A zinc oxide (ZnO) hybrid structure was successfully fabricated on a glass substrate by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). In-situ growth of a multi-dimensional ZnO hybrid structure was achieved by adjusting the growth temperature to determine the morphologies of either film or nanorods without any catalysts such as Au, Cu, Co, or Sn. The ZnO hybrid structure was composed of one-dimensional (1D) nanorods grown continuously on the two-dimensional (2D) ZnO film. The ZnO film of 2D mode was grown at a relatively low temperature, whereas the ZnO nanorods of 1D mode were grown at a higher temperature. The change of the morphologies of these materials led to improvements of the electrical and optical properties. The ZnO hybrid structure was characterized using various analytical tools. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to determine the surface morphology of the nanorods, which had grown well on the thin film. The structural characteristics of the polycrystalline ZnO hybrid grown on amorphous glass substrate were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Hall-effect measurement and a four-point probe were used to characterize the electrical properties. The hybrid structure was shown to be very effective at improving the electrical and the optical properties, decreasing the sheet resistance and the reflectance, and increasing the transmittance via refractive index (RI) engineering. The ZnO hybrid structure grown by MOCVD is very promising for opto-electronic devices as Photoconductive UV Detectors, anti-reflection coatings (ARC), and transparent conductive oxides (TCO).

In this study, highly sensitive hydrogen micro gas sensors of the multi-layer and micro-heater type were designed and fabricated using the micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) process and palladium catalytic metal. The dimensions of the fabricated hydrogen gas sensor were about 5mm×4mm and the sensing layer of palladium metal was deposited in the middle of the device. The sensing palladium films were modified to be nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structures using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template and nano-sized polystyrene beads, respectively. The sensitivities (Rs), which are the ratio of the relative resistance were significantly improved and reached levels of 0.783% and 1.045 % with 2,000 ppm H2 at 70˚C for nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structured Pd films, respectively, on the other hand, the sensitivity was 0.638% for the plain Pd thin film. The improvement of sensitivities for the nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structured Pd films with respect to the plain Pd-thin film was thought to be due to the nanoporous surface topographies of AAO and nano-sized polystyrene beads.

금속이 도핑 된 산화아연 나노클러스터를 합성하기 위해 마이크로웨이브를 이용한 폴리올 공 정은 빠르고 경제적인 합성 방법이다. 디에틸렌글리콜은 높은 분극률과 마이크로파의 흡수 능력이 뛰어 나며, 높은 온도상승 비율과 반응시간을 짧게 해준다. 본 연구에서는 금속이 도핑 된 산화아연 나노클러 스터를 합성하기 위해서 첨가되는 seed의 부피비를 다르게 하여 얻었으며, 전구체로는 아세트산 아연 2 수화물, 도핑 금속은 아세트산 금속 염을 그리고 용매로서 디에틸렌글리콜을 사용하였다. 금속이 도핑 된 산화아연 클러스터는 FE-SEM, XRD, Raman, PSA로 특성을 확인하였다.

Recently, improvement in the conversion efficiency of silicon-based solar cells has been achieved by decreasing emitter doping concentration, because the lightly doped emitter can effectively prevent the recombination of electrons and holes generated by solar light irradiation. This type of emitter is very thin due to the low doping concentration, thus conductive materials (i.e., silver) used for front electrodes can easily penetrate the emitter during a firing process because of their large diffusivity in silicon. This results in junction leakage currents which might reduce cell efficiencies. In this study, Al2O3-coated Ag powders were synthesized by an ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method and applied to the conductive materials of the front electrode to control the junction leakage current. The Al2O3 shell obstructs the Ag diffusion into the emitter during the firing process. The powder is spherical with a core-shell structure and the thickness of the Al2O3 shell is tens of nanometers. Solar cells were fabricated using pure Ag powders or the Al2O3-coated Ag powder as front electrode materials, and the conversion efficiency and junction leakage current were compared to investigate the role of the Al2O3 shell during the firing processes.

해산규조류 Skeletonema cosatatum의 개체군성장률 (r) 을 사용하여 중금속 3종(Cd, Cu, Zn)의 독성영향 평가를 수행하였다. S. costatum을 Cd (0, 0.63, 1.25, 2.50, 5.00, 10.00 ppm), Cu (0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, 1.50 ppm) 그리고 Zn (0, 0.31, 0.63, 1.25, 2.00, 2.50, 5.00 ppm)에 노 출하고 96 h 이후에 r 값을 도출하였다. 대조구(Cd, Cu 그 리고 Zn을 포함하지 않은)에서 r은 0.05보다 높았으며 중금속 농도가 증가할수록 r은 감소하였다. 중금속에 의 해 농도의존적으로 r이 감소되었고 Cd 농도 1.25, Cu 농 도 1.25 그리고 Zn 농도 2.50 ppm 이상의 농도에서 명확 한 감소를 나타냈다. 중금속의 독성영향은 Cu¤Zn¤Cd 순서이며, 이때 EC50 값은 각각 1.11, 2.13 그리고 6.84 ppm으로 나타났다. 중금속 3종(Cd, Cu 그리고 Zn)에 노 출된 r의 최소영향농도는 각각 1.25, 1.00, 2.00 ppm으로 나타났다. 이 결과를 바탕으로, 해양환경에서 S. costatum 의 r은 Cd 농도가 1.25 ppm 이상, Cu 농도가 1.00 ppm 이 상, Zn 농도가 2.00 ppm 이상인 경우에 독성영향을 받았 다. 그러므로 S. costatum의 r은 해양환경에서 중금속 독 성영향 평가를 위한 매우 유용한 방법으로 판단된다.

