• Title/Summary/Keyword: $TiO_2$ Coating

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Surface and Photolytic Characteristics of Ni-TiO2 Composite Layer Electro-Plated from Non-Aqueous Electrolyte (비수용액 전해질에서 전기도금한 니켈-TiO2 복합 도금층의 표면 및 광분해 특성 연구)

  • Jo, Il-Guk;Ji, Chang-Wook;Choi, Chul-Young;Kim, Young-Seok;Kim, Yang-Do
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.240-244
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    • 2008
  • Composite plating is a method of co-deposition of plating layer with metallic and/or non-metallic particles to improve the plating layer properties such as high corrosion resistance and photolysis of organic compounds. The properties of nickel-ceramic composite plating are significantly depend on the surface characteristics of co-deposited particles as well as the quantity in electrolyte. In this study, Ni-$TiO_2$ composite coating layer was produced by electrodeposition technique from non-aqueous eletrolyte and its surface characteristics as well as photolytic properties were investigated. The amounts of immobilized $TiO_2$ particles increased with increasing the initial $TiO_2$ particles contents in the bath. Samples electroplated with the current density of $0.5\;A/dm^2$ showed the significantly improved homogeneous $TiO_2$ particles distribution. The corrosion resistance of Ni-$TiO_2$ composite coating layer also improved with increaing the amounts of $TiO_2$ particles. Etched sample showed about 10% increased photolytic rate of organic matter compare to that of the non-etched.

Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds by Photo-Catalytic Oxidation

  • Lee, Byeong-Kyu;Jung, Kwang-Ryun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.16 no.E
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    • pp.39-46
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    • 2000
  • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are considered as the precursors of atmospheric ozone and photochemical smog formation. In particular, chemical plants have produced a lot of VOCs and thus they have been forced to reduce or remove air emissions from the on-site chemical facilities. For the effective removal of VOCs produced in the chemical plants, the authors employed a titanium oxide(TiO$_2$) mediated photo-catalytic oxidation method. The initiation methods employed in this study to produce oxygen radicals for th photo-catalytic oxidation of the VOCs were Ultra-Violet(UV), Non-Thermal Plasma(NTS), and a combination of Uv and NTP. This study focused on a comparison of the removal efficiencies of VOCs as a function of the initiation method such as NTP and/or UV techniques. Removal efficiency change of VOCs as was investigated as a function of the wavelength of the UV lamp(254, 302, and 365 nm) and the degree of TiO$_2$ coating (10 and 30%). In this study, it was identified that removal efficiencies if the VOCs under the normal air environment were much better than those under the nitrogen gas environment containing small amount of oxygen. Removal efficiency by NTP technique was much better than the UV or the combination of UV and NTP techniques. In a comparison if UV wavelengths employed, it was found that shorter wavelength showed better removal efficiency, compared with longer ones. When the removal efficiencies of VOCs were compared in terms of the degree of TiO$_2$ coating, the higher TiO$_2$coating showed better removal efficiency that the lower TiO$_2$ coating

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A Study on the Surface Properties of Polymer Insulators for Improving Electrical Insulation Performance (전기 절연성능 향상을 위한 폴리머 애자의 표면 특성 연구)

  • Park, Yong Seob;Bae, Jae Sung;Hong, Byungyou;Lee, Jae Hyeong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we investigated the surface properties of polymer insulators to improve electrical insulation performance. First, after washing the polymer insulator in various ways, its contact angle was increased, thereby improving the hydrophobic properties and electrical insulation properties. In addition, TiO2 thin films, which have been used as a photocatalytic material and have been applied to the polymer insulator surface of to enhance the surface and electrical insulating properties. For the sputtering method, the contact angle after coating the TiO2 thin film increased with increasing RF power, but it was lower compared to that before coating, indicating that the hydrophobic properties of the surface were slightly deteriorated. Consequently, the electrical properties of the polymer-insulating material were maintained or improved after the TiO2 thin-film coating.

