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Fabrication of Single Crystal Silicon Micro-Tensile Test Specimens and Thin Film Aluminum Markers for Measuring Tensile Strain Using MEMS Processes (MEMS 공정을 이용한 단결정 실리콘 미세 인장시편과 미세 변형 측정용 알루미늄 Marker의 제조)

  • 박준식;전창성;박광범;윤대원;이형욱;이낙규;이상목;나경환;최현석
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.285-289
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    • 2004
  • Micro tensile test specimens of thin film single crystal silicon for the most useful structural materials in MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) devices were fabricated using SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator) wafers and MEMS processes. Dimensions of micro tensile test specimens were thickness of $7\mu\textrm{m}$, width of 50~$350\mu\textrm{m}$, and length of 2mm. Top and bottom silicon were etched using by deep RIE (Reactive Ion Etching). Thin film aluminum markers on testing region of specimens with width of $5\mu\textrm{m}$, lengths of 30~$180\mu\textrm{m}$ and thickness of 200 nm for measuring tensile strain were fabricated by aluminum wet etching method. Fabricated side wall angles of aluminum marker were about $45^{\circ}~50^{\circ}$. He-Ne laser with wavelength of 633nm was used for checking fringed patterns.

Properties and Casting Capabilities of Al-Fe-Zn-Cu Alloys for High Conductivity Parts (고전도성 부품용 Al-Fe-Zn-Cu합금의 물성 및 주조성)

  • Yun, Ho-Seob;Kim, Jeong-Min;Park, Joon-Sik;Kim, Ki-Tae;Ko, Se-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.242-247
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    • 2013
  • The most widely utilized commercial, aluminum-casting alloys are based on an aluminum-silicon system due to its excellent casting, and good mechanical, properties. Unfortunately, these Al-Si based alloys are inherently poor energy conductors; compared to pure aluminum, because of their high silicon content. This means that they are not suitable for applications demanding high eletrical or thermal conductivity. Therefore, efforts are currently being made to develop new, highly-conductive aluminum-casting alloys containing no silicon. In this research, a number of properties; including potential for castability, were investigated for a number of Al-Fe-Zn-Cu alloys with varying Cu content. As the copper content was increased, the tensile strength of Al-Fe-Zn-Cu alloy tended to increase gradually, while the electrical conductivity was slightly reduced. Fluidity was found to be lower in high-Cu alloys, and susceptibility to hot-cracking was generally high in all the alloys investigated.

Anodizing Behavior and Silicides Control in Al-Si Alloy System (Al-Si 합금의 양극산화거동 및 규소화합물 제어)

  • Park, Jong Moon;Kim, Ju Seok;Kim, Jae Kwon;Kim, Su Rim;Park, No Jin;Oh, Myung Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2018
  • The anodic oxidation behavior of Si-containing aluminum alloy for diecasting was investigated. Especially, the property changes during anodization both on aluminum 1050 and 9 weight percentage silicon containing aluminum (Al-9Si) alloys were analyzed by the static current test. In order to fabricate a uniform anodic oxidation film by effect of Al-Si compound, nitric acid containing hydrofluoric acid had been used as a desmutter for aluminum alloy after alkaline etching. It was found that the level of voltage of Al-9Si alloy during the static current test was almost as double as higher than aluminum 1050 through anodization. By adding hydrofluoric acid in the nitric acid electrolyte, the silicon compound on the surface was removed, and the optimum amount of added hydrofluoric acid could be derived. It was also observed that the size of silicon compound formed on the surface could be refined by heat treatment at $500^{\circ}C$ and followed water quenching.

