• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.189-196
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• 2014

Water dispersible ZnS based nanocrystals: ZnS (blue), ZnS:Cu (green) and ZnS:Mn (yellow-orange) were synthesized by capping the surface of the nanocrystals with a mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) molecule. The MPA capped ZnS based nanocrystal powders were characterized by using XRD, HR-TEM, EDXS, FT-IR, and FT-Raman spectroscopy. The optical properties of the colloidal nanocrystals were also measured by UV/Vis and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies in aqueous solvents. The PL spectra showed broad emission peaks at 440 nm (ZnS), 510 nm (ZnS:Cu) and 600 nm (ZnS:Mn), with relative PL efficiencies in the range of 4.38% to 7.20% compared to a reference organic dye. The measured average particle sizes from the HR-TEM images were in the range of 4.5 to 5.0 nm. White light emission was obtained by mixing these three nanocrystals at a molar ratio of 20 (ZnS):1 (ZnS:Cu):2 (ZnS:Mn) in water. The measured color coordinate of the white light was (0.31, 0.34) in the CIE chromaticity diagram, and the color temperature was 5527 K.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.356-361
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• 2015

$Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S/ZnO$ composite photocatalysts were synthesized using the precipitation method and characterized by XRD, UV-vis DRS, PL and FE-SEM. Photocatalytic activities of the materials were evaluated by measuring the degradation of rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. Contrary to ZnO, $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S/ZnO$ materials absorb visible light as well as UV and their absorption intensities in visible region increased with increasing the $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S$ amount. The increment in the $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S$ content in $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S/ZnO$ also leads to reducing the particle size and consequently increasing the specific surface area. $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S/ZnO$ materials with the larger $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S$ content showed the higher activity in the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. Therefore, the heterojunction effect between $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S$ and ZnO as well as the adsorption capacity seems to give important contributions to the photocatalytic activity of the $Cd_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}S/ZnO$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.326-326
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• 2012

ZnS를 합성하는 방법 중 thioacetamide (TAA)를 녹인 물에 ZnO template를 넣어서 황화시키는 방법이 있다. 이 방법은 실험과정이 간편할 뿐만 아니라 그 반응양의 조절도 용이해 ZnS-ZnO core-shell 구조나 ZnS hollow 구조 등을 만드는데 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 다양한 형태의 ZnS 구조체 합성에 관한 연구는 활발한 반면, ZnS의 상형성 과정이나 구조 변화와 같은 ZnO의 황화 과정 기구에 관한 연구는 매우 미비한 실정이다. ZnS는 기본적으로 저온에서는 cubic sphalerite 구조를, 고온에서는 hexagonal wurtzite 구조를 안정상으로 가진다. 또한, 8H나 15R 등과 같은 다양한 polytype 구조도 존재한다. 그러나 다양한 구조에서 비슷한 면간거리가 존재하기 때문에 결정구조의 분석이 어려운 실정이다. 이러한 비슷한 면간거리를 가지는 ZnS 등의 결정구조 분석에 있어 원자배열을 직접적으로 관찰할 수 있는 투과전자현미경 (TEM, transmission electron microscopye)을 이용한 연구는 큰 강점을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 다공성 ZnO 막을 황화시켜 형성된 ZnS 막의 미세구조 특성을 분석하였다. 다공성 ZnO 막은 패턴된 Si (111) 기판 위에 스핀코팅법을 이용하여 4,000 rpm의 속도로 증착되었으며 ZnO 결정화를 위해 150 도와 500도에서 각각 drying과 후열처리를 수행하였다. 이렇게 만들어진 ZnO 막을 TAA를 녹인 물에 넣어 48 시간 동안 반응시켰고 최종적으로 ZnS 막을 생성하였다. 다공성 ZnS 막의 미세구조를 분석하기 위해 주사전자현미경 (SEM, scanning electron microscope), X-선 회절분석기 (XRD, x-ray diffractometer), 그리고 투과전자현미경을 이용하였으며, 정확한 결정구조 분석을 위하여 결정구조 시뮬레이션을 병행하였다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.256-261
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• 2019

In this study, mid-infrared transparent zinc sulfide (ZnS) ceramics were fabricated through hydrothermal synthesis with different molar ratios of S/Zn (S/Zn = 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6). The ZnS ceramics were sintered at a relatively low temperature of $850^{\circ}C$ to prevent the occurrence of the hexagonal phase featuring optical anisotropy. The phase composition, microstructure, and optical properties of the ZnS ceramics were subsequently investigated by employing X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy. The results obtained indicate that the ZnS nanoparticles feature the cubic phase, without the hexagonal phase. Moreover, with increasing S, the crystallinity and particle size of the ZnS nanoparticles increased. The crystallinity and density of the ZnS ceramics improved when the molar ratio of S was higher than the molar ratio of Zn, thereby enhancing the transmittance. Furthermore, the ZnS ceramic with an S/Zn value of 1.2 was found to exhibit the highest transmittance of approximately 69% owing to the reduced occurrence of the hexagonal phase and a high density of 99.8%.

