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A Study on the Fabrication and Structural Properties of Al-Co/AlN-Co Thin Films

  • Han, Chang-Suk;Han, Seung-Oh
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.256-263
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    • 2011
  • We have synthesized Al-Co/AlN-Co multilayer films with different layer thicknesses by using a Two-Facing Target Type dc Sputtering (TFTS) system. The deposited films were annealed isothermally at different temperatures and their microstructure, magnetic properties and resistivity were investigated. The magnetization of the as-deposited films was found to be very small, irrespective of layer thickness. It was found that the annealing conditions and layer thickness ratio of Al-Co to AlN-Co (LTR) were able to control the microstructure, as well as the physical properties of the prepared films. The resistivity and magnetization increased and the coercivity decreased with a decreasing LTR. A high resistivity of 2500 ${\mu}{\Omega}-cm$, a magnetization of 360 $emu/cm^3$, and a coercivity of 5 Oe were obtained for the films with LTR=0.175.

Growth of CaAl2Se4: Co Single Crystal Thin Film for Solar Cell Development and Its Solar Cell Application (태양 전지용 CaAl2Se4: Co 단결정 박막 성장과 태양 전지로의 응용)

  • Bang, Jin-Ju;Hong, Kwang-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2018
  • The stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for the $CaAl_2Se_4$: Co single crystal thin film was prepared from horizontal furnace. Using extrapolation method of X-ray diffraction patterns for the polycrystal $CaAl_2Se_4$, it was found orthorhomic structure whose lattice constant $a_0$, $b_0$ and $c_0$ were 6.4818, $11.1310{\AA}$ and $11.2443{\AA}$, respectively. To obtain the $CaAl_2Se_4$: Co single crystal thin film, $CaAl_2Se_4$: Co mixed crystal was deposited on throughly etched Si (100) by the HWE (Hot Wall Epitaxy) system. The source and substrate temperature were $600^{\circ}C$ and $440^{\circ}C$ respectively. The crystalline structure of $CaAl_2Se_4$: Co single crystal thin film was investigated by the double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). Hall effect on this sample was measured by the method of Van der Pauw and studied on carrier density and mobility depending on temperature. From Hall data, the mobility was likely to be decreased by impurity scattering in the temperature range 30 K to 100 K and by lattice scattering in the temperature range 100 K to 293 K. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $CaAl_2Se_4$: Co obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)=3.8239eV-(4.9823{\times}10^{-3}eV/K)T_2/(T+559K)$. The open-circuit voltage, short current density, fill factor, and conversion efficiency of $p-Si/p-CaAl_2Se_4$: Co heterojunction solar cells under $80mW/cm^2$ illumination were found to be 0.42 V, $25.3mA/cm^2$, 0.75 and 9.96%, respectively.

Synthesis of (Co,Mg)Al2O4 and (Ni,Mg)Al2O4 Blue Ceramic Nano Pigment by Polymerized Complex Method (착체중합법을 이용한 (Co,Mg)Al2O4 및 (Ni,Mg)Al2O4 청색 나노 무기안료 합성)

  • Son, Bo-Ram;Yoon, Dea-Ho;Kim, Jin-Ho;Han, Kyu-Sung;Cho, Woo-Suk;Hwang, Kwang-Taek
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.50 no.6
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    • pp.510-517
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the properties of blue inorganic nano-pigments with a spinel structure were systematically investigated. We report the preparation of a blue ceramic nano-pigment and the Co and Ni substitutional effects on the blue color. $MgAl_2O_4$ was selected as the crystalline host network for the synthesis of cobalt and nickel-based blue ceramic nano-pigments. Various compositions of $Co_xMg_{1-x}Al_2O_4$ and $Ni_xMg_{1-x}Al_2O_4$ ($0{\leq}x{\leq}1$) powders were prepared using apolymerized complex method. The obtained powder was preheated at $400^{\circ}C$ for 5 h and then calcined at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 5 h. XRD patterns of the (Co,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ and (Ni,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ samples showed a single phase of the spinel structure in all compositions. TEM results indicated nano-sized pigments for (Co,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ and (Ni,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ with a particle size ranging from 20 to 50 nm. The characteristics of the color tones of (Co,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ and (Ni,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ were analyzed by CIE $L^*a^*b^*$ measurements. In addition, the thermal stability and the binding characteristics of (Co,Mg)$Al_2O_4$, (Ni,Mg)$Al_2O_4$ are discussed in terms of the TG-DSC and FT-IR results, respectively.