SIMS Study on the Diffusion of Al in Si and Si QD Layer by Heat Treatment

  • Jang, Jong Shik;Kang, Hee Jae;Kim, An Soon;Baek, Hyun Jeong;Kim, Tae Woon;Hong, Songwoung;Kim, Kyung Joong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.188.1-188.1
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    • 2014
  • Aluminum is widely used as a material for electrode on silicon based devices. Especially, aluminum films are used as backside and front-side electrodes in silicon quantum dot (QD) solar cells. In this point, the diffusion of aluminum is very important for the enhancement of power conversion efficiency by improvement of contact property. Aluminum was deposited on a Si (100) wafer and a Si QD layer by ion beam sputter system with a DC ion gun. The Si QD layer was fabricated by $1100^{\circ}C$ annealing of the $SiO_2/SiO_1$ multilayer film grown by ion beam sputtering deposition. Cs ion beam with a low energy and a grazing incidence angle was used in SIMS depth profiling analysis to obtain high depth resolution. Diffusion behavior of aluminum in the Al/Si and Al/Si QD interfaces was investigated by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) as a function of heat treatment temperature. It was found that aluminum is diffused into Si substrate at $450^{\circ}C$. In this presentation, the effect of heat treatment temperature and Si nitride diffusion barrier on the diffusion of Al will be discussed.

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On the Surface Defect Analysis of an Aluminum Tube for an OPC Drum using n SEM and EDX (SEM/EDX를 이용한 OPC 드럼용 Al 튜브의 표면결함 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chung-Kyun
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.143-148
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    • 2007
  • The surface defects of an aluminum tube for an OPC drum have been analyzed using a scanning microscopy(SEM) and an energy dispersive X-ray analyze.(EDX). The SEM/EDX system, which may provide good information on the surface defects and their distributions, provides an optical diameter of an impurity and a chemical composition. These are strongly related on the coated film thickness and quality of an OPC drum, which is a key element of a toner cartridge for a laser printer. The experimental results show that the local deformations, scratch wear, and flaws are produce the non-uniform coating layers, which may be removed by a manufacturing process of an aluminum tube. The major parameters on the coating quality of an OPC drum are the impurities of an aluminum tube such as silicon, oxygen, calcium, carbon, sulphur, chlorine, and others. These impurities may be removed by an ingot molding, extrusion and drawing, quality control, and packing processes with a strict manufacturing technology.

Measurement of Bow in Silicon Solar Cell Using 3D Image Scanner (3D 스캔을 이용한 실리콘 태양전지의 휨 현상 측정 연구)

  • Yoon, Phil Young;Baek, Tae Hyeon;Song, Hee Eun;Chung, Haseung;Shin, Seungwon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.37 no.9
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    • pp.823-828
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    • 2013
  • To reduce the cost per watt of photovoltaic power, it is important to reduce the cell thickness of crystalline silicon solar cells. As the thickness of the silicon layer is reduced, two distinctive thermal expansion rates between the silicon and the aluminum layer induce bowing in a solar cell. With a thinner silicon layer, the bowing distance grows exponentially. Excessive bowing could damage the silicon wafer. In this study, we tried to measure an irregularly curved silicon solar cell more accurately using a 3D image scanner. For the detailed analysis of the three-dimensional bowing shape, a least square fit was applied to the point data from the scanned image. It has been found that the bowing distance and shape distortion increase with a decrease in the thickness of the silicon layer. An Ag strip on top of the silicon layer can reduce the bowing distance.

Fabrication of Poly Seed Layer for Silicon Based Photovoltaics by Inversed Aluminum-Induced Crystallization (역 알루미늄 유도 결정화 공정을 이용한 실리콘 태양전지 다결정 시드층 생성)

  • Choi, Seung-Ho;Park, Chan-Su;Kim, Shin-Ho;Kim, Yang-Do
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.190-194
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    • 2012
  • The formation of high-quality polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) on relatively low cost substrate has been an important issue in the development of thin film solar cells. Poly-Si seed layers were fabricated by an inverse aluminum-induced crystallization (I-AIC) process and the properties of the resulting layer were characterized. The I-AIC process has an advantage of being able to continue the epitaxial growth without an Al layer removing process. An amorphous Si precursor layer was deposited on Corning glass substrates by RF magnetron sputtering system with Ar plasma. Then, Al thin film was deposited by thermal evaporation. An $SiO_2$ diffusion barrier layer was formed between Si and Al layers to control the surface orientation of seed layer. The crystallinity of the poly-Si seed layer was analyzed by Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The grain size and orientation of the poly-Si seed layer were determined by electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) method. The prepared poly-Si seed layer showed high volume fraction of crystalline Si and <100> orientation. The diffusion barrier layer and processing temperature significantly affected the grain size and orientation of the poly Si seed layer. The shorter oxidation time and lower processing temperature led to a better orientation of the poly-Si seed layer. This study presents the formation mechanism of a poly seed layer by inverse aluminum-induced crystallization.

