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Gapped Nearly Free-Standing Graphene on an SiC(0001) Substrate Induced by Manganese Atoms

  • Hwang, Jinwoong;Lee, Ji-Eun;Kang, Minhee;Park, Byeong-Gyu;Denlinger, Jonathan;Mo, Sung-Kwan;Hwang, Choongyu
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • 제27권5호
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    • pp.90-94
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    • 2018
  • The electron band structure of manganese-adsorbed graphene on an SiC(0001) substrate has been studied using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Upon introducing manganese atoms, the conduction band of graphene, that is observed in pristine graphene indicating intrinsic electron-doping by the substrate, completely disappears and the valence band maximum is observed at 0.4 eV below Fermi energy. At the same time, the slope of the valence band decreases by the presence of manganese atoms, approaching the electron band structure calculated using the local density approximation method. The former provides experimental evidence of the formation of nearly free-standing graphene on an SiC substrate, concomitant with a metal-to-insulator transition. The latter suggests that its electronic correlations are efficiently screened, suggesting that the dielectric property of the substrate is modified by manganese atoms and indicating that electronic correlations in grpahene can also be tuned by foreign atoms. These results pave the way for promising device application using graphene that is semiconducting and charge neutral.

Electric-field induced si-graphene heterostructure solar cell using top gate

  • 원의연;유우종
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.287.2-287.2
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    • 2016
  • Silicon has considerably good characteristics on electron, hole mobility and its price. With 2-D sinlge-layer Graphene/n-Si heterojunction solar cell shows that in one sun condition exhibit power conversion efficiency(PCE) of 10.1%. This photovoltaic effect was achieved by applying gate voltage to the Schottky junction of the heterostructure solar cell. Energy band diagram shows that Schottky barrier between Si and graphene can be adjust by the external electric field. because of the fermi level of the graphene can be changed by external gate voltage, we can control the Schottkky barrier of the heterostructure solar cell. The ratio between generated power of solar cell and consumption electrical power is remarkable. Since we use the graphene as the top gate electrode, most of the sun light can penetrate into the active area.

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COSMIC RAY ACCELERATION DURING LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE FORMATION

  • BLASI PASQUALE
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제37권5호
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    • pp.483-491
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    • 2004
  • Clusters of galaxies are storage rooms of cosmic rays. They confine the hadronic component of cosmic rays over cosmological time scales due to diffusion, and the electron component due to energy losses. Hadronic cosmic rays can be accelerated during the process of structure formation, because of the supersonic motion of gas in the potential wells created by dark matter. At the shock waves that result from this motion, charged particles can be energized through the first order Fermi process. After discussing the most important evidences for non-thermal phenomena in large scale structures, we describe in some detail the main issues related to the acceleration of particles at these shock waves, emphasizing the possible role of the dynamical backreaction of the accelerated particles on the plasmas involved.

A Density Functional Theory Study of Additives in Electrolytes of a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

  • Lee, Maeng-Eun;Kang, Moon-Sung;Cho, Kwang-Hwi
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제34권8호
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    • pp.2491-2494
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    • 2013
  • The effect of additives in an electrolyte solution on the conversion efficiency of a dye sensitized solar cell was investigated. A density functional theory (DFT) method was used to examine the physical and chemical properties of nitrogen-containing additives adsorbed on a $TiO_2$ surface. Our results show that additives which cause lower partial charges, higher Fermi level shifts, and greater adsorption energies tend to improve the performance of DSSCs. Steric effects that prevent energy losses due to electron recombination were also found to have a positive effect on the conversion efficiency. In this work, 3-amino-5-methylthio-1H-1,2,4-triazole (AMT) has been suggested as a better additive than the most popular additive, TBP, and verified with experiments.

MODFEET의 $AL_xGa_{1-x} As Layer$내의 특성 모델 (A Model for Characteristics in the $AL_xGa_{1-x} As Layer$ of MOSFET's)

  • 박광민;오윤경;김홍배;곽계달
    • 대한전자공학회논문지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.445-452
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    • 1987
  • In this paper, a model for characteristics in the AlxGa1-xAs layer of MODFET's is presented. The characteristics of conduction band in the AlxGa1-xAs layer is analyzed with the Fermi-Dirac statistics. And using the conduction band energy which is calculated with the numerical calculation method (false-Positon method), the variations of the electric-field distribution, the ionized donor concentration, and the two-dimensional electron gas density with gate voltage are calculated, respectively. The channel formation process for the parasitic MESFET operation in the MOD structure is also analyzed, and the characteristics in the AlxGa1-xAs layer is analytically modeled. The throretical results describe well the general characteristics in the MOD structure.