A Study on Optimal Dye-coating Conditions to Reduce Dye-adsorption Time with Improved DSSC Efficiency

  • Seo, Yeong-Ho;Choe, Eun-Chang;Hong, Byeong-Yu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.481.1-481.1
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    • 2014
  • Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) has been extensively investigated as the next generation energy source. Despite attractive features of simple fabrication process and its economical efficiency, there are some problems such as low efficiency and low long-term stability. Many groups have attempted the proposed way to improve the cell efficiency and long-term stability such as low recombination rate between $TiO_2$ surface and electrolyte, the development of new dye molecules capable of light adsorption as broadly as possible, the fabrication of a solid-state DSSC by replacing the liquid electrolyte, and protective coating on glass. In this work, we confirmed new dye-coating conditions to maximize the dye adsorption between the dye and $TiO_2$ nanoparticle surface. The experiment results coating conditions with the coating temperature of $70^{\circ}C$, the dye concentration of 10 mM and the coating time of 3 min. Conditions have two times, three times cycle the experiment in progress efficiency rises.

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Preparation TiO$_2$sol using aqueous system and characteristics of its thin film (수용계를 이용한 TiO$_2$Sol의 제조와 박막의 특성)

  • 김성도;조경식;김성진
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2000
  • Transparent $TiO_2$ thin films were prepared by the sol-gel method from titanium alkoxide aqueous solution containing large quantities of water. To prepare the aqueous system sol, the chelate compound solution were prepared from each 1 mole of titanium(IV)iso-propoxide, acetylacetone and 8 moles of isopropyl-alcohol. And then the 50 moles aqueous solution with the 0.02~0.50 moles of HCI for sol stability and the 0.3 mole of polyethylene glycol for coating adhesion were precisely dropped on the chelate compound solution. $TiO_2$thin films were fabricated by dip coating, drying and heat treatment at $400^{\circ}C$ and their characteristics were investigated by XRD, SEM and UV-visible spectrometer, The neutral sol of composition with TTIP : AcAc : IPA : $H_2O$ : PEG : HCl = 1 : 1 : 8 : 50 : 0.3 : 0.15 (molar ratio) was maintained stable sol condition and without problem for coating more than 30 days. The anatase phase $TiO_2$thin film prepared from 30 times dipping, drying and heat treating showed the flat surface and the fine microstructure of fracture surface with about 2 $\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness. Transparency of these $TiO_2$thin film was 80 % in the visible region.

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Photochemical Reaction and Characterization of TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalyst Fabricated by Sol-Gel Method (졸-겔 방법으로 제조한 TiO2박막 광촉매의 물성 분석과 광화학 반응)

  • Lim, Hee-Sup;Lee, Yong-Hee;Son, Jong-Yun;Yu, Yun-Sik;Lee, Dong-Hwan;Sung, Dae-Dong
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2005
  • The photocatalyst $TiO_2$ thin film was made from titanium (IV) isopropoxide, ethanol, and HCl by sol-gel method. The surface observation by SEM showed the sample that was coated 5 times at $500^{\circ}C$ had good properties. The component ratio, in atom% of O : Ti by EDX analysis, of 61 : 39 by spin coating was superior than dip coating. It was found that crystal structure changed from anatase phase to rutile phase as a function of the temperature of thin film fabrication, and this was measured by XRD. The photolysis efficiency of total organic compounds (TOC) by lighting UV beam on $TiO_2$ thin film showed 20%~65% within 1 h, and decreased slowly thereafter.

Photocatalytic Properties of $TiO_2$ Coatings Prepared by Cold Spray Process

  • Han, Jong-Hyuck;Lee, Soo-Wohn
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.183-184
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    • 2005
  • Four different coatings deposited using cold spray process were studied with two different powder agglomerating techniques (spray d교 and evaporated powder) and using $TiO_2$ nano-sized powders with and without a 10wt% addition of ZnO. Characterization was performed by SEM, XRD and roughness test. Also the photocatalytic effect of the coatings was evaluated. Although the change of powder preparation techniques and the addition of ZnO into $TiO_2$ did not show appreciable variations in the surface morphology and Anatase phase transformation, it did show influence on the surface roughness of the coating, the highest roughness being found in the coatings made by spray powder prepared method. Regarding the photocatalytic effect it was observed that the using the spray dry coating and the addition of ZnO are promoter of purification at higher rates.

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