• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.1205-1211
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• 2013

The structural and optical properties of the ZnO, Al-doped ZnO, Ga-doped ZnO, and In-doped ZnO nanorods were investigated using field-emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, photoluminescence (PL) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. All the nanorods grew with good alignment on the ZnO seed layers and the ZnO nanorod dimensions could be controlled by the addition of the various dopants. For instance, the diameter of the nanorods decreased with increasing atomic number of the dopants. The ratio between the near-band-edge emission (NBE) and the deep-level emission (DLE) intensities ($I_{NBE}/I_{DLE}$) obtained by PL gradually decreased because the DLE intensity from the nanorods gradually increased with increase in the atomic number of the dopants. We found that the dopants affected the structural and optical properties of the ZnO nanorods including their dimensions, lattice constants, residual stresses, bond lengths, PL properties, transmittance values, optical band gaps, and Urbach energies.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2021

ZnO particles are successfully synthesized at 150 ℃ for 30 min using zinc acetate as the Zn source and 1,4-butanediol as solvent using a relatively facile and convenient glycol process. The effect of ammonium hydroxide amounts on the growth behavior and the morphological evolution of ZnO particles are investigated. The prepared ZnO nanoparticle with hexagonal structure exhibits a quasi-spherical shape with an average crystallite size of approximately 30 nm. It is also demonstrated that the morphology of ZnO particles can be controlled by 1,4-butanediol with an additive of ammonium hydroxide. The morphologies of ZnO particles are changed sequentially from a quasi-spherical shape to a rod-like shape and a hexagonal rod shape with a truncated pyramidal tip, exhibiting preferential growth along the [001] direction with increasing ammonium hydroxide amounts. It is demonstrated that much higher OH^- amounts can produce a nano-tip shape grown along the [001] direction at the corners and center of the (001) top polar plane, and a flat hexagonal symmetry shape of the bottom polar plane on ZnO hexagonal prisms. The results indicate that the presence of NH⁴⁺ and OH^- ions in the solution greatly affects the growth behaviors of ZnO particles. A sharp near-band-edge (NBE) emission peak centered at 383 nm in the UV region and a weak broad peak in the visible region between 450 nm and 700 nm are shown in the PL spectra of the ZnO synthesized using the glycol process, regardless of adding ammonium hydroxide. Although the broad peak of the deep-level-emission (DLE) increases with the addition of ammonium hydroxide, it is suggested that the prominent NBE emission peaks indicate that ZnO nanoparticles with good crystallization are obtained under these conditions.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2010

수열합성법으로 실리콘 (111) 기판 위에 산화아연 나노막대를 성장하였다. 산화아연 나노막대를 성장하기 전, 실리콘 기판에 스핀코팅법으로 씨앗층을 성장하였다. 산화아연 나노막대는 오토클레이브(autoclave)로 $140^{\circ}C$에서 6시간 동안 성장하였고, 아르곤 분위기에서 300, 500, $700^{\circ}C$의 온도로 20분 동안 열처리하였다. X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), photoluminescence (PL)를 이용하여 열처리한 산화아연 나노막대의 구조적, 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. 모든 산화아연 나노막대 시료에서 c-축 배향성을 나타내는 강한 ZnO (002) 회절 피크와 약한 ZnO (004) 회절 피크가 나타났다. 열처리 온도가 증가함에 따라 산화아연 나노로드의 residual stress는 compressive에서 tensile로 변하였다. Hexagonal 형태의 산화아연 나노로드를 관찰하였다. 산화아연 나노로드의 PL 스펙트럼은 free-exciton recombination에 의해 3.2 eV에서 좁은 near-band-edge emission (NBE) 피크와 산화아연 나노막대의 결함에 의해 2.12~1.96 eV에서 넓은 deep-level emission (DLE) 피크가 나타났다. 산화아연 나노막대를 열처리함에 따라, NBE 피크의 세기는 감소하였고 DLE 피크는 열처리에 의해 발생한 산소 관련 결함에 의하여 적색편이 하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.203.1-203.1
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• 2013

