• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.47-47
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.26.1-26.1
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• 2008

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.338-342
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• 2016

ZnO thin film co-doped with F and Al was prepared on a glass substrate via simple non-alkoxide sol-gel spin coating. For a fixed F concentration, the addition of Al co-dopant was shown to reduce the resistivity mainly due to an increase in electrical carrier density compared with ZnO doped with F only, especially after the second post-heat-treatment in a reducing environment. There was no effective positive contribution to the reduction in resistivity due to the mobility enhancement by the addition of Al co-dopant. Optical transmittance of the ZnO thin film co-doped with F and Al in the visible light domain was shown to be higher than that of the ZnO thin film doped with F only.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.91-95
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• 2014

(F,Ga) co-doped ZnO thin film on glass substrate was fabricated via a simple non-alkoxide sol-gel spin-coating. Contrary to the F single doped ZnO thin film, the (F,Ga) co-doped thin film showed a significant reduce in electrical resistivity after a second post-heat-treatment in reducing environment. The resulting decrease in electrical resistivity with Ga co-doping is considered to be resulted from the increases both carrier density and mobility. The optical transmittance of the (F,Ga) co-doped thin film in the visible range showed higher transmittance with Ga co-doping compared with F single doped ZnO thin film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.350-350
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• 2013

Sol-gel법을 이용하여 p-Si 기판위에 yttrium이 도핑된 ZnO (YZO)를 성장하였다. ZnO의 precursor로는 zinc acetate dihydrate를, yttrium의 source로는 yttrium acetate hydrate를 사용하였으며, 용매와 안정제로는 각각 2-methoxy ethanol과 monoethanolamine (MEA)를 사용하였다. yttrium의 doping 농도에 따른 영향을 알아보기 위하여 1~4 at.%로 제작된 YZO sol을 각각 p-type Si 기판에 성장하였으며, 이 후 furnace를 이용하여 500oC에서 1시간 동안 열처리하였다. 성장된 YZO 박막의 표면과 두께를 SEM을 통하여 확인하였으며, XRD를 통한 구조적인 특성을 분석한 결과 모든 박막에서 뚜렷한 c-축 배양성을 갖는 ZnO (0002)피크를 확인하였다. Hall effect를 통하여 YZO는 모두 n-type 특성을 나타낸다는 것을 확인하였으며, 광학적인 특성은 PL을 통해서 분석하였다. n-YZO/p-Si 이종접합의 전류-전압 특성을 분석한 결과 뚜렷한 정류특성을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.81-81
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• 2011

Sol-gel spin-coating법을 이용하여 ZnO 박막을 증착하였다. Sol 전구체 용액을 Si(100) 기판에 증착하고 전열처리(pre-heat treatment)하여 gel 상태의 ZnO 박막을 형성시킨 후 다른 속도로 냉각시켰다. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, photoluminescence (PL)을 이용하여 냉각속도가 ZnO 박막의 구조적 및 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 느린 속도($5^{\circ}C$/min)로 냉각시킨 ZnO 박막은 나노섬유질구조(nano-fibrous structure)를 나타내었고, 상온에서 바로 냉각시킨 ZnO 박막은 매우 매끄러운 표면(mirror-like surface)을 나타내었다. ZnO (100), ZnO (002), ZnO (101) 방향을 나타내는 회절피크가 관찰되었고, 냉각속도에 따른 ZnO 박막의 배향성을 알아보기 위하여 texture coefficient (TC)를 계산해 보았다. 상온에서 바로 냉각시킨 ZnO 박막(TC(002)=76.3%)이 느린 속도로 냉각시킨 박막(TC(002)=45.2%)보다 (002) 방향으로의 배향성이 우세하게 나타났으며, 잔류응력도 작았다. 뿐만 아니라 PL을 이용한 광학적 특성평가에서도 상온에서 바로 냉각시킨 ZnO 박막에서 더 강한 강도와 좁은 반치폭(full-width at halt-maximum)을 갖는 near-band-edge emission (NBE) 피크가 관찰되었다. 후열처리에 따른 구조적 및 광학적 특성 변화 또한 연구하였다.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.110-114
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• 2014

We propose a low temperature sol-gel ZnO/Ag nanowire composite thin film to fulfill low temperature and low cost requirements, which are essential criteria in future flexible electronic devices. In this proposed thin film, Ag nanowire plays the role of electrical conduction, and sol-gel ZnO provides a structural medium with a high visible transmittance. Low temperature restriction in the sol-gel fabrication process prevents sufficient oxidation of Zn acetate precursors, which were solved by a post-coating treatment with ultraviolet light irradiation. Composite thin film formation was performed by spin coating methods with a mixed precursor solution or in a sequential manner. We obtained an average visible transmittance larger than 85% and a sheet resistance smaller than $50{\Omega}/sq$. After optimization in a fabricated composite transparent conductive thin film with the thickness around 100 nm. Similar experimental demonstration in a flexible substrate (polyethyleneterephthalate) was successful, which implies a promising application opportunity of this technology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.369-369
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• 2007

ZnO film has been investigated during several decades because it has excellent optical property like a transmittance among the range of visible light for using transparent conducting oxide (TCO) films. But ZnO film has not enough conductivity for applying to TCO devices. Therefore we synthesized platinum nanoparticles and they incorporated into ZnO due to improve the electrical property of ZnO film by sol-gel synthesis method. Also, we fabricated photosensitive ZnO thin film containing Pt nanoparticles by sol-gel process and spin-coating for using photochemical solution deposition. Photosensitive ZnO film could carry out the direct-pattern which allow the etching process to be convenient. The optical and electrical properties of ZnO film with or without various atomic percent of Pt nanoparticles annealed at various temperatures were investigated by using UV-Vis spectroscopy and 4-point probe method, respectively. We characterized the ZnO thin film containing Pt nanoparticles using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.350-356
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• 2015

The effects of the zinc oxide (ZnO) preparing process on the performance of inverted organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) were explored. The morphology and size of ZnO nanoparticles were controlled, leading to more efficient charge collection from device and higher electron mobility compared with nanospheres. Nanosized ZnO particles were synthesized by using zinc acetate dihydrate and potassium hydroxide in methanol. Also, water was added into the reaction medium to control the morphology of ZnO nanocrystals from spherical particles to rods, and $NH_4OH$ was used to prevent the gelation of dispersion. Solution-processed ZnO thin films were deposited onto the ITO/glass substrate by using spin coating process and then ZnO films were used as an electron transport layer in inverted organic photovoltaic cells. The analyses were carried out by using TEM, FE-SEM, AFM, DLS, UV-Vis spectroscopy, current density-voltage characteristics and solar simulator.