• Clean Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.311-320
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• 2020

In this study, the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB), methyl orange (MO) and methylene blue (MB) was carried out under visible light irradiation using CdS and CdZnS/ZnO photocatalysts prepared by a simple precipitation method. This study focused on examining the effect of physicochemical properties of dye and photocatalyst on the reaction pathway of photocatalytic degradation. The prepared photocatalysts were characterized by XRD, UV-vis DRS and XPS. Both the CdS and CdZnS/ZnO photocatalysts exhibit an excellent absorption in the visible light and the UV light regions. It was observed that the photocatalytic degradation of MO proceeds via the same reaction mechanism on both the CdS and CdZnS/ZnO photocatalysts. However, the photocatalytic degradation of RhB and MB was found to proceed through a different reaction pathway on the CdS and CdZnS/ZnO catalysts. It is interesting to note that MB dimer was formed on the CdS catalyst at the beginning of the photocatalytic reaction, while the MB monomer was degraded during the overall photocatalytic reaction on CdZnS/ZnO. The above results may be mainly ascribed to the difference of band edge potential of the conduction band in the CdS and CdZnS/ZnO semiconductors and the adsorption property of dye on the catalysts.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.407.2-407.2
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• 2016

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) 박막은 낮은 가격과 유리한 특성을 가지므로서 차세대 박막 태양전지에서 이상적인 흡수층 물질 중 하나로 여겨지고 있다. 우리는 CZTS 박막 태양전지를 합성하는 데 있어서 Zn와 ZnS를 전구체에 사용하여 이에 따른 특성 차이를 연구하였다. 열처리 한 박막은 Zn와 ZnS를 사용하였을 때 특성 차이를 조사하기 위하여 여러 분석을 진행하였다. CZTS 박막의 미세구조와 조성 분포, 전기적 특성을 살펴보았다. Zn를 사용한 CZTS 박막은 큰 입자크기와 더 적은 영역에서 Zn가 집중되어 있는 층을 가진다. CZTS와 Mo 경계인 이 영역에 ZnS 2차상이 존재함을 의미하며 Zn 타겟을 사용하였을 때 더 낮은 Zn 조성을 가지는 것을 확인하였고 이는 결과적으로 접합 특성의 향상을 가져온다. 제작 된 CZTS 태양 전지 소자에서 이러한 이유로 Zn를 사용하였을 때 5.06%로 ZnS를 사용하였을 때에 비하여 더 높은 효율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Solar Energy
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.74-83
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• 1991

In this study, the (p)ZnTe/(n)Si solar cell and (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si poly-junction thin film are fabricated by vaccum deposition method at the substrate temperature of $200{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ and then their electrical properties are investigated and compared each other. The test results from the (p)ZnTe/(n)Si solar cell the (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si poly-junction thin fiim under the irradiation of solar energy $100[mW/cm^2]$ are as follows; Short circuit current$[mA/cm^2]$ (p)ZnTe/(n)Si:28 (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si:6.5 Open circuit voltage[mV] (p)ZnTe/(n)Si:450 (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si:250 Fill factor (p)ZnTe/(n)Si:0.65 (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si:0.27 Efficiency[%] (p)ZnTe/(n)Si:8.19 (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si:2.3 The thin film characteristics can be improved by annealing. But the (p)ZnTe/(n)Si solar cell are deteriorated at temperatures above $470^{\circ}C$ for annealing time longer than 15[min] and the (n)CdS-(p)ZnTe/(n)Si thin film are deteriorated at temperature about $580^{\circ}C$ for longer than 15[min]. It is found that the sheet resistance decreases with the increase of annealing temperature.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1349-1354
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• 2011

In this work, we fabricated the CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction and investigated the C-V characteristics to determine the depletion width and the charge density distribution. A parallel experiment on CdS/CdTe heterojunction was also carried out for comparison. The depletion region width, for CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction, was nearly constant, regardless of bias voltage. However, the depletion region was wider than that of CdS/CdTe heterojunction due to high resistivity of CdZnS film. The interface charge density of CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction was increased linearly with the bias voltage and showed lower values than those for CdS/CdTe junction. The open circuit voltage of CdZnS/CdTe heterojunction solar cells increased with zinc mole ratio due to reducing of the electron affinity difference between CdZnS and CdTe films. However, the increase of series resistance due to the high resistivity of Cd1-xZnxS films results in reducing conversion efficiency.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.212-219
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• 1994

Hot wall epitaxy법에 의하여 GaAs(100)aus 위에 ZnS-ZnSe 초격자를 성장하였다. ZnS-ZnSe 초격자의 주기는 x-선 회절 패턴에 의하여 확인되었고 이것은 변형을 고려하고 계산된 이론적인 패턴과 비교되었다. 경계면에 평행한 ZnS와 ZnSe의 변형의 비는 ZnSe에 대하여 ZnS의 두께기 증가할수록 감 소되었다. ZnS-ZnSe 초격자의 photoluminescence(PL)는 고에너지 영역의 예리한 스펙트럼과 저에너지 영역의 폭이 넓은 스펙트럼으로 구성되어있다. PL의 광자에너지는 Kronig-Penney 모델을 사용하여 계 산된 이론적인 에너지 값과 비교한 결과 type I의 초격자임을 알았다.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.233-236
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• 2012

ZnO nanowires were fabricated through thermal evaporation of Zn or ZnS powder using solar energy. The Zn or ZnS powder was heated and evaporated by sunlight. The sunlight was concentrated on the Zn or ZnS powder by a converging lens and then the Zn or ZnS powder was evaporated and oxidized in air. After oxidation, ZnO nanowires were fabricated in the focal point. Strong ultraviolet emission, which corresponds to the near band-edge emission, was observed from the ZnO nanowires synthesized using Zn powder as a source material. Meanwhile, green emission, related to intrinsic defects such as oxygen vacancies, prevailed for the ZnO nanowires fabricated using ZnS powder. No catalysts were used in the fabrication of the ZnO nanowires, which suggested the ZnO nanowires were grown by a vapor-solid mechanism.