• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.306.2-306.2
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• 2016

Niobium oxide thin films were synthesized by reactive rf magnetron sputtering. The target was metallic niobium with 2 inch in diameter and the substrate was n-type Si wafer. To control the surface properties of the films, Nb oxide thin films were obtained at various mixing ratios of argon and oxygen gases. Nb oxide thin films were analyzed with alpha step, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The result of alpha step showed that the thickness of Nb oxide thin films were decreased with increasing the oxygen gas ratios. SEM images showed that the granular morphology was formed at 0% of oxygen gas ratio and then disappeared at 20 and 75% of oxygen gas ratio. The amorphous Nb oxide was observed by XRD at all films. The oxidation state of Nb and O were studied with high resolution Ni 2p and O 1s XPS spectra. And the change in the chemical environment of Nb oxide thin films was investigated by XPS with Ar+ sputtering.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.207.2-207.2
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• 2013

Oxide-based thin film transistors have been attempted as powerful candidates for driving circuits for active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes and transparent electronics. The oxide TFTs are based on the amorphous multi-component oxides involving zinc, indium, and/or tin elements as main cation sources. The current work employed RF sputtering in order to deposit zinc-tin oxide thin films applicable to transparent oxide thin film transistors. The deposited thin film was characterized and probed in terms of materials and devices. The physical/chemical characterizations were performed using X-ray diffraction, Atomic Force Microscopy, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The thin film transistors were fabricated using a bottom-gated structure where thermally-grown silicon oxide layers were applied as gate-dielectric materials. The inherent properties of oxide thin films are combined with the corresponding device performances with the aim to fabricating the multi-component oxide thin films being optimized towards transparent electronics.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.307.1-307.1
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• 2016

Amorphous zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin films are being widely studied for a variety electronic applications such as the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) in the field of photoelectric elements and thin film transistors (TFTs). Thin film transistors (TFTs) with transparent amorphous oxide semiconductors (TAOS) represent a major advance in the field of thin film electronics. Examples of TAOS materials include zinc tin oxide (ZTO), indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO), indium zinc oxide, and indium zinc tin oxide. Among them, ZTO has good optical and electrical properties (high transmittance and larger than 3eV band gap energy). Furthermore ZTO does not contain indium or gallium and is relatively inexpensive and non-toxic. In this study, ZTO thin films were formed by UHV RF magnetron co-sputter deposition on silicon substrates and sapphires. The films were deposited from ZnO and SnO2 target in an RF argon and oxygen plasma. The deposition condition of ZTO thin films were controlled by RF power and post anneal temperature using rapid thermal annealing (RTA). The deposited and annealed films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscope (AFM), ultraviolet and visible light (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.196-203
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• 1996

The highly c-axis oriented zinc oxide thin films were deposited on Sapphire(0001) substrates by reactive RF magnetron sputtering. The characteristics of zinc oxide thin films on RF power, substrate-target distance, and substrate temperature were investigated by XRD, SEM and EDX analyses. The physical characteristics of zinc oxide thin films changed with various deposition conditions. The higher substrate temperatures were, The better crystallinity of zinc oxide thin films. The highly c-axis oriented zinc oxide thin films were obtained at sputter pressure 5mTorr, rf power 200W, substrate temperature 350.deg. C, substrate-target distance 5.5cm. In these conditions, the resistivity of zinc oxide thin films deposited on pt/sapphire was 12.196*10$^{9}$ [.ohm.cm].

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2022

Preparing various types of thin films of oxide semiconductors is a promising approach to fabricate efficient photoanodes and photocathodes for hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting. In this work, we investigate the feasibility of an efficient photocathode for PEC water reduction of a p-type oxide semiconductor cupric oxide (CuO) thin film prepared via a facile method combined with sputtering Cu metallic film on fluorine-doped thin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate and subsequent thermal oxidation of the sputtered Cu metallic film in dry air. Characterization of the structural, optical, and PEC properties of the CuO thin film prepared at various Cu sputtering powers reveals that we can obtain an optimum CuO thin film as an efficient PEC photocathode at a Cu sputtering power of 60 W. The photocurrent density and the optimal photocurrent conversion efficiency for the optimum CuO thin film photocathode are found to be -0.3 mA/cm² and 0.09% at 0.35 V vs. RHE, respectively. These results provide a promising route to fabricating earth-abundant copper-oxide-based photoelectrode for sunlight-driven hydrogen generation using a facile method.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1993년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.120-123
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• 1993