Neutron Diffraction and Mössbauer Studies of Superexchange Interaction on Al Substituted Co-ferrite (Al이 치환된 Co 페라이트에 관한 뫼스바우어 분광법 및 중성자 회절 연구)

  • Kim, Sam-Jin;Myoung, Bo-Ra;Kim, Chul-Sung;Baek, Kyung-Seon
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 2006
  • Al substituted $CoAl_{0.5}Fe_{1.5}O_{4}$ has been studied with x-ray and neutron diffraction, $M\"{o}ssbauer$ spectroscopy and magnetization measurements. $CoAl_{0.5}Fe_{1.5}O_{4}$ revealed a cubic spinel structure of ferrinmagnetic long range ordering at room temperature, with magnetic moments of $Fe^{3+}(A)(-2.29{\mu}_{B}),\;Fe^{3+}(B)(3.81\;{\mu}_{B}),\;Co^{2+}(B)(2.66{\mu}_{B})$, respectively. The temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field in $^{57}Fe$ nuclei at the tetrahedral (A) and octahedral (B) sites was analyzed based on the $N\'{e}el$ theory of magnetism. In the sample of $CoAl_{0.5}Fe_{1.5}O_{4}$, the interaction A-B interaction and intrasublattice A-A superexchange interaction were antiferromagnetic with strengths of $J_{A-B}=-19.3{\pm}0.2k_{B}\;and\;J_{A-A}=-21.6{\pm}0.2k_{B}$, respectively, while the intrasublattice B-B superexchange interaction was found to be ferromagnetic with a strength of $J_{B-B}=3.8{\pm}0.2k_{B}$.

Effect of Pt on the High Temperature Stability of NiCoCrAlY or NiAl Bond Coat in the Thermal Barrier Coating System (NiCoCrAlY 및 NiAl bond coat를 사용한 Thermal Barrier Coating의 고온안정성에 미치는 Pt의 영향)

  • Ku Seongmo;Kim Gil Moo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.375-381
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    • 2005
  • High temperature oxidation behavior of thermal barrier coating (TBC) system (IN738 substrate + NiCoCrAlY or NiAl bond coat with or without Pt + yttria stabilized zirconia) prepared by air plasma spray (APS) process has been studied in order to understand the effect of Pt addition to bond coat on the stability of TBC system. Specimens were oxidized in thermal cycling and isothermal oxidation test at $1100^{\circ}C$. The Pt addition in TBC system with NiCoCrAlY bond coat showed a longer life time compared to that without addition of Pt. Pt addition to TBC system is believed to help the formation of more stable thermally grown oxide, $Al_2O_3$, at the TBC/bond coat interface, leading to a longer lifetime of TBC system.

The Powder Preparation of Blue Cobalt Aluminate at 210 °C Using the Malonate Method

  • Lee, Gong-Yeol;Lee, Dong-Hoon;Kim, Hong-Gun;Kim, Yoo-Young
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.47-51
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    • 2010
  • A powder, containing 80 percent of blue cobalt aluminate $(CoAl_2O_4)$ crystallites, was synthesized at $210 ^{\circ}C$ using a (metal nitrate-malonic acid-ammonium hydroxide-ammonium nitrate) system. The optimal amount of concentrated ammonia water and initial decomposition temperature were determined for the blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallites preparation. Three $CoAl_2O_4$ precursor pastes, corresponding to the various amounts of concentrated ammonia water, were prepared by evaporating the initial solutions in an electric furnace fixed at $80 ^{\circ}C$ under a vacuum of 25 torr. The initial solution was used to dissolve the starting materials. The powder with the maximum content (80%) of blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallites was prepared when the prepared precursor was decomposed at $210 ^{\circ}C$. The blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallite content in the prepared sample decreased with increasing initial decomposition temperature. For 0.2 mole of the $Al^{3+}$ ion, the chemical compositions of the precursor corresponded to molar ratios of 0.4, 1.40, 2.56 and 2.00 for the $Co^{2+}$ ion, malonic acid, ammonia and ammonium nitrate per mole of the $Al^{3+}$ ion, respectively. The blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallite content in the sample decreased with the amount of ammonia deviated from the optimal value. The characteristics of the powders were examined using X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technique.

