• Information & Opto-Energy Materials (IOEM) Laboratory
  • Kentech 정보·광에너지 소재 연구실

Joon Seop Kwak

Joon Seop Kwak곽준섭 교수

Professor, Department of Energy Technology
Korea Instititute of Energy Technology
72, Ujeong-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, Korea

  • Mobile010-8393-3537
  • E-mailjskwak@kentech.ac.kr

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

1988. 3. ~ 1992. 2.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Korea, B.S.

1992. 3. ~ 1994. 2.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Korea, M.S.

1994. 3. ~ 1997. 8.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Korea, Ph. D.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

1998. 9. ~ 1999. 9.
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, Post-Doc.

1999. 10. ~ 2005. 3.
  • Samsung Electronics (SAIT), Korea, Principal Researcher

2005. 4. ~ 2021. 2.
  • Sunchon National Univ., Korea, Professor

2021. 3. ~ current
  • Korea instititute of energy technology, Korea, Professor

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • 3D structured wide-bandgap power semiconductor materials & devices

  • Simulation & fabrication of low power consumption micro/nano-LEDs for EV and AR/VR

  • Improved efficiency of wide-bandgap power semiconductors and light emitters

CURRENT RESEARCH FIELD

  • AlGaN/GaN power semiconductor devices for EV and HA

  • Low power consumption micro/nano-LED arrays for EV and AR

  • Multilevel metallization and reliability of power electronics

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS or ACTIVITIES

  • SCI papers > 180 papers

  • US granted patent > 35 (International granted patent > 75, Korean granted patent > 95)

  • Technology Transfer > 10

  • Director, Center for Practical Use of Rare Materials (2008~present)

  • Director, Advanced IT-Convergence Materials Institute (2020~present)

  • Dean, Academic Affairs [2018]

  • Vice Dean, University-Industry Cooperation Foundation [2011-2013]

  • Vice Dean, Planning and Cooperation Offices [2007-2008]

Representative Recent Publications

[ AlGaN/GaN Power Semiconductors ]
  • Bonding Pad Over Active Structure for Chip Shrinkage of High-Power AlGaN/GaN HFETs, IEEE T. Electron Devices, 63 (2016) 620

  • High-power flexible AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistors with suppression of negative differential conductance, Appl. Phys. Lett, 111 (2017) 133502

  • Output power enhancement in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure field-effect transistors with multilevel metallization, Appl. Phys. Express, 10 (2017) 016502

  • Thermal Management and Characterization of High-Power Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Electronic and Photonic Devices in Automotive Applications (Invited Review), Journal of Electronic Packaging, 141 (2019) 020801

  • Realization of high-power dimmable GaN-based LEDs by hybrid integration with AlGaN/GaN HFETs, Jap. J. appl. Phys., 58 (2019) SCCC12

[ Low power consumption GaN-based LED and micro-LED arrays ]
  • The Impact of Carrier Transport Confinement on the Energy Transfer Between InGaN/GaN Quantum-Well Nanorods and Colloidal Nanocrystals, Adv. Funct. Mater., 22 (2012) 3146

  • Light interaction in sapphire/MgF2/Al triple-layer omnidirectional reflectors in AlGaN-based near ultraviolet light-emitting diodes, Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 9717

  • Impact of Plasma Electron Flux on Plasma Damage-Free Sputtering of Ultrathin Tin-Doped Indium Oxide Contact Layer on p-GaN for InGaN/GaN Light-Emitting Diodes, Advanced Science, 5 (2018) 1700637

  • Design of ITO/SiO2/TiO2 distributed Bragg reflectors as a p-type electrode in GaN-based flip-chip light emitting diodes, Appl. Surf. Sci., 477 (2019) 477

  • Impact of tin-oxide nanoparticles on improving the carrier transport in the Ag/p-GaN interface of InGaN/GaN micro-LEDs by originating inhomogeneous Schottky barrier height, Photonics Research, 8 (2020) 1049

  • Improvement of Ti/Al ohmic contacts on N-face n-type GaN by using O2 plasma treatment, Appl. Surf. Sci., 510 (2020) 145180

  • Impact of grain growth of silver reflective electrode by electron bombardment on external quantum efficiency of III-nitride micro-light emitting diode arrays, Appl. Surf. Sci., 512 (2020) 145698