• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.55-55
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• 1997

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.441-446
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• 2003

Fine powders of ZnO were synthesized by the sol-gel method. The shape of gel powders with calcination temperatures changed into the sheet structure, the needle shape, and the spherical grain. The growth rate of grain size was slow to 700$^{\circ}C$ but high above 700$^{\circ}C$. The bigger the grain size is, the higher the degree of crystallization is. The organic element in gel powders evaporated below 300$^{\circ}C$. Temperature dependence of conductances showed the sigmoidal shape, but the temperature range of the constant conductances narrowed with the decrement of the calcination temperature of gel powders. The optimum sensing property for CO gas were observed with the specimen calcined at 500$^{\circ}C$ and degraded with the increment of calcination temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.60-66
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• 2001

($Ba_x$$Sr_{1-x}$)$TiO_3$ (x=0.9, 0.7, 0.5) thin films were prepared on ITO-coated glass by sol-gel method. Perovskite phase formation temperature of BST thin films seemed to be higher than $600^{\circ}C$. Peaks of perovskite phase shift to high diffraction angles as the Sr/(Ba+Sr) ratio was increased, due to the smaller ionic size of $Sr^{2+}$ than $Ba^{2+}$ . As a heating temperature was increased, the grain became coarser. And as Sr/(Ba + Sr) ratio was increased, the grain became finer. Dielectric constants of the BST(50/50) thin film are higher and dielectric losses of that are lower than those of the others. Dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the BST(50/50) thin film were 652 and 0.042 at 1kHz, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.27-32
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• 2001

The 0.9PMN-0.1PT powders was prepared by the sol-gel process, and the effect amounts of ${Mg(OC_{2}H_{5})}_2$ and ${Pb(CH_{3}COO)}_2.3H_{2}O$ as starting materials was studied. As a result the percent of perovskite phase of the calcined powders increased with increased calcination temperatures. Maximum of perovskite phase was at $850^{\circ}C$ for 4 hrs. 0.9PMN-0.1PT powder by addition of 5 wt% excess ${Mg(OC_{2}H_{5})}_2$ crystallized to perovskite phase with a ${\fallingdotseq}100%$ yield.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.350-356
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• 1998

$Y_{3-x}La_xFe_5O_{12}$ (x=0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0) powders and thin films were fabricated by a sol-gel method and their magnetic properties and crystal structure were investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and Mossbauer spectroscopy. XRD and Mossbauer spectroscopy measurements show that garnet powders annealed at 900 $^{\circ}C$ for 8 hours were single-phased and that thin films fired at 800 $^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours were crystallized without any preferred direction. X-ray diffraction patterns of $Y_{3-x}La_xFe_5O_{12}$ powders annealed at 1000 $^{\circ}C$ had only peaks of the garnet structure in case of x$\leq$0.75 but those of $Y_2LaFe_5O_{12}$ powders consisted of peaks from garnets and $LaFeO_3$. Mossbauer sepectra of garnet powders grown by the sol-gel method had a similar shape of those of powders grown by a conventional ceramic method. Grain sizes of garnet powders were 200~300 nm and the averaged surface roughness was 3.17 nm. Results of VSM measurements show the powders and thin films had soft magnetic properties and that the garnet powders had the largest saturation magnetization, 30 emu/g, and the lowest coercivity, 52 Oe.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.49-55
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• 2001

ZnO films were fabricated on p-type Si(100) wafer ITO glass and quartz glass by the sol-gel process using zinc acetate dihydrate as starting material. A homogeneous and stable solution was prepared by dissolving the zinc acetate dihydrate in a solution of 2-methoxyethanol and monoethanolamine (MEA). ZnO films were deposited by spin-coating at 2800 rpm for 25 s and were dried on a hot plate at $250^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. Crystallization of the films was carried out at $400^{\circ}C$~$800^{\circ}C$ for 1 h in air. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-vis transmittance spectroscopy, FTIR transmittance spectroscopy and Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy measurements have been used to study the structural and optical properties of the films. ZnO films highly oriented along the (002)plane were obtained. In all cases the films were found to be transparent (above 70%) in visible range with a sharp absorption edge at wavelengths of about 380nm, which is very close to the intrinsic band-gap of ZnO(3.2 eV). The low temperature band-edge photoluminescence revealed a complicated multi-line structure in terms of bound exciton complexes and the phonon replicas.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.219-225
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• 2000

