• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.271-275
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• 2006

Al oped zinc oxide (AZO) films were prepared by Facing Targets Sputtering (FTS) system for TCO applications. The electrical, optical and structural properties of AZO thin films have been investigated with input current, oxygen gas flow ratio and substrate temperature. Deposition was carried out at room temperature and $200^{\circ}C$. Working gas pressures were fixed at 1mTorr. As a result, AZO thin film deposited with an optical transmittance over 80 % and a resistivity about $10^{-4}{Omega}{\cdot}cm$.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2010

This study has been carried out to determine the optimal process conditions of $AZO:H_2$ thin films for the maximization of the transmittance of a blue GaN light-emitting diode (LED) with a wavelength of 470 nm. The Al-doped zinc oxide $(AZO):H_2$ thin films were deposited on a sapphire substrate by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering system with varying substrate temperatures, working pressures and annealing temperatures temperature, working pressure and annealing imposed on a AZO (2wt% $Al_2O_3$) ceramic target. The effect of these variables was investigated in order to improve the light extraction efficiency of the LED. As a result, the (002)-oriented peak was found in all the $AZO:H_2$ thin films. The lowest resistivity and the best transmittance at a wavelength of 470 nm was found to be $4.774\;{\times}\;10^{-4}\;{\Omega}cm$ and 92% at a substrate temperature of $500^{\circ}C$, working pressure of 7 mTorr and annealing temperature of $400^{\circ}C$. The transmittance of the $AZO:H_2$ thin film for the Blue GaN LED was improved by approximately 13% relative to that of a ITO thin film (T = 79%).

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.213-213
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• 2010

We investigated the RF sputtering conditions for the deposition of AZO (Al doped ZnO) transparent conducting film on PET using the roll to roll vacuum coater. AZO thin films, sputtered at the various RF powers and working pressures, were studied for their structural, electrical and optical properties.. From the X-Ray diffraction patterns, we calculated the lattice stress using the Bragg equation. The compressive stress tends to decrease with the increase in film thickness. AZO thin film with the thickness of 152nm (1400W, 0.4Pa) exhibit the resistivity of $3.92*10-3{\Omega}/cm$ and the transmittance of 96.9% at 550nm.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.50.1-50.1
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• 2009

Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) play an important role in thin-film solar cells in terms of low cost and performance improvement. Al-doped ZnO (AZO) is a very promising material for thin-film solar cellfabrication because of the wide availability of its constituent raw materials and its low cost. In this study, AZO films were prepared by low pressurechemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) using trimethylaluminum (TMA), diethylzinc(DEZ), and water vapor. In order to improve the absorbance of light, atypical surface texturing method is wet etching of front electrode using chemical solution. Alternatively, LPCVD can create a rough surface during deposition. This "self-texturing" is a very useful technique, which can eliminate additional chemical texturing process. The introduction of a TMA doping source has a strong influence on resistivity and the diffusion of light in a wide wavelength range.The haze factor of AZO up to a value of 43 % at 600 nm was achieved without an additional surface texturing process by simple TMA doping. The use of AZO TCO resulted in energy conversion efficiencies of 7.7 % when it was applied to thep-i-n a-Si:H thin film solar cell, which was comparable to commercially available fluorine doped tin oxide ($SnO_2$:F).

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권9호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 투과도가 높은 OHP 필름상에 AZO 반도체 물질을 기반으로 한 광센서를 제작하여 광소자 특성 및 이를 구성하고 있는 반도체 소재의 물성에 대해 설명한다. 최근 전자소자 분야에서 주요 이슈가 되고 있는 플렉서블 광소자를 구현하기 위해서 최초로 투명하고 굽힘성이 있는 OHP 필름을 기판으로 사용하였다. 또한, 투명 전극 및 반도체 물질로 양산에 사용되고 있는 ITO는 인듐의 희소성 때문에 가격이 높다. 따라서 이 물질을 대체할 수 있는 소재를 발굴해야 하며, AZO 소재가 가능성이 있는지 Au/Al/AZO/OHP 필름 구조의 광센서 소자를 구현하여 광학 및 전기적인 특성을 평가하였다. 소자 및 이를 구성하는 소재들은 벤딩(굽힘)에 의한 물성 변화가 없었으며, 이와 같은 결과들은 차세대 소자로의 적용에 대한 가능성을 제공한다. 하지만, 양산을 위해서는 OHP 필름 표면의 미세한 스크래치를 제거해야 하며, 뿐만 아니라 광전류를 향상시킬 수 있는 재료, 구조 기반으로 최적화된 소자를 연구해야 할 것이다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2007

