• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.233-240
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• 2005

A series of inorganic-organic hybrid membranes were prepared with a systematic variation of titanium dioxidenanoparticles content. Their water uptake, methanol permeability and proton conductivity as a function of inoranic oxide content were investigated. The results obtained show that the inorganic oxide network decreases the proton conductivity and water swelling. It is also found that increase In inorganic oxide content leads to decrease of methanol permeability. In terms of the morphology, membranes are homogeneous and exhibit a good adhesion between inorganic domains and the polymer matrix. The properties of the composite membranes are compared with the standard nafion membrane.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.194-196
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• 2005

A series of inorganic-organic hybrid membranes were prepared with a systematic variation of titanium dioxidenanoparticles content. Their liquid uptake, methanol permeability and proton conductivity as a function of inoranic oxide content were investigated. The results obtained show that the inorganic oxide network decreases the proton conductivity and liquid uptake. It is also found that increase in inorganic oxide content leads to decrease of methanol permeability. In terms of the morphology, membranes are homogeneous and exhibit a good adhesion between inorganic domains and the polymer matrix. The properties of the composite membranes are compared with the standard nafion membrane.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.8.1-8.1
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• 2011

Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) materials have been widely used as an electron collector in DSSC. This is required to have an extremely high porosity and surface area such that the dye can be sufficiently adsorbed and be electronically interconnected, resulting in the generation of a high photocurrent within cells. In particular, their geometrical structures and crystalline phase have been extensively investigated as important issues in improving its photovoltaic efficiency. In this study, we present a new strategy to fabricate a photoelectrode having a periodic structured $TiO_2$ film templated from 1D or 3D polystyrene (PS) microspheres array. Monodisperse PS spheres of various radiuses were used for colloidal array on FTO glasses and two types of photoelectrode structures with different $TiO_2$ materials were investigated respectively. One is the igloo-shaped electrode prepared by $TiO_2$ deposition by RF-sputtering onto 2D microsphere-templated substrates. At the interface between the film and substrate, there are voids formed by the decomposition of PS microspheres during the calcination step. These holes might be expected to play the predominant roles as scattering spherical voids to promote a light harvesting effect, a spacious structure for electrolytes with higher viscosity and effective paths for electron transfer. Additionally the nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ phase prepared by the RF-sputtering method was previously reported to improve the electron drift mobility within $TiO_2$ electrodes. This yields solar cells with a cell efficiency of 2.45% or more at AM 1.5 illumination, which is a very remarkable result, considering its $TiO_2$ electrode thickness (<2 ${\mu}m$). This study can be expanded to obtain higher cell efficiency by higher dye loading through