• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.686-689
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• 2013

The carbon nanowall (CNW) is a carbon-based nanomaterials and it was constructed with vertical structure graphenes and it has the highest surface density among carbon-based nanostructures. In this study, we have checked the growth properties of CNW according to the substrate angle. Microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to grow CNW on Si substrate with methane ($CH_4$) and hydrogen ($H_2$) gases. And, we have changed the substrate angle from $0^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$ in steps of $30^{\circ}$. The planar and vertical conditions of the grown CNWs according to the substrate angle were characterized by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). In case of the growth angle increases, our experimental results showed that the length of the CNW was shortened and the content of carbon component was decreased.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.662-665
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• 2002

The growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was carried out using ratio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (rf PECVD) system equipped with dc bias for the directional growth. Acetylene and ammonia gas were used as the carbon source and a catalyst. The relation between gas flow rate and dc bias on the growth of CNTs was investigated. We studied the relation between emission properties and the directionality of CNTs grown under different dc bias voltage.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.293-296
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• 2006

We studied homeotropic alignment effect for a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) on the $SiO_{x}$ thin film irradiated by the new ion beam method. $SiO_{x}$ thin films were deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and were treated by the DuoPIGatron ion source. A uniform liquid crystal alignment effect was achieved over 2100 eV ion beam energy. Tilt angle were about $90^{\circ}$ and were not affected by various ion beam energy.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.317-321
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• 2019

We investigated the characteristics of nano crystalline silicon(nc-Si) thin-film solar cells on graphite substrates. Amorphous silicon(a-Si) thin-film solar cells on graphite plates show low conversion efficiency due to high surface roughness, and many recombination by dangling bonds. In previous studies, we deposited barrier films by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) on graphite plate to reduce surface roughness and achieved ~7.8 % cell efficiency. In this study, we fabricated nc-Si thin film solar cell on graphite in order to increase the efficiency of solar cells. We achieved 8.45 % efficiency on graphite plate and applied this to nc-Si on graphite sheet for flexible solar cell applications. The characterization of the cell is performed with external quantum efficiency(EQE) and current density-voltage measurements(J-V). As a result, we obtain ~8.42 % cell efficiency in a flexible solar cell fabricated on a graphite sheet, which performance is similar to that of cells fabricated on graphite plates.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2012

The Hydrogenated silicon nitride (SiNx:H) using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition is widely used in photovoltaic industry as an antireflection coating and passivation layer. In the high temperature firing process, the $SiN_x:H$ film should not change the properties for its use as high quality surface layer in crystalline silicon solar cells. Initially PECVD-$SiN_x:H$ film trends were investigated by varying the deposition parameters (temperature, electrode gap, RF power, gas flow rate etc.) to optimize the process parameter conditions. Then by varying gas ratios ($NH_3/SiH_4$), the hydrogenated silicon nitride films were analyzed for its optical, electrical, chemical and surface passivation properties. The $SiN_x:H$ films of refractive indices 1.90~2.20 were obtained. The film deposited with the gas ratio of 3.6 (Refractive index=1.98) showed the best properties in after firing process condition. The single crystalline silicon solar cells fabricated according to optimized gas ratio (R=3.6) condition on large area substrate of size $156{\times}156mm$ (Pseudo square) was found to have the conversion efficiency as high as 17.2%. Optimized hydrogenated silicon nitride surface layer and high efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells fabrication sequence has also been explained in this study.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.545-550
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• 2005