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystalline thin films on various growth temperatures for active layer and different buffer layer thickness were grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) on Si substrates. The ZnO active layer were grown with various growth temperature from 500 to $800^{\circ}C$ and the ZnO buffer layer were grown for different time from 5 to 40 minutes. To investigate the structural and optical properties of the ZnO thin films, scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy were used, respectively. In the SEM images, the ZnO thin films have high densification of grains and good roughness and uniformity at $800^{\circ}C$ for active layer growth temperature and 20 minutes for buffer layer growth time, respectively. The PL spectra of ZnO buffer layers and active layers display sharp near band edge (NBE) emissions in UV range and broad deep level emissions (DLE) in visible range. The intensity of NBE peaks for the ZnO thin films significantly increase with increase in the active layer growth temperature. In addition, the NBE peak at 20 minutes for buffer layer growth time has the largest emission intensity and the intensity of DLE peaks decrease with increase in the growth time.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.262-264
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• 2014

Pristine ZnO, 3 wt.% Ga-doped (3GZO) and 3 wt.% Ag-doped (3SZO) ZnO nanowires (NWs) were grown using the hot-walled pulse laser deposition (HW-PLD) technique. The doping of Ga and Ag in ZnO NWs was observed by analyzing the optical and chemical properties. We optimized the synthesis conditions, including processing temperature, time, gas flow, and distance between target and substrate for the growth of pristine and doped ZnO NWs. The diameter and length of pristine and doped ZnO NWs were controlled under 200 nm and several ${\mu}m$, respectively. Low temperature photoluminescence (PL) was performed to observe the optical property of doped NWs. We clearly observed the shift of the near band edge (NBE) emission by using low temperature PL. In the case of 3GZO and 3SZO NWs, the center photon energy of the NBE emissions shifted to low energy direction using the Burstein Moss effect. A strong donor-bound exciton peak was found in 3 GZO NWs, while an acceptor-bound exciton peak was found in 3SZO NWs. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) also indicated that the shift of binding energy was mainly attributed to the interaction between the metal ion and ZnO NWs.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.180-184
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• 2012

Nanostructures of ZnO, such as nanowires, nanorods, nanorings, and nanobelts have been actively studied and applied in electronic or optical devices owing to the increased surface to volume ratio and quantum confinement that they provide. ZnO seed layer (about 40 nm thick) was deposited on Si(100) substrate by RF magnetron sputtering with power of 60 W for 5 min. ZnO nanorods were grown on ZnO seed layer/Si(100) substrate at $95^{\circ}C$ for 5 hr by hydrothermal method with concentrations of $Zn(NO_3)_2{\cdot}6H_2O$ [ZNH] and $(CH_2)_6N_4$ [HMT] precursors ranging from 0.02M to 0.1M. We observed the microstructure, crystal structure, and photoluminescence of the nanorods. The ZnO nanorods grew with hexahedron shape to the c-axis at (002), and increased their diameter and length with the increase of precursor concentration. In 0.06 M and 0.08 M precursors, the mean aspect ratio values of ZnO nanorods were 6.8 and 6.5; also, ZnO nanorods had good crystal quality. Near band edge emission (NBE) and a deep level emission (DLE) were observed in all ZnO nanorod samples. The highest peak of NBE and the lower DLE appeared in 0.06 M precursor; however, the highest peak of DLE and the lower peak of NBE appeared in the 0.02 M precursor. It is possible to explain these phenomena as results of the better crystal quality and homogeneous shape of the nanorods in the precursor solution of 0.06 M, and as resulting from the bed crystal quality and the formation of Zn vacancies in the nanorods due to the lack of $Zn^{++}$ in the 0.02 M precursor.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2012

The influence of annealing process in an $O_2$ atmosphere on the photoluminescence (PL) spectra properties of ZnS nanowires has been investigated. ZnS nanowires with the diameters approximately 100 nm and the lengths a few tens micrometers were synthesized by evaporating ZnS powders on Si substrates while using an Au thin film as a catalyst. ZnS nanowires had an NBE emission band at 430 nm in the violet region. The emission intensity was improved drastically by a process in which ZnS nanowires were heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ in an $O_2$ atmosphere for 45 minutes.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2008

