• KSTLE International Journal
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2005

Friction and wear properties of the Boron carbide ($B_{4}C$) coating 100 nm thickness were studied under various relative humidity (RH). The boron carbide film was deposited on silicon substrate by DC magnetron sputtering method using $B_{4}C$ target with a mixture of Ar and methane ($CH_4$) as precursor gas. Friction tests were performed using a reciprocation type friction tester at ambient environment. Steel balls of 3 mm in diameter were used as counter-specimen. The results indicated that relative humidity strongly affected the tribological properties of boron carbide coating. Friction coefficient decreased from 0.42 to 0.09 as the relative humidity increased from $5\%$ to $85\%$. Confocal microscopy was used to observe worn surfaces of the coating and wear scars on steel balls after the tests. It showed that both the coating surface and the ball were significantly worn-out even though boron carbide is much harder than the steel. Moreover, at low humidity ($5\%$) the boron carbide showed poor wear resistance which resulted in the complete removal of coating layer, whereas at the medium and high humidity conditions, it was not. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) analyses were performed to characterize the chemical composition of the worn surfaces. We suggest that tribochemical reactions occurred during sliding in moisture air to form boric acid on the worn surface of the coating. The boric acid and the tribochemcal layer that formed on steel ball resulted in low friction and wear of boron carbide coating.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.325-329
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• 2009

Titanium dioxide thin films were fabricated as hydrogen sensors and its sensing properties were tested. The titanium was deposited on a $SiO_2$/Si substrate by the DC magnetron sputtering method and was oxidized at an optimized temperature of $850^{\circ}C$ in air. The titanium film originally had smooth surface morphology, but the film agglomerated to nano-size grains when the temperature reached oxidation temperature where it formed titanium oxide with a rutile structure. The oxide thin film formed by grains of tens of nanometers size also showed many short cracks and voids between the grains. The response to 1% hydrogen gas was ${\sim}2{\times}10^6$ at the optimum sensing temperature of $200^{\circ}C$, and ${\sim}10^3$ at room temperature. This extremely high sensitivity of the thin film to hydrogen was due partly to the porous structure of the nano-sized sensing particles. Other sensor properties were also examined.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.187-191
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• 2006

Sputter deposition followed by surface treatment was studied using reactive RF plasma as a method for preparing titanium oxide $(TiO_2)$ films on the FTO $(SnO_2: F)$ substrate for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). Anatase structure $TiO_2$ films deposited by reactive RF magnetron sputtering under the conditions of $Ar/O_2(5%)$ mixtures, RF power of 600W and substrate temperature of $400^{\circ}C$ were surface-treated by inductive coupled plasma (ICP) with $Ar/O_2$ mixtures at substrate temperature of $400^{\circ}C$, and thus the films were applied to the DSCs. We have chosen a solar cell width as a variable of a large-scaled DSCs and confirmed electric characteristics of an individual cell. As a result, the higher the internal resistance of DSC becomes, the wider the width gets. Internal resistance makes it difficult to collect photoelectron generated from dye. Ultimately up sizing DSC causes the increase of internal resistance and then has a bad effect on the cell characteristics.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.357-361
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• 1998

직류 및 고주파 마그네트론 스파터링 방법으로 제조한 CoZr/Ag/CoCr 삼층박막에 대해, 강자성 공명 실험을 수행하므로서 비자성층인 Ag 층의 두께변화가 CoZr층과 CoCr층 사이의 교환결합(Exchabge coupling)에 미치는 영향을 고찰했다. CoZr/Ag/CoCr 삼층박막에서 층간 결합세기(Coupling strength) K'은 Ag층의 두께가 증가함에 따라 급격히 증가하여 Ag 층의 두게가 10$\AA$일 때, 최대값 748 Oe을 보였다. Ag 층의 두께가 20~100$\AA$인 영역에서 K'은 진동하는 모습을 보이는데, 이와 같은 특성은 80Ni-Fe/Cu/Co 다층박막에 대해 H.Koizumi 등이 관측한 결과와 유사한 모습으로서, 스원인규명을 위해 지속적인 연구가 요망된다고 생각한다. 그리고, Ag층의 두께가 100$\AA$ 이상 증가하면 층간 상호작용은 0으로 수렴하는 모습이 보인다. 모든 시료에 대해 K'은 0보다 큰 특성을 보이므로, CoZr층과 CoCr층 사이의 상호작용은 강자성 결합으로 해석된다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.120-123
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• 2000

