• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.293-298
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• 1995

The stability of brass coated on steel cords with pH and applied constant potential changes in aqueous solution has been investigated by AC impedance measurements. In solutions of the constant pH, as a applied constant potential is shifted to positive potential, the coating pore resistance is reduced. The fact indicates that as a applied constant potential is shifted to positive potential, the brass coated is dissolved more in solution. The stability of brass coated on steel cords decrease in the order pH=7.1 > pH=4.0 > pH=10.0. The above results are demonstrated by the data of scanning of electronic microscopy(SEM)/energy dispersive spectrometer(EDS).

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.294-297
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• 2008

In this paper, a novel non-vacuum technique is described for the fabrication of a $CuInSe_2$ (CIS) absorber layer for thin film solar cells using a low-cost precursor solution. A solution containing Cu- and Inrelated chemicals was coated onto a Mo/glass substrate using the Doctor blade method and the precursor layer was then selenized in an evaporation chamber. The precursor layer was found to be composed of CuCl crystals and amorphous In compound, which were completely converted to chalcopyrite CIS phase by the selenization process. Morphological, crystallographic and compositional analyses were performed at each step of the fabrication process by SEM, XRD and EDS, respectively.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.627-634
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• 2007

A bonded plate or a coated part can be debonded by external impact or thermal expansion. To analyse adhesive strength, the blister test is generally adopted. In this paper, a blister test is modelled theoretically and then the stability and bifurcation of the blister are studied under several different cases. The blister is simplified to consist of a pure bending plate attached elastically to the rigid substrate. Expression of the energy release rate is obtained as a form of an explicit function for a circular-type blister or tunnel-type blister grown by controlling the internal pressure or internal volume. Stability and bifurcation are also studied in the frame of the quasi-static evolution. The study shows that the circular- type blister propagates with the first mode of bifurcation and that the tunnel-type blister propagates with a regular wave. It is proved that the waves have the same form on two side lines of the tunnel and that the wave length can be obtained. When the internal pressure is controlled, the blister is unstable, but when the internal volume is controlled, it is stable.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.48-53
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• 2000

This study was aimed at observing the influence of laser irradiation on a $ZrO_2-8%Y_2O_3$ ceramic coating layer fabricated by plasma spraying. The $ZrO_2-8%Y_2O_3$ ceramic powder was plasma sprayed onto SS400 carbon steel substrate and laser irradiated on the coating layer under various conditions of laser power and beam diameters. As to the as-sprayed specimen and laser-treated specimen, a hardness test and a microstructure analysis were performed. Hardness was measured by a microhardness tester; microstructure was observed by an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The result was that the microstructure of the laser-irradiated coating layer was dense; porosities almost disappeared and hardness increased. It was also observed that microcracks occured in the laser-irradiated coating layer.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.121-126
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• 2007

This study aims at investigating the effect of heat treatment conditions on the dry sliding wear behavior of thermally sprayed Ni-based self-flux alloy coatings. Ni-based self-flux alloy powders were sprayed onto a carbon steel substrate and then heat-treated at 700, 800, 900 and $1000^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes in a vacuum furnace. Dry sliding wear tests were performed using sliding speed of 0.4 m/s and applied load of 6 N. AISI 52100 ball(diameter 8 mm) was used as counterparts. Microstructure and wear behavior of both as-sprayed and heat-treated Ni-based self-flux alloy coatings were studied using a scanning electron microscope(SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX), electron probe micro-analysis(EPMA) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). It was revealed that microstructure and wear behavior of thermally sprayed Ni-based self-flux alloy coatings were much influenced by heat treatment conditions.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.477-483
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• 1998

$SiC_{4}$$C_{3}$$H_{ 8}$$H_{2}$와 $C_{3}$$H_{8}$ $H_{2}$, $CH_{3}$$SiCI_{3}$$CH_{4}$$H_{2}$계를 사용하여 흑연기판 위에 SiC와 SiC/C FGM을 CVD법에 의해 코팅하였다. $SiCI_{4}$$C_{3}$$H_{8}$ $H_{2}$ 계에서 SiC 증착 시 바람직한 수소의 비는 10-30사이였고 결정 배향성은 입력가스의 탄소비에 따라 여러번의 대 반전이 일어났다. 성장조건을 {111} 배향성을 갖도록 조절하는 것이 FGM층간 접착상태를 증진시킬 수 있는 방법으로 판단되었다. $CH_{3}$$SiCI_{3}$C$_{3}$$H_{8}$ $H_{2}$ 계에서는 SiC와 C의 비율을 조절하기가 $SiCI_{4}$$C_{3}$$H_{8} $H_{2}$계를 사용했을 때 보다 용이하였고, FGM 단면 관찰에서 층간의 뚜렷한 경계를 발견할 수 없을 정도로 우수한 층간 접착상태를 보였다.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.716-722
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• 2004

