Resources Recycling (자원리싸이클링)

The Korean Institute of Resources Recycling (한국자원리싸이클링학회)
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Synthesis of High Value-added Carbide Materials (MXenes) from Recycled Oxides

재활용 산화물로부터 고부가가치 탄화물(맥신) 소재 합성

  • Hanjung Kwon (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
  • 권한중 (전북대학교 신소재공학부)
  • Received : 2024.07.29
  • Accepted : 2024.08.08
  • Published : 2024.08.31
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Abstract

The recycling of waste resources, such as spent catalysts, primarily involves leaching and extracting metal components via smelting. These metal components are then recovered as salts, such as sulfates and nitrates. When crystallization occurs during the calcination of the recovered salts, the salts are converted into oxides, which are then reduced to form metals or ceramic materials. Common reducing agents used in oxide reduction include hydrogen and carbon, and metal powders are obtained upon reduction. Carbide synthesis can occur if the recycled element is a transition metal and carbon is used as the reducing agent. Despite being ceramic materials, transition metal carbides exhibit excellent conductivity owing to their metallic bonding. Recently, MXene, a two-dimensional transition metal carbide, has gained attention for electromagnetic wave shielding, secondary battery electrodes, and water purification owing to its electrical conductivity and large surface area. This study developed a process for synthesizing high-value MXene materials from waste resources. The properties of these MXenes were evaluated to confirm the potential of using waste resources as raw materials for MXenes.

폐촉매 등 폐자원에 대한 재활용은 대부분 제련 공정을 통해 금속 성분을 침출 및 추출하는 과정이며 금속 성분은 황산염, 질산염과 같은 염 형태로 회수된다. 회수된 염에 대한 하소를 통해 염은 산화물로 변화하며 산화물은 환원 과정을 거쳐 금속 혹은 세라믹 소재가 된다. 산화물 환원 과정에서 사용되는 환원제는 수소, 탄소 등이 있으며 환원을 통해 금속 분말이 얻어지게 되는데 재활용된 원소가 전이 금속이고 탄소를 환원제로 사용하는 경우 탄화물 합성이 가능하다. 전이 금속 탄화물의 경우 세라믹 물질임에도 불구하고 금속 결합으로 인해 전도성이 우수한 것으로 알려져 있으며 최근 이차원 전이 금속 탄화물인 맥신(MXene)은 전기 전도성뿐 아니라 넓은 표면적이라는 구조적 특징으로 인해 전자파 차폐, 이차전지 전극, 수 처리용 소재로 주목받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐자원으로부터 고부가가치 맥신 소재를 합성하기 위한 공정을 개발하고자 하였으며 결과적으로 폐자원을 원료로 합성된 맥신의 특성을 평가하여 폐자원의 맥신 원료 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

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이 논문은 2024년도 정부(산업통상자원부)의 재원으로 한국에너지기술평가원의 지원(20228A10100030)에 의하여 연구되었으며 2024년도 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 국가과학기술연구회 창의현 융합연구사업(No. CAP22073-100)의 지원을 받아 수행되었음.

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