This paper describes the deposition and characteristics of electrochromic tungsten oxide thin films for electrochromic smart windows. Tungsten Oxide thin films(WO$_3$) are deposited by thermal evaporation techniques. By varying deposition parameters, WO$_3$ thin films exhibit different optical properties. The electrochromic devices are consist of ITO glass/ WO$_3$ thin films/ LiClO$_4$-propylene carbonate electrolyte/ counter electrode. The electrochromic properties of tungsten oxide thin films with different deposition condition ale investigated.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.259-263
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• 1998

WSi2/CVD-Si/SiO2/Si-substrate의 폴리사이드 구조에서 실리콘 증착 POCl3 확산 그리고 WSi2 증착 유무에 따른 Thin oxide 특성을 연구했다 WSi2 막을 증착하지 않은 CVD-Si/SiO2/Si-substrate 구조에서 CVD-Si을 po-lycrystalline-Si으로 증착한 시편이 amorphous-Si을 증착한 시편보다 산화막 불량이 적다 WSi2 를 증착시킨 WSi2/CVD-Si/SiO2./Si-substrate의 구조에서 CVD-Si의 polycrystalline-Si 혹든 amorphous-Si 의 막 증착에 따른 thin oxide의 불량율 차이는 미미하다 산화막 불량은 CVD-Si에 확산시킨 인(P) 증가 즉 면저항(sheet resistance) 감소로 증가한다. Thin oxide의 절연특성은 WSi2 증착으로 저하된다 WSi2 증착으로 산화막 두께는 증가하나 막 특성은 열등해져 산화막 절연성이 떨어진다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.218-223
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 반도체식 가스센서 재료로서 활용 가능한 ZnO 박막을 Continuous Flow Reaction(CFR) 방법으로 실리콘 기판 위에 성장시켰다. 또한 전구물질로 사용한 zinc acetate의 농도에 따른 산화아연 박막의 성장특성과 이들의 전기적 특성이 조사되었다. 산화아연 박막 제조는 0.005~0.02 M의 zinc acetate 농도에서 수행되었다. 산화아연 박막을 구성하고 있는 ZnO의 입자크기는 농도가 증가할수록 증가되었으며, 박막의 두께도 함께 증가되었다. CFR 법에 의한 산화아연 박막의 성장속도는 전구물질의 농도에 비례적으로 의존되는 것을 확인하였으며, 균일한 박막을 제조하기 위한 전구물질의 최적 농도는 0.01 M이였다. 한편, 전구물질의 농도를 달리하여 제조된 산화아연 박막의 전압에 대한 전류를 I-V 측정기로 측정한 결과, 박막의 두께가 증가될수록 높은 전류가 흘렀다. 그러므로 산화아연 박막의 전류를 전구물질의 농도변화로 조절할 수 있다. 또한 산화아연 박막을 $300^{\circ}C$에서 5 min 동안 $500ppmv\;H_2S$에 노출시킨 결과, 전압에 대한 전류값이 낮아졌다. 이와 같이 산화아연의 전기적 특성은 가스센서로 응용할 수 있는 가능성을 확인시켜 주는 결과라 할 수 있다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.699-702
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• 1997

The cross sectional image of thin oxide failure of MOS device could be observed by Emission Microscope and Focused Ion Beam at the weak point. The oxide failures in low electric field was associated with the presence of a particle or abnormal pattern. The failures occuring at medium field are related to a pit of Si substrate. The pits could be originated from the microdefects of Cz Si wafer.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.190-197
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• 1992

In this study we have investigated physical and electrical properties of high temperature oxide (HTO) thin film using dichlorosilane (DCS) gas. This film had low etch rate and excellent step coverage, and its characteristics of Si-O bond were similar to those of thermal oxide. I-V curves also showed similar electrical properties to those of thermally grown oxide (SiO2) while time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) results revealed 1/4 value of thermal oxide. However, defect density was measured to be much lower value than that of thermal oxide.