Effects of sliding speed, applied load, and thickness of PMMA (Poly Methyl Methacrylate) coating layers on their dry sliding frictional and wear behavior were investigated. Sliding wear tests were carried out using a pin-on-disk wear tester. The PMMA layer was coated on Si wafer by a spin coating process with two different thicknesses, $1.5\mu\textrm{m}$ and $0.8\mu\textrm{m}$. AISI 52100 bearing steel balls were used as a counterpart of the PMMA coating during the wear. Normal applied load and sliding speed were varied. Wear mechanisms of the coatings were investigated by examining worn surfaces using an SEM. Friction coefficient of the coatings decreased with the increase of the applied load. Both adhesion and deformation of the coating determined the coefficient. The thicker PMMA layer with the thickness of $1.5mutextrm{m}$ showed lower friction coefficient than the thinner layer under most test conditions. Effects of sliding speed and applied load on the frictional behavior were varied depending on the thickness of the coating layer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.278-281
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• 2009

Selective laser sintering(SLS), a kind of rapid prototyping technology, can provide a process to form many types of coatings. Coated layers by selective laser melting are highly influenced by substrate, powder and laser parameters such as laser power, scan rate, fill spacing and layer thickness. Therefore an attempt to fabricate Fe-Ni-Cr coating on AISI H13 tool steel has been performed by selective laser sintering. In this study, Fe-Ni-Cr coating was produced by experimental facilities consisting of a 200W fiber laser which can be focused to 0.08mm and atmospheric chamber which can control atmospheric pressure with Ar. With power increase or energy density decrease, line width was decreased and line surface quality was improved with energy density increase. Surface quality of coating layer was improved with fill spacing optimization or layer thickness decrease.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.454-454
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• 2013

태양전지는 화석연료의 고갈로 인해 새로운 대체 에너지원으로 관심을 받고 있다. 유기태양전지는 무기물 태양전지와 비교하여 제작 단가가 낮은 경제성과 다양한 기판을 사용할 수 있는 다양한 응용성을 가지고 있기 때문에 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 실리콘 기반의 태양전지에 비해서 유기태양전지의 효율이 낮은 단점을 가지고 있기 때문에 효율을 높이기 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 광활성층에서 생성되는 전자-홀 쌍을 효율적으로 분리하여 손실되는 전하를 줄여서 효율을 높이는 방법이 활발히 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 초음파 처리 시간에 따라 나노구조를 가지는 고분자 광활성층의 표면거칠기가 변화하여 유기 태양전지의 전력변환 효율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 전자주게 물질인 P3HT를 용매에 녹여서 스핀코팅 한 후 초음파 처리를 하여 나노 구조를 형성하였고, 초음파 처리 시간에 따라서 형성한 나노 구조의 구조적 및 광학적 특성 변화를 광류미네센스와 원자힘 현미경 측정으로 관찰하였다. 전류밀도-전압 측정 결과는 초음파 처리 시간을 최적화하면 P3HT 나노 입자의 크기가 가장 작게 형성되어 계면 면적을 가장 크게 증가시켜 전자-홀 쌍을 효율적으로 분리하여 전력변환 효율이 증가하는 것을 확인 하였다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.423-429
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• 2011

Thermoelectric-thick films were fabricated by using a screen printing process of n and p-type bismuth-telluride-based pastes. The screen-printed thick films have approximately 30 ${\mu}m$ in thickness and show rough surfaces yielding an empty gap between an electrode and the thick film. The gap might result in an increase of an electrical resistivity of the fabricated thick-film-type thermoelectric module. In this study, we suggest a conductive metal coating onto the surfaces of the screen-printed paste in order to reduce the contact resistance in the module. As a result, the electrical resistivity of the thermoelectric module having a gold coating layer was significantly reduced up to 30% compared to that of a module without any metal coating. This result indicates that an introduction of conductive metal layers is effective to decrease the contact resistivity of a thick-film-typed thermoelectric module processed by screen printing.