Sol-gel 법으로 quartz 기판 위에 Al 도핑 농도와 열처리 온도에 따른 AZO 박막을 제작하였다. 1 % Al 이 도핑되고 550 $^{\circ}C$ 에서 열처리한 ZnO 박막에서 가장 우수한 (002) 배향성과 가장 평탄한 박막 (1.084 nm) 이 제작되었다. 모든 박막은 가시광 영역에서 약 80 % 이상의 투과율을 보였으며, Al 농도가 증가할수록 에너지 밴드 갭이 넓어지는 Burstein-Moss 효과가 관찰되었다. Hall 측정 결과, 순수한 ZnO 박막보다 Al 이 도핑된 ZnO 박막에서 캐리어 농도의 증가와 비저항 값의 감소가 나타났다. 또, Al 의 도핑 농도가 증가함에 따라 segregation 효과로 인한 캐리어 농도의 감소와 비저항 값의 증가가 관찰되었다. 1% Al 이 도핑되고 550 $^{\circ}C$ 에서 열처리한 ZnO 박막에서 가장 큰 캐리어 농도 ($1.80{\times}10^{19}\;cm^{-3}$) 와 가장 낮은 비저항 (0.84 ${\Omega}cm$) 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.863-867
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• 2008

In this paper, to increase the light current efficiency of photodiode, we fabricated aluminum-doped zinc oxide(AZO) thin films by RF magnetron sputtering. AZO thin films were deposited at low temperature of 100 $^{\circ}C$ and different RF powers of 50, 100, 150 and 200 W due to selective process technology. Then the AZO thin films were annealed at 400 $^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr in vacuum ambient to increase crystalline. The lowest resistivity of 1.35 ${\times}$ $10^{-3}$ ${\Omega}cm$ and a high transmittance over 90 % were obtained under the conditions of 3 mTorr, 100 'c and 150 W. The optimized AZO thin films were deposited as anti-reflection coating on PN junction of silicon photodiode. It was confirmed by the result of $V_r-I_{ph}$ curve that the efficiency of photodiode with AZO thin film was enhanced 17 % more than commercial photodiode.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2009

AZO transparent conductive thin films were grown on $SiO_2$/Si and glass substrates using diethylzinc (DEZ) and trimethylaluminium (TMA) as the precursor and $H_2O$ as oxidant by atomic layer deposition. The structural, electrical, and optical properties of the AZO films were characterized as a function of film thickness at a deposition temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. The AZO films with various thicknesses show well-crystallized phases and smooth surface morphologies. The 190-nm-thick AZO films grown on Coming 1737 glass substrates exhibit rms(root mean square) roughness of 8.8 nm, electrical resistivity of $1.5{\times}10^{-3}\;{\Omega}-cm$, and an optical transmittance of 84% at 600nm wavelength. Atomic layer deposition technique for the transparent conductive oxide films is possible to apply for the deposition on flexible polymer substrates.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 1994

The Synthesis of azobenzene containing long chain fatty acid and poly vinyl alcohol by esterification reaction($C_{n}-Azo-PVA$) was optimized, starting from P-(P'-hydroxy phenyl azo)-benzoic acid and the product of reaction containing azobenzene chromophores was investigated by ultraviolet spectrophotometery in toluene solvent at room temperature. In addition, UV absorption spectra of Langmmuir Blodggett (LB) film deposited on quartz plate have been measured and the structure of these compounds were ascertained by means of Ultraviolet and FT-IR. Recrystallization of reaction product in the solvent results the experimental yield obtained about 22.27% P-(P'-octadecyloxy phenyl azo)-benzoic acid-poly vinyl alcohol. Long chain azobenzene derivative-poly vinyl alcohols are induced phtoisomerization by u, v, and visible light irradiation. The LB film of azobenzene containing long chain fatty acids($C_{18}-Azo-PVA$) are possible of being applied to functional molecular devices such as photomemory and light switching.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 제36회 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1859-1861
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• 2005

The ZnO:Al thin films were prepared on glass by Facing Target Sputtering (FTS) system. We investigated electrical, optical, and structural properties of AZO thin film with sputtering current $0.1[A]{\sim}0.6[A]$. We obtained the lowest resistivity $2.3{\times}10^{-4}[{\Omega}-cm]$ at sputtering current 0.6[A] from the 4-point probe and the strong (002) peak at sputtering current 0.3[A] from the X-ray Diffractometer (XRD ). The optical transmittance of AZO thin films show a very high transmittance of $80{\sim}95%$ in the visible range and exhibit the absorption edge of about 350nm.