결과 약 50mV/pCl의 기울기를 얻었으며 이것은 Nernst식을 잘 따르는 결과이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.228-231
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• 1999

The preparation and electrical properties of LIPON electrolyte were investigated in order to fabricate all solid state thin film battery. The LIPON thin film was deposited by r.f. sputtering of Li$_3$PO$_4$ target in O$_2$-N$_2$ mixtures. The LIPON deposited at N$_2$+10% O$_2$ ratio had a conductivity at 25 $^{\circ}C$ of 1.8${\times}$10$\^$-6/S/cm. The ion conductivity of the LIPON films decreased as the O$_2$ content of the process gas increased.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.410-416
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• 2021

The initial electrochemical performance of ceramic fuel cell with thin-film electrolyte was evaluated in terms of peak power density ratio, open circuit voltage ratio, and activation/ohmic resistance ratios at 500℃. Hydrogen and air were used as anode fuel and cathode fuel, respectively. The peak power density ratio reduced as ~17% for 40 minutes, which rapidly decreased in the early stage of the performance evaluation but gradually decreased. The open circuit voltage ratio decreased with respect time; however, its time behavior was remarkably different with the reduction behavior of the peak power density ratio. The activation resistance ratio increased as ~15% for 40 minutes, which was almost similar with the time behavior of the peak power density ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.141-141
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• 1999

전기화학과 초고진공(ultra-high vacuum, UHV) 분광법을 이용하여 고체/액체의 계면에서 일어나는 현상을 분자단위에서 이해하고 조절하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 이들 중 전기화학으로 형성된 구리 및 은 금속(sub)monlayer 박막을 그 예로 선택하여 소개한다. 초박막 금속의 흡착량은 cyclic voltammogram과 새로 개발된 Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) 정량법을 통해 얻어졌고, 이 값들은 low energy electron diffraction (LEED) 및 in-situ atomic force microscopy (AFM)법을 이용한 구조 분석결과와 비교되어졌다. 또한 화학상태를 확인하기 위하여 core-level electron energyy loss spectroscopy (CEELS)를 사용하였다. 먼저 황산 전해질에서 금(111) 단결정 전극상에 전기화학적으로 형성된 굴의 계면특성을 조사하였다. 특정 전위값에서 2/3 ML의 구리와 1/3 ML의 음이온이 상호 흡착하여 ({{{{ SQRT { 3} }}$\times${{{{ SQRT { 3} }}) 격자 구조를 보였고, 전위값이 커지거나 줄어들면, 이 구조가 사라지는 현상이 관찰되었다. 즉 이 ({{{{ SQRT { 3} }}}}$\times${{{{ SQRT { 3} }}}}) 흡착구조는 첫 번째 UPD underpotential deposition) 피크에 특이하게 관련되어 있음을 알 수 있었다. 금속 초박막 형성에 미치는 음이온의 영향을 좀 더 확인하기 위해 초박막 은이 증착된 금 단결정 전극상의 황산 음이온에 관하여 연구하였다. 은의 증착이 일어날 수 없는 양전위값 영역에서 ({{{{ SQRT { 3} }}}}$\times${{{{ SQRT { 3} }}}})의 규칙적인 음이온의 구조를 보였다. 그리고 은의 장착은 세척 과정과 용액의 농도에 따라 p(3$\times$3)과 p(5$\times$5)의 규칙적인 두가지 구조를 가졌다. in-situ AFM에서는 p(3$\times$3)의 은 증착 구조만 나타났고, 음 전위값으로 옮겨가면 p(1$\times$1) 구조로 바뀌었다. ex-situ 초고진공 결과와 이 AFM의 in-situ 결과를 상호 비교 논의할 것이다. 음이온의 흡착이 없는 묽은 플로르산(HF) 전해질에서 은은 전위값을 음전위 쪽으로 이동해 감에 따라 p(3$\times$3), p(5$\times$5), (5$\times$5), (6$\times$6), 그리고 (1$\times$1)의 연속적 구조 변화를 보였다. 이 다양한 구조들을 AES로부터 얻어진 표면 흡착량과 연결시켰더니 정량적으로 잘 일치되는 결과를 보였다. 전기화학적인 증착에서는 기존의 진공 증착과 비교할 때 음이온의 공흡착이 금속 초박막 형성 메카니즘에 큰 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다. 또한 은의 전기화학적 다층박막 성장은 MSM (monolayer-simultaneous-multilayer) 메카니즘을 따름을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 구조 및 양이 규칙적으로 조절되는 전극의 응용가능성이 간단히 논의될 것이다.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.55-62
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• 1992