The spinel structured $LiMn_2O_4$was obtained by two consecutive heat treatment on xerogel; the first heat treatment was at $150^{\circ}C$ and the second at $350^{\circ}C$ was obtained by sol-gel process using an aqueous solution of lithium hydroxide and manganese acetate. The synthesized $LiMn_2O_4$ by the sol-gel process showed a discharge capacity of 88~56 mAh/g after 15 cycles in Li/lM $LiClO_4$(in PC)/$LiMn_2O_4$at a current density of 0.25 mA/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and the voltage ranged 3.5 V to 4.3 V. For the second heat treatment above $350^{\circ}C$, $Mn_2O_3$was formed as a by-product during the synthesis of $LiMn_2O_4$. The heat treatment at $500^{\circ}C$, for example, showed a lower discharge capacity 81~47 mAh/g, after the 15 charge/discharge cycles. The lower capacity was due to the increment of $Mn^{3+}$ ion and this phenomenon was in agreement with the Jahn-Teller distortion.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.173-177
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• 2010

Thermal stabilizing effect of $Yb^{3+},\;Er^{3+}$ codoping into $TiO_2$ powder prepared by sol-gel method and its upconversion characteristics were analyzed. The effect of $TiO_2:Yb^{3+},\;Er^{3+}$ ions on crystallinity and phase transition was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The change of band-gap energy induced from Yb and Er codoping was analyzed by UV-Vis. The band-gap energy of $TiO_2$ have been slightly narrowed by $Yb^{3+},\;Er^{3+}$ codoping, which indicated that the $Yb^{3+},\;Er^{3+}$ ions can enhance the photo-catalytic property of $TiO_2$. green and red up-conversions of $Yb^{3+}$ and $Er^{3+}$ co-doped $Y_2O_3:Yb^{3+},\;Er^{3+}$ phosphor were analyzed by PL equipped with 980 nm laser.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.418-424
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• 2000

Pure $TiO_2$and 10 mol % Pb-doped $TiO_2(Pb_xTi_{1-x}O_2$(x = 0.1)) powder and thin films have been prepared by the sol-gel method. Titanium isopropoxide and ethanol are used for pure $TiO_2$, lead acetate trihydrate and titanium triisopropoxide monoacethylacetonate are used for Pb-doped $TiO_2$, respectively. Films are coated on p-type Si(100) wafer and ITO glass substrates by the sol-gel spin-coating method. The powder and multi-coated films are annealed at different temperature (400~$800^{\circ}C$) for phase formation and crystallization. TGA/DTA, XRD analysis, SEM and UV-visible transmission spectroscopy have been used to study the characteristics of the powder and films. XRD results show that the films are polycrystalline, anatase type and oriented predominantly to the A(101) plane. A slight shift in the d-spacing for the Pb-doped film indicates the incorporation of the Pb into $TiO_2$lattice. A shift of the absorption wavelength in the transmission spectrum towards longer wavelength has been observed about $Pb_xT_{1-x}O_2$(x = 0.1) thin film, which indicates a decrease in the bandgap of $TiO_2$upon Pb-doping.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.281-288
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• 1995

to prepare the TiO2 thin films, acetyl-acetone(2.4-pentanedione)(1 : 1 molar ratio) was dissolved in the propanol solution of titanium(IV)isopropoxide(Ti[OCH(CH3)2]4). Al, Cr and Sb in the form of soluble salt and niobium ethoxide were added s dopants, respectively. Thin films were coated by the dip-coating method and characteristics were investigated by XRD, SEM and conductance meter. As a result, viscosity of sol was maintained below 4 centi Poise more than 20 days, and crystal growth and diminution of resistivity occurred as the heat treatment temperature increased. The grains grew over 1${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and the lowest resistivity was obtained when Nb was added at 130$0^{\circ}C$.