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Influence of Dangling Bonds on Nanotribological Properties of Alpha-beam Irradiated Graphene

  • Hwang, Jinheui;Kim, Jong Hoon;Kwon, Sangku;Hwang, C.C.;Wu, Junqiao;Park, Jeong Young
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.265-265
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    • 2013
  • We have investigated the influences of dangling bonds generated by alpha particle irradiation on friction and adhesion properties of graphene. Single layer of graphene grown with chemical vapor deposition on copper foil was irradiated by the alpha beam with the average energy of 3.04 MeV and the irradiation dosing between $1{\times}10^{14}$ and $1{\times}10^{15}$/$cm^3$. Raman spectroscopic showed that the ${\pi}$ electron states below Fermi level arises and the $I_D$/$I_G$ increases as increasing the dosing of alpha particle irradiation. The core level X-ray photoelectron (XPS) revealed that these defects represent the creation of various carbon-related defects and dangling bond. The nanoscale tribological properties were investigated with atomic force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum. The friction appeared to increase remarkably as increasing the amount of dosing, indicating that the dangling bonds on graphene layers enhances the energy dissipations in friction. This trend can be explained by the additional channel of energy dissipation by dangling bond or O- and H- terminated clusters created by alpha particle irradiation.

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CaAs의 임팩트이온화에 대한 온도의존특성 (The Temperature Dependent Properties for Impact ionization of CaAs)

  • 고석웅;유창관;정학기;이종인
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국해양정보통신학회 1999년도 추계종합학술대회
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    • pp.520-524
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    • 1999
  • 임팩트이온화율은 낮은 전자에너지에서는 이방성이지만, 임팩트이온화가 자주 발생하는 높은 에너지 영역에서는 등방성이 된다. 본 연구에서는 300K와 77K에서의 임팩트이온화율을 계산하기 위하여 의사포텐셜 방법으로 구한 full 에너지 밴드 구조와 페르미의 황금법칙 군 사용하였다. 계산된 임팩트이온화율은 수정된 Keldysh공식을 사용하여 표현되었다. GaAs 임팩트이온화 모델의 타당성을 고찰하기 위해 Monte Carlo simulator를 제작하여 300K와 77K에서의 임팩트이온화 계수를 구하여 비교하였다 시뮬레이션 결과, 300K에서 임팩트이온화 과정의 이방성특성이 관찰되었지만, 77K에서는 거의 임팩트이온화 계수가 일정함을 입증하였다. 특히, 77K에서 <110>방향을 따라 적용된 전계에서는 이방성특성이 나타남을 입증하였다.

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Analytical Model for Metal Insulator Semiconductor High Electron Mobility Transistor (MISHEMT) for its High Frequency and High Power Applications

  • Gupta, Ritesh;Aggarwal, Sandeep Kr;Gupta, Mridula;Gupta, R.S.
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.189-198
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    • 2006
  • A new analytical model has been proposed for predicting the sheet carrier density of Metal insulator Semiconductor High Electron Mobility Transistor (MISHEMT). The model takes into account the non-linear relationship between sheet carrier density and quasi Fermi energy level to consider the quantum effects and to validate it from subthreshold region to high conduction region. Then model has been formulated in such a way that it is applicable to MESFET/HEMT/MISFET with few adjustable parameters. The model can also be used to evaluate the characteristics for different gate insulator geometries like T-gate etc. The model has been extended to forecast the drain current, conductance and high frequency performance. The results so obtained from the analysis show excellent agreement with previous models and simulated results that proves the validity of our model.

Peierls Instability and Spin Ordering in Graphene

  • 김현중;조준형
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.204-204
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    • 2012
  • Peierls instability and spin ordering of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (GNR) created on a fully hydrogenated graphene (graphane) are investigated as a function of their width using first-principles density-functional calculations within the generalized-gradient approximation. For the width containing a single zigzag C chain (N=1), we find the presence of a Peierls instability with a bond alternated structure. However, for width greater than N=1, the Peierls distortion is weakened or disappears because of the incommensurate feature of Fermi surface nesting due to the interaction of C chains. Instead, there exists the antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin ordering in which the edge states are ferromagnetically ordered but the two ferromagnetic (FM) edges are antiferromagnetically coupled with each other, showing that electron-lattice coupling and spin ordering in GNR are delicately competing at an extremely thin width of N=2. It is found that, as the width of GNR increases, the energy gain arising from spin ordering is enhanced, but the energy difference between the AFM and FM (where two edge states are ferromagnetically coupled with each other) orderings decreases.

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Transport Properties of Polypyrrole Films Doped with Sulphonic Acids

  • Basavaraja, C.;Kim, Na-Ri;Jo, Eun-Ae;Pierson, R.;Huh, Do-Sung;Venkataraman, A.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제30권11호
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    • pp.2701-2706
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    • 2009
  • The polymer blends containing polypyrrole (PPy) and the sulphonic acids such as β-naphthalene sulfonic acid (NSA), camphor sulfonic acid (CSA), and dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) were synthesized by in situ deposition technique in an aqueous media using ammonium per sulfate (APS) as an initiator. The obtained films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the thermal behavior of these polymer blends was analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The temperature-dependent (DC) conductivity of the obtained films shows a semiconducting behavior with a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR). The conductivity data were also analyzed through Mott’s equation, which provides the variable range hopping model in three dimensions. The parameters such as density of states at the Fermi energy, hopping energy, and hopping distance were calculated for PPy, PPy-NSA, PPy-CSA, and PPy-DBSA films, and the data were compared.