Synthesis and Characterization of CoAl2O4 Inorganic Pigment Nanoparticles by a Reverse Micelle Processing (역-마이셀 공정에 의한 CoAl2O4 무기안료 나노 분말의 합성 및 특성)

  • Son, Jeong-Hun;Bae, Dong-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.24 no.7
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    • pp.370-374
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    • 2014
  • Inorganic pigments have high thermal stability and chemical resistance at high temperature. For these reasons, they are used in clay, paints, plastic, polymers, colored glass and ceramics. $CoAl_2O_4$ nano-powder was synthesized by reverse-micelle processing the mixed precursor(consisting of $Co(NO_3)_2$ and $Al(NO_3)_3$). The $CoAl_2O_4$ was prepared by mixing an aqueous solution at a Co:Al molar ratio of 1:2. The average particle size, and the particle-size distribution, of the powders synthesized by heat treatment (at 900; 1,000; 1,100; and $1,200^{\circ}C$ for 2h) were in the range of 10-20 nm and narrow, respectively. The average size of the synthesized nano-particles increased with increasing water-to-surfactant molar ratio. The synthesized $CoAl_2O_4$ powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis(XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM) and color spectrophotometry. The intensity of X-ray diffraction of the synthesized $CoAl_2O_4$ powder, increased with increasing heating temperature. As the heating temperature increased, crystal-size of the synthesized powder particles increased. As the R-value(water/surfactant) and heating temperature increased, the color of the inorganic pigments changed from dark blue-green to cerulean blue.

Properites of transparent conductive ZnO:Al film prepared by co-sputtering

  • Ma, Hong-Chan;Lee, Hee-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.106-106
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    • 2009
  • Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films were grown on glass substrates by co-sputtering at room temperature. We made ZnO and Al target and ZnO:Al film is deposited with sputter which has two RF gun source. The Al content was controlled by varying Al RF power and effect of Al contents on the properties of ZnO:Al film was investigated. Crystallinity and orientation of the ZnO:Al films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), surface morphology of the ZnO:Al films was observed by atomic force microscope. Electrical properties of the ZnO:Al films were measured at room temperature by van der Pauw method and hall measurement. Optrical properties of ZnO:Al films were measured by UV-vis-NIR spectrometer.

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The Preparation of Blue CoAl2O4 Powders by the Malonate Method: The Effect of the Amount of Malonic Acid Used, the Formation Pathway of CoAl2O4 Crystallites and the Characteristics of the Prepared Powders

  • Lee, Gong-Yeol;Ryu, Kwang-Hyun;Kim, Hong-Gun;Kim, Yoo-Young
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.373-377
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    • 2009
  • A pathway for the formation of normal $CoAl_2O_4$ particles is suggested. The optimal amount of malonic acid was determined, and the characteristics of the obtained powders were investigated. Normal $CoAl_2O_4$ powders were prepared using solutions of malonic acid and metal nitrates. X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements, as well as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and ultraviolet/visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy were carried out. Normal $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallites were formed by a solid state reaction between $CoAl_2O_4$ and amorphous aluminum oxide. The optimal molar ratio of malonic acid to the nitrate anions present in the initial solution was found to be 0.30~0.35. The particles were composed of agglomerates of primary particles. The primary particles were 40 nm in size. This size was relatively constant regardless of the preparation temperature. However, the size of the agglomerated particles increased to 220 nm with increasing temperature.

Fabrication of Nanocrystalline Co-Al2O3 from Mechanically Synthesized Powders by Rapid Sintering (기계적으로 합성한 분말로부터 급속 소결에 의한 나노 구조의 Co-Al2O3 복합재료 제조)

  • Park, Na-Ra;Shon, In-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.50 no.12
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    • pp.961-966
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    • 2012
  • Nano-sized Co and $Al_2O_3$ powders were successfully synthesized from $3/4Co_3O_4$ and 2Al by high-energy ball milling. A dense nanocrystalline $2.25Co-Al_2O_3$ composite was consolidated from mechanically synthesized powders by the pulsed current activated sintering (PCAS) method within 2 min. Consolidation was accomplished under the combined effects of a pulsed current and mechanical pressure. A dense $2.25Co-Al_2O_3$ with relative density of up to 95% was produced under simultaneous application of a 80 MPa pressure and a pulsed current of 2800 A. The fracture toughness and hardness of the $2.25Co-Al_2O_3$ composite were $8MPa{\cdot}m^{1/2}$, $870kg/mm^2$, respectively.