We have carried out the fabrications of a barrier layer on a polyethersulfon (PES) film and organic light emitting diode (OLED) based on a plastic substrate by means of atomic layer deposition (ALD). Simultaneous deposition of 30 nm $AlO_x$ film on both sides of the PES film gave a water vapor transition rate (WVTR) of $0.062 g/m^2/day (@38^{\circ}C,\;100%\;R.H.)$. Further, the double layer of 200 nm $SiN_x$ film deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and 20 nm $AlO_x$ film by ALD resulted in a WVTR value lower than the detection limit of MOCON. We have investigated the OLED encapsulation performance of the double layer using the OLED structure of ITO / MTDATA (20 nm) / NPD (40 nm) / AlQ (60 nm) / LiF (1 nm) / Al (75 nm) on a plastic substrate. The preliminary life time to reach 91% of the initial luminance $(1300 cd/m^2)$ was 260 hours for the OLED encapsulated with 100 nm of PECVD-deposited $SiN_x$ and 30 nm of ALD-deposited $AlO_x$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.58.2-58.2
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 n-type wafer에 비정질 실리콘을 증착한 이종접합 태양전지를 열처리 방법을 이용하여 열처리의 효과를 분석함으로써 이종접합 태양전지에 효율적인 열처리 효과에 대하여 연구하였다. P, N-layer는 PECVD(Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition) I-layer는 HWCVD(Hot wire chemical vapor deposition), ITO는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링법으로 동일한 조건에서 제작하였고 rapid thermal process를 이용하여 진공 중에서 $150^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$, $220^{\circ}C$, $250^{\circ}C$까지 열처리를 하였다. 열처리 전과 후 QSSPC로 minority carrier life time, 자외 가시선 분광분석 장치로 투과 반사도를, Ellipsometer로 흡수 계수 등의 변화를 조사하였다. 열처리 후 Minority carrier life time, Voc 및 광변환 효율이 증가하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.129.2-129.2
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 a-Si:H/c-si 구조의 이종접합 태양전지의 p a-Si:H 에미터 층의 박막 조건에 따라 태양전지 특성을 연구하였다. p, n-layer는 PECVD (Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition) i-layer는 HWCVD(Hot wire chemical vapor deposition), ITO는 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링법으로 제작하였다. p-layer의 도핑 농도, 기판 증착 온도, 증착 높낮이에 따라 특성을 비교 분석 하였다. QSSPC로 minority carrier life time, 자외 가시선 분광분석 장치로 투과 반사도를, Ellipsometer로 흡수 계수, 두께, FTIR로 막의 구성요소 등의 변화를 조사하여 개선된 p a-Si:H의 특성이 이종접합 태양전지에서 효율향상에 영향을 주는지 Photo IV와 EQE를 통하여 조사하였다.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.149-156
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• 1996

Conducting diamond-like carbon films are synthesized using Triode Magnetron Sputtering-Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition(TMS-PECVD), and are examined by four point probe, microhardeness tester, and scanning electron miscroscopy(SEM). As the target bias and Ar/CH$_4$, ratio increase, the electrical resitivity and microhardness of the films are found to decrease, and also, their surface morphologies tend to be rough. While the resistivities of the films are shown to increase in proportion to the increase of the substrate bias, the microhardness of the films is shown to be maximun value(1600kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$) at a certain substrate bias(-70V). We can obtain the conducting diamond-like carbon films with the microhardness of 1600(kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$) and electrical resitivity of 16($\Omega$cm) at the process condition such as target bias -400V, substrate bias -70V, and Ar/$CH_4$ ratio 20.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07c
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• pp.1446-1449
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• 1996

Thin films of diamond-like carbon(DLC) have been deposited using a magnetron plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) method with an rf(13.56 MHz) plasma of $C_{3}H_{8}$. From the Langmuir probe I-V characteristics, it can be observed that increasing the magnetic field yields an increase of the temperature($T_e$) and density($N_e$) of electron. At a magnetic field of 82 Gauss, the estimated values of $T_e$ and $N_e$ are approximately $1.5\;{\times}\;10^5$ K(13.5 eV) and $1.3\;{\times}\;10^{11}\;cm^{-3}$, respectively. Such a highly dense plasma can be attributed to the enhanced ionization caused by the cyclotron motion of electrons in the presence of a magnetic field. On the other hand, the negative dc self-bias voltage($-V_{sb}$) decreases with an increasing magnetic field, which is irrespective of gas pressure in the range of $1{\sim}7$ mTorr. This result is well explained by a theoretical model considering the variation of $T_e$. Deposition rates of DLC films increases with a magnetic field. This may be due to the increased mean free path of electrons in the magnetron plasma. Structures of DLC films are examined by using various techniques such as FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. Most of hydrocarbon bonds in DLC films prepared consist of $sp^3$ tetrahedral bonds. Increasing the rf power leads to an enhancement of cross-linking of carbon atoms in DLC films. At approximately 140 W, the maximum film density obtained is about 2.4 $g/cm^3$.