The Research on Aluminum and Silcon Nanoparticles as Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries (알루미늄 실리콘 나노분말을 이용한 리튬이온전지 음극재료에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyeong-Jo;Tulugan, Kelimu;Kim, Hyung-Jin;Park, Won-Jo
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.110-115
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    • 2013
  • The electrochemical performance and microstructure of Al-Si, Al-Si/C was investigated as anode for lithium ion battery. The Al-Si nano composite with 5 : 1 at% ratio was prepared by arc-discharge nano powder process. However, some of problem is occurred, when Al nano composite was synthesized by this manufacturing. The oxidation film is generated around Al-Si particles for passivating processing in the manufacture. The oxidation film interrupts electrical chemistry reaction during lithium ion insertion/extraction for charge and discharge. Because of the existence the oxidation film, Al-Si first cycle capacity is very lower than other examples. Therefore, carbon synthsized by glucose ($C_6H_{12}O_6$) was conducted to remove the oxidation film covered on the composite. The results showed that the first discharge cycle capacity of Al-Si/C is improved to 113mAh/g comparing with Al-Si (18.6mAh/g). Furthermore, XRD data and TEM images indicate that $Al_4C_3$ crystalline exist in Al-Si/C composite. In addition the Si-Al anode material, in which silicon is more contained was tested by same method as above, it was investigated to check the anode capacity and morphology properties in accordance with changing content of silicon, Si-Al anode has much higher initial discharge capacity(about 500mAh/g) than anode materials based on Aluminum as well as the morphology properties is also very different with the anode based Aluminum.

Fabrication of 8 inch Polyimide-type Electrostatic Chuck (폴리이미드형 8인치 정전기척의 제조)

  • 조남인;박순규;설용태
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 2002
  • A polyimide-type electrostatic chuck (ESC) was fabricated for the application of holding 8-inch silicon wafers in the oxide etching equipment. For the fabrication of the unipolar ESC, core technologies such as coating of polyimide films and anodizing treatment of aluminum surface were developed. The polyimide films were prepared on top of thin coated copper substrates for the good electrical contacts, and the helium gas cooling technique was used for the temperature uniformity of the silicon wafers. The ESC was essentially working with an unipolar operation, which was easier to fabricate and operate compared to a bipolar operation. The chucking force of the ESC has been measured to be about 580 gf when the applied voltage was 1.5 kV, which was considered to be enough force to hold wafers during the dry etching processing. The employment of the ESC in etcher system could make 8% enhancement of the wafer processing yield.

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Fabrication and Properties of Silicon Solar Cells using Al2O3/Si/Al2O3 Structures (Al2O3/Si/Al2O3구조를 이용한 실리콘태양전지 제작 및 특성)

  • Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2015
  • Using a combined CVD and ALD equipment system, multi-layer quantum well structures of $Al_2O_3/a-Si/Al_2O_3$ were fabricated on silicon Schottky junction devices and implemented to quantum well solar cells, in which the 1~1.5 nm thicknesses of the aluminum oxide films and the a-Si thin film layers were deposited at $300^{\circ}C$ and $450^{\circ}C$, respectively. Fabricated solar cell was operated by tunneling phenomena through the inserted quantum well structure being generated electrons on the silicon surface. Efficiency of the fabricated solar cell inserted with multi-quantum well of 41 layers has been increased by about 10 times that of the solar cell of pure Schottky junction solar cell.