Co-Ni-Fe-N thin films were fabricated by a $N_2$ reactive rf magnetron sputtering method. The nitrogen partial pressure ($P_{N2}$) was varied in the range 0~10% . As$P_{N2}$ increases in this range, the saturation magnetization $B_s$ linearly decreases from 19.8 kG to 14 kG and the electrical resistivity ($\rho$) increases from 27 to 155 $\mu\Omegacm$. The coercivity $H_c$ exhibits the minimum value at 4% $P_{N2}$. The magnetic anisotropy fields ($H_k$) are in the range of 20$\sim$50 Oe. High frequency characteristics of $(Co_{22.2}Ni_{27.6}Fe_{50.2})_{100-x}N_x$ films are excellent in the range of 3$\sim$5% of $P_{N2}$. In particular, the effective permeability of the film fabricated at 4% $P_{N2}$ is 800, which is maintained up to 600 MHz. This film also shows Bs of 17.5 kG, $H_c$/ of 1.4 Oe, resistivity of 98$\mu\Omegacm$ and $H_k$ of about 25 Oe. Also, the corrosion resistance of $(Co_{22.2}Ni_{27.6}Fe_{50.2})_{100-x}N_x$ films was imp roved with increasing N concentration.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2021

상온에서 PET 기판 위에 Mn-SnO₂/Ag/Mn-SnO₂ 3중 다층막을 RF/DC 마그네트론 스파터링 방식으로 제조하였다. EMP 시뮬레이션 결과에 따라 Mn-SnO₂의 막 두께는 40 nm, Ag 막 두께는 13 nm로 고정하였다. 550 nm 파장대역에서 측정한 3중막의 투과율은 82.9에서 88.1 % 범위였으며 면저항은 5.9에서 6.9 Ω/☐로 변화하였다. 가장 높은 성능지수(ϕ_TC)는 48.1 × 10^-3 Ω^-1로 나타났다. 곡률반경 4, 5 mm 조건에서 inner 밴딩과 out 밴딩의 굽힘시험을 10,000회 실시한 결과 Mn-SnO₂/Ag/Mn-SnO₂ 3중막의 저항변화율은 약 1.5 %로 탁월한 기계적 유연성을 보였다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.347-352
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• 2010

This study reports a novel method off abricating highly sensitive hydrogen gas sensors based on PdO thin films. The PdO thin films with a thickness of 40 nm were deposited on Si substrates under Ar and $O_2$ ambient conditions using a reactive de magnetron sputtering system. Considerable changes in the resistance of the palladium oxide thin films were observed when they were initially exposed to hydrogen gas, as a result of the reduction process. The sensitivity of the PdO thin films was found to be as high as 90%. After the thin films were exposed to hydrogen gas, the nano-sized cracks were discovered to have formed on the surface of the PdO thin films. These types of nano-cracks that formed on the deoxidized PdO thin films are known to play a key role incausing a four-fold reduction of the response time of the absorption process. The results of this study demonstrate that deoxidized PdO thin films can be applied for use in the creation of high-sensitivity hydrogen sensors.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2000년도 International Symposium on Magnetics The 2000 Fall Conference
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• pp.492-499
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• 2000

