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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,921 · App. 17/245,192 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Thin film having single-crystal-level crystal orientation property, method for manufacturing same, and product using same

Inventors: Ho Sup Kim (Gimhae-si, KR); Sang Soo Oh (Gimhae-si, KR); Hong Soo Ha (Changwon-si, KR); Jeong Hyeon Jo (Changwon-si, KR); Gwan Tae Kim (Gimhae-si, KR); Hyun Woo Noh (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H10N60/0576H10N60/83H10N60/85C23C14/16C23C14/24
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Patent No.
US 12,598,921
App. No.
17/245,192
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed are a thin film having an excellent crystal orientation property, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device, a battery device, a superconducting wire, and a superconducting article including the thin film. The technical gist of the present disclosure includes a thin film having a single-crystal-level crystal orientation property, which is formed by depositing a polycrystalline second material on an upper portion of a substrate including a polycrystalline first material and which has a crystal orientation property satisfying the following Relational Expression 1 at a grain boundary, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor device, a battery device, a superconducting wire, and a superconducting article including the thin film. 0°<FWHM 2 ≤3°  [Relational Expression 1] (FWHM 2 is a full width at half maximum of a distribution curve of a misorientation angle at the grain boundary of the thin film).

Claims (21)

1 . A thin film comprising:

a substrate comprising a polycrystalline first material and

a polycrystalline second material formed on an upper portion of the substrate,

wherein the thin film has a crystal orientation property satisfying a following Relational Expression 1 at a grain boundary:

0°<FWHM 2 ≤3°;  [Relational Expression 1]

wherein FWHM 2 is a full width at half maximum of a distribution curve of a misorientation angle at the grain boundary of the thin film,

wherein a size of a crystal grain of the second material formed in the thin film is at least two times as large as a size of a crystal grain of the substrate.

2 . The thin film of claim 1 , wherein the second material is Fe, a Fe alloy, or a Fe-based compound.

3 . The thin film of claim 1 , wherein a crystal orientation property of the substrate and the crystal orientation property of the thin film satisfy a following Relational Expression 2:

5°<FWHM 1 −FWHM 2 ≤20°;  [Relational Expression 2]

wherein FWHM 1 and FWHM 2 are a full width at half maximum of a distribution curve of a misorientation angle at a grain boundary of the substrate and at the grain boundary of the thin film, respectively.

4 . The thin film of claim 1 , wherein the first material is a crystalline solid.

5 . A semiconductor device comprising:

the thin film of claim 1 .

6 . A battery device comprising:

the thin film of claim 1 .

7 . A superconducting wire comprising:

a thin film layer which is formed by depositing the thin film of claim 1 on an upper portion of the substrate; and

a superconducting layer formed on an upper portion of the thin film layer.

8 . A superconducting article comprising:

the superconducting wire of claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2021
From: KIM, HO SUP; OH, SANG SOO; HA, HONG SOO; JO, JEONG HYEON; KIM, GWAN TAE; NOH, HYUN WOO
To: KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2018-0133927 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0135829 · Nov 7, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0127641 · Oct 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2019014492 · Oct 30, 2019
Related Publication 20210265554A1 · Aug 26, 2021
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