NiO catalysts were successfully coated onto FeCrAl metal alloy foam as a catalyst support via a dip-coating method. To demonstrate the optimum amount of NiO catalyst on the FeCrAl metal alloy foam, the molar concentration of the Ni precursor in a coating solution was controlled, with five different amounts of 0.4 M, 0.6 M, 0.8 M, 1.0 M, and 1.2 M for a dip-coating process. The structural, morphological, and chemical bonding properties of the NiO-catalyst-coated FeCrAl metal alloy foam samples were assessed by means of field-emission scanning electron microscopy(FESEM), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy(SEM-EDS), X-ray diffraction(XRD), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). In particular, when the FeCrAl metal alloy foam samples were coated using a coating solution with a 0.8 M Ni precursor, well-dispersed NiO catalysts on the FeCrAl metal alloy foam compared to the other samples were confirmed. Also, the XPS results exhibited the chemical bonding states of the NiO phases and the FeCrAl metal alloy foam. The results showed that a dip-coating method is one of best ways to coat well-dispersed NiO catalysts onto FeCrAl metal alloy foam.

천수만 내 어장해역과 비어장해역의 해저퇴적물에 대한 지화학적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 입도 및 유기물오염의 특성과 중금속 오염도를 평가하였다. 천수만 퇴적물은 Sand, Silt, Clay가 혼재된 퇴적 특성을 나타내었으며, 어장해역인 만내에는 세립질이 우세하고, 비어장해역인 만외는 조립질이 우세한 것으로 나타났다. 퇴적물의 유기물(COD, TOC, I.L.) 오염정도는 양식어장해역이 비양식어장해역보다 유기물 오염도가 더 심한 것으로 나타났으며, 퇴적물 총질소 농도도 양식어장이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 퇴적물중의 중금속 함량을 양식어장인 내측과 비양식어장인 외측과 비교해 보면, 모든 항목에서 양식어장에서 높은 평균농도를 나타내고 있었다. 퇴적물의 입도와 이화학적 성분, 중금속과의 상관성에서 평균입도, Sand, Clay는 유기물 인자와 높은 상관성을 보였고, 유기물 지표와 중금속간의 상관성도 대체적으로 높게 나타났다. 중금속 오염도의 평가에서 농축계수는 Cu를 제외한 모든 중금속 항목에서 1 이상의 값을 보여 인위적인 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났고, 중금속 과잉량은 Cd와 Cr이 0에 가까운 값을 보였으나, 나머지 항목은 높은 값을 나타내어 중금속 과잉량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 농집지수에 의한 평가에서는 Cu, Pb, Al은 0등급의 오염되지 않은 수준이었고, Hg, Cr은 10개 이내의 자료에서 0~1등급 이상이었고, 나머지는 0등급이었다. 그리고 Cd은 18개 자료에서 0~1등급 이상을 나타내었고, As의 경우 모든 자료에서 0~1등급 이상이었다. 미국해양대기청(NOAA) 퇴적물 기준과 비교하면 모든 중금속 항목에서 ERL 이하의 오염수준을 보였고, 한국환경정책평가연구원 퇴적물 기준과 비교에서도 목표수준 이하의 농도를 나타내었다.

The sol-gel method was used to prepare binary metal oxide (IrO2-RuO2) pH sensor. The electrodes that mole percent compositions (mol%) of IrO2 and RuO2 were 70:30 and 30:70 were selected. The characterizations of Nernstian response over pH range, response rate, interference on alkaline metals and reproducibility were investigated. Also the electroanalytical properties of these electrodes were evaluated in comparison with a commercial glass pH electrode. The composition of IrO2:RuO2 70:30 mol% was chosen as better electrode formulation. The electrode was not susceptible to the action of interfering ions such as Li+, Na+ and K+.

In this study, we prepare polymer solar cells incorporating organic ligand-modified Ag nanoparticles (O-AgNPs) highly dispersed in the P3HT:PCBM layer. Ag nanoparticles decorated with water-dispersible ligands (W-AgNPs) were also utilized as a control sample. The existence of the ligands on the Ag surface was confirmed by FT-IR spectra. Metal nanoparticles with different surface chemistries exhibited different dispersion tendencies. O-AgNPswere highly dispersed even at high concentrations, whereas W-AgNPs exhibited significant aggregation in the polymerlayer. Both dispersion and blending concentration of the Ag nanoparticles in P3HT:PCBM matrix had critical effects onthe device performance as well as light absorption. The significant changes in short-circuit current density (JSC) of thesolar cells seemed to be related to the change in the polymer morphology according to the concentration of AgNPsintroduced. These findings suggested the importance of uniform dispersion of plasmonic metal nanoparticles and theirblending concentration conditions in order to boost the solar cell performance.