To improve the MCFC performance it is important to distingush between polarization losses occuring in the individual electrodes and other components. In this study a current interruption technique has been applied to a MCFC unit cell having a reference electrode to separately study the contributions of IR loss and other polarization losses. At a current density of $150mA/cm^2$ the IR-free polarization of a Ni anode was about 60mV while that of a NiO cathode was 130mV and the Ohmic loss of the cell was as large as 170mV suggesting that both the cathode and the cell structure need further improvement. The thin-film electrode model was used to simulate the performance of the electrodes. Both andoe data and cathode data were successfully fitted.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.705-709
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• 2022

The effect of the annealing temperature of the poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-TrFE)) solid electrolyte layer on the electrical properties of the P(VDF-TrFE)-based memristor was analyzed. In morphological analyses, the P(VDF-TrFE) thin film with 200℃ annealing temperature (200P(VDF-TrFE)) was shown to have surface roughness ≈5 times larger and thickness ≈20% smaller than that with 100℃ annealing temperature (100P(VDF-TrFE)). Compared to the 100P(VDF-TrFE) memristor (M100), the set voltage of the 200P(VDF-TrFE) memristor (M200) decreased by ≈50% and the magnitude of its reset voltage increased by ≈30%. Moreover, M200 was found to have better memory retention characteristics than M100. These differences were attributed to relatively strong local electric fields inside M200 compared to M100. This study suggests the importance of the annealing temperature in polymer memristors.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.856-862
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• 1997

박막형 CdTe/CdS 태양전지의 배면전극(back contacts)물질로서 Cu도핑된 ZnTe 박막(ZnTe:Cu)을 전착법(electroplating)으로 제조하는 연구를 수행하였다. Sulfate계의 전해질 수용액에서 CdTe 기판과 투명전극으로 코팅된 유리(In$_{2}$O$_{3}$: Sn, ITO)기판 위에 ZnTe 박막을 코팅하는 방법으로써 potentiostat와 기판(cathode), Pt counter electrode, Ag/AgCI 표준전극으로 구성된 장치를 사용하여 pH=2.5-4, T=70-8$0^{\circ}C$, 0.02M $Zn^{2+}$ 1x$10^{-4}$M TeO$_{2}$, 0.2M $K_{2}$SO$_{4}$조건에서 -0.800 Vs~-0.975 V 범위의 전압(V$_{a}$ )에 걸쳐 실험하였다. ITO박막을 기판으로 사용하여 cyclic voltammogram을 작성한 결과 약 -0.50 V 에서 Te환원 peak이 나타났다. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)로 조성분석한 결과 표면에서 Zn signal이 강하게 나왔고 시편의 두께에 따라 Zn의 signal감소하는 반면 Cd signal은 증가하는 것이 확인되었다. SEM 사진으로부터 ZnTe의 표면이 작은 입자 (0.2$\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하)로 구성되어 있으며 낮은 V$_{a}$ 에서는 입자가 작아지면서 조직이 치밀해짐이 관찰되었다. Optical transmission방법에 의하여 ITO기판위에 입혀진 박막의 밴드갭은 2.5 eV으로 측정되었다. 수용액중의 Cu$_{2+}$와 triethanolamine(TEA)은 산성용액에서 착물형성이 이루어지지 않았으며 1,10-phenanthroline과는 pH=2에서도 착물이 형성되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.204-210
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• 2012

Nickel oxide thin films with 2.3 ${\mu}m$ thickness were prepared in order to overcome limitations of thickness with nm dimension by anodizing. For the electrolyte, ethylene glycol was used as solvent, and $NH_4F$ was added for source of $F^-$ ions. The anodizing experiments were carried out on various voltages such as 40, 60 V and 80 V for 12 hours. The thickness of NiO was changed according to the anodizing time and the voltage. However, destruction of Ni caused by rapid oxidation reaction occurred at 80 V. XRD results show that NiO was successfully created by anodizing.