• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.130.2-130.2
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• 2013

Today, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of hydrocarbon gases has been demonstrated as an attractive method to synthesize large-area graphene layers. However, special care should be taken to precisely control the resulting graphene layers in CVD due to its sensitivity to various process parameters. Therefore, a facile synthesis to grow graphene layers with high controllability will have great advantages for scalable practical applications. In order to simplify and create efficiency in graphene synthesis, the graphene growth by thermal annealing process has been discussed by several groups. However, the study on growth mechanism and the detailed structural and optoelectronic properties in the resulting graphene films have not been reported yet, which will be of particular interest to explore for the practical application of graphene. In this study, we report the growth of few-layer, large-area graphene films using rapid thermal annealing (RTA) without the use of intentional carbon-containing precursor. The instability of nickel films in air facilitates the spontaneous formation of ultrathin (<2~3 nm) carbon- and oxygen-containing compounds on a nickel surface and high-temperature annealing of the nickel samples results in the formation of few-layer graphene films with high crystallinity. From annealing temperature and ambient studies during RTA, it was found that the evaporation of oxygen atoms from the surface is the dominant factor affecting the formation of graphene films. The thickness of the graphene layers is strongly dependent on the RTA temperature and time and the resulting films have a limited thickness less than 2 nm even for an extended RTA time. The transferred films have a low sheet resistance of ~380 ${\Omega}/sq$, with ~93% optical transparency. This simple and potentially inexpensive method of synthesizing novel 2-dimensional carbon films offers a wide choice of graphene films for various potential applications.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.481-488
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• 2022

The Cu₂ZnSn(S_xSe_1-x)₄ (CZTSSe) absorbers are promising thin film solar cells (TFSCs) materials, to replace existing Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) and CdTe photovoltaic technology. However, the best reported efficiency for a CZTSSe device, of 13.6 %, is still too low for commercial use. Recently, partially replacing the Zn²⁺ element with a Cd²⁺element has attracting attention as one of the promising strategies for improving the photovoltaic characteristics of the CZTSSe TFSCs. Cd²⁺ elements are known to improve the grain size of the CZTSSe absorber thin films and improve optoelectronic properties by suppressing potential defects, causing short-circuit current (J_sc) loss. In this study, the structural, compositional, and morphological characteristics of CZTSSe and CZCTSSe thin films were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF), and Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), respectively. The FE-SEM images revealed that the grain size improved with increasing Cd²⁺ alloying in the CZTSSe thin films. Moreover, there was a slight decrease in small grain distribution as well as voids near the CZTSSe/Mo interface after Cd²⁺ alloying. The solar cells prepared using the most promising CZTSSe absorber thin films with Cd²⁺ alloying (8 min. 30 sec.) exhibited a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.33 %, J_sc of 34.0 mA/cm², and fill factor (FF) of 62.7 %, respectively.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2022

최근 전자소자는 플렉서블 기판상에 제작된 스마트폰이 출시되었으며, 스트레처블 한 전자소자의 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 실리콘 기반의 스트레처블한 소재를 만들어 이것을 기판으로 사용하여 산화물을 이용한 광센서 소자를 구현하여 평가하고자 한다. 이를 위해, 실리콘 기반의 용액성 고무를 이용하여 상온에서 잘 늘어나는 기판을 만들어 소재의 350% 연신율을 확인하였으며, 반사도, 투과도, 흡수도와 같은 광특성을 측정하였다. 다음으로 이러한 소재는 표면이 소수성을 나타내기 때문에 표면 세정 및 친수성으로 변화시키기 위하여 산소 기반의 플라즈마 표면 처리를 진행하였으며, 진공장비로 AZO(Aluminium Zinc Oxide) 기반의 산화막을 증착한 후 면봉을 이용하거나 메탈 마스트로 Ag 전극을 형성시켜 광센서를 완성하였다. 제작된 광전자소자는 빛을 조사했을 때와 하지 않았을 때의 전압에 따른 전류 변화를 분석하여 광에 의하여 생성된 캐리어들에 의한 광전류를 관찰하였으며, 벤딩 장비를 이용하여 폴딩에 따른 광센서소자 영향성을 추가 테스트하였다. 벤딩 테스트 전과 빛에 의해 생성되는 전류값 변화를 추가로 분석하였다. 향후 스트레처블 기판위에 늘어나는 반도체 물질 및 전극을 형성하여 폴딩(벤딩) 및 늘어나는 광소자를 집중적으로 연구할 계획이다.