Co-Ni-Fe-N thin films were fabricated by a N$\sub$2/ reactive rf magnetron sputtering method. The nitrogen partial pressure (P$\sub$N2/) was varied in the range of 0∼10%. As P$\sub$N2/ increases in this range, the saturation magnetization (B$\sub$s/) linearly decreases from 19.8 kG to 14 kG and the electrical resistivity ($\rho$) increased from 27 to 155 ${\mu}$$\Omega$cm. The coercivity (H$\sub$c/) exhibits the minimum value at 4% of P$\sub$N2/. The magnetic anisotropy (H$\sub$k/) are in the range of 20∼50 Oe. High frequency characteristics of (Co$\sub$22.2/Ni$\sub$27.6/Fe$\sub$50.2/)$\sub$100-x/N$\sub$x/ films are excellent in the range of 3∼5% of P$\sub$N2/. Especially the effective permeability of the film fabricated at 4% of P$\sub$N2/ is 800, which is maintained up to 600 MHz. This film also shows Bs of 17.5 kG, H$\sub$c/ of 1.4 Oe, resistivity of 98 $\Omega$cm and H$\sub$k/ of about 25 Oe. Also, the corrosion resistance of (Co$\sub$22.2/Ni$\sub$27.6/Fe$\sub$50.2/)$\sub$100-x/N$\sub$x/ were improved with the increase in N concentration.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.327-327
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• 2009

ZnO with a large band gap (~3.37 eV) and exciton binding energy (~60 meV), is suitable for optoelectronic applications such as ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and detectors. However, the ZnO-based p-n homojunction is not readily available because it is difficult to fabricate reproducible p-type ZnO with high hall concentration and mobility. In order to solve this problem, there have been numerous attempts to develop p-n heterojunction LEDs with ZnO as the n-type layer. The n-ZnO/p-GaN heterostructure is a good candidate for ZnO-based heterojunction LEDs because of their similar physical properties and the reproducible availability of p-type GaN. Especially, the reduced lattice mismatch (~1.8 %) and similar crystal structure result in the advantage of acquiring high performance LED devices. In particular, a number of ZnO films show UV band-edge emission with visible deep-level emission, which is originated from point defects such as oxygen vacancy, oxygen interstitial, zinc interstitial[1]. Thus, defect-related peak positions can be controlled by variation of growth or annealing conditions. In this work, the undoped ZnO film was grown on the p-GaN:Mg film using RF magnetron sputtering method. The undoped ZnO/p-GaN:Mg heterojunctions were annealed in a horizontal tube furnace. The annealing process was performed at $800^{\circ}C$ during 30 to 90 min in air ambient to observe the variation of the defect states in the ZnO film. Photoluminescence measurements were performed in order to confirm the deep-level position of the ZnO film. As a result, the deep-level emission showed orange-red color in the as-deposited film, while the defect-related peak positions of annealed films were shifted to greenish side as increasing annealing time. Furthermore, the electrical resistivity of the ZnO film was decreased after annealing process. The I-V characteristic of the LEDs showed nonlinear and rectifying behavior. The room-temperature electroluminescence (EL) was observed under forward bias. The EL showed a weak white and strong yellowish emission colors (~575 nm) in the undoped ZnO/p-GaN:Mg heterojunctions before and after annealing process, respectively.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.78-84
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 ZnO:Al 박막의 필름형 염료감응 태양전지의 투명전도막으로의 웅용 가능성을 연구하기 위하여 PET 기판 위에 r. f. 마그네트론 스퍼터링법으로 ZnO:Al 박막을 증착하였으며, ZnO:Al 박막의 전기적 그리고 광학적 특성의 향상을 위하여 기판 바이어스 전압을 인가하였다. 그 결과, 정(+)의 기판 바이어스 전압은 플라즈마 중의 전자를 기판의 스퍼터 원자에 충돌하게 함으로써 박막에 부가적인 에너지를 공급하게 되어 박막의 결정성장 및 전기적 특성을 향상시키고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 +30[V] 이상의 과도한 기판 바이어스 전압을 인가한 경우, 박막의 전기적 특성은 나빠졌으며, 특히 부(-)의 바이어스 전압을 인가한 경우 결정 성장이 나타나지 알아, 전기적 특성의 향상을 위한 기판 바이어스 전압의 효과가 매우 제한적으로 작용되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 +30(V)의 기판 바이어스 조건하에서 $1.8{\times}10^{-3}[{\Omega}-cm]$의 체적 저항율 및 87.77(%)의 광 투과율을 얻을 수 있었다.