유리기판 위에 약 500 nm 의 두께로 성장된 ZnO층의 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 성질에 미치는 갈륨도핑의 영향에 대하여 연구 하였다. 다결정 ZnO 와 GZO 층은 상온에서 radio frequency magnetron sputtering 법을 사용하여 성장되었다. 투과전자현미경 (TEM)과 x-ray 회절분석 (XRD)에 의하면, 갈륨이 도핑된 ZnO 박막의 결정성은 ZnO에 비하여 향상되었고 (002)방향을 따라 우선성장 되었음이 발견되었다. GZO 박막의 투과도는 가시광 영역에서 ZnO 박막에 비해 약 10% 정도 향상된 것으로 나타났다. PL 분석에 따르면, NBE emission 세기와 DL emission 세기의 비는 GZO 와 ZnO의 경우 각각 2.65:1 과 1.27:1로 나타났다. GZO와 ZnO의 비저항은 각각 1.27과 1.61 $\Omega{\cdot}cm$로서 GZO의 전기전도도가 높았다. GZO 와 ZnO의 캐리어농도는 각각 $10^{18}$ and $10^{20}cm^2$/Vs으로 측정되었다. 본 실험결과 따르면, Ga 도핑으로 인해 ZnO 박막의 전기적, 광학적, 구조적 특성이 향상되었음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.83-83
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 p-type Si (100) 위에 분자선 에피택시 성장방법으로 ZnO 완충층이 삽입된 ZnO 박막을 성장시켰다. ZnO 완충층은 Zn 셀 셔터의 열림/닫힘을 반복하는 성장 멈춤법으로 성장되었다. Zn 셀 셔터의 열림 시간은 4분, 2분, 1분이며 닫힘 시간은 2분으로 동일하게 유지하였다. 이러한 과정은 각각 5, 10, 20회로 반복되었으며 ZnO 완충층을 성장한 후 ZnO 박막은 기존의 분자선 에피택시 방법으로 성장되었다. ZnO 박막의 구조적, 광학적 특성은 field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL)로 조사하였다. SEM 측정결과 성장 멈춤 횟수가 증가함에 따라 ZnO 박막의 표면은 섬(island) 구조에서 미로(maze) 구조로 변화하였고, XRD 측정결과 full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) 이 감소하고 결정립 크기(grain size)가 증가하였다. 그리고 PL 측정결과 성장 멈춤 횟수가 증가함에 따라 near-band-edge emission (NBE) 피크의 세기가 증가하였고 deep-level emission (DLE) 피크의 위치는 오렌지 발광에서 녹색 발광으로 청색편이(blue-shift)하였다.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2008

목적: 본 논문은 저온열처리로 비결정 또는 결정 ZnO 박막의 UV emission 가능하다는 것이다. 방법: 화학적 용액법을 이용하여 소다-라임-실리카 유리 위에 100, 150, 200, 250 및 $300^{\circ}C$로 열처리하여 비정질 및 나노 결정질 ZnO 박막을 제조하였으며, 박막의 성장 특성 및 광학적 특성을 X-선 회절 분석법, 자외선-가시광선-근적외선 분광법 및 발광분석법을 통하여 분석하였다. 결과: $100^{\circ}C{\sim}200^{\circ}C$에서 60분간 열처리된 박막은 비정질 특성을 나타내고 있었으며, $250^{\circ}C$ 및 $300^{\circ}C$로 열처리된 박막에서는 ZnO 결정상이 나타났다. 비정질 ZnO 박막의 PL분석에 의하면 매우 강한 Near-band-edge emission이 나타났으며, Green emission은 거의 검출되지 않았다. 결론: 앞으로는 저온에서 ZnO 광전자소자를 쉽게 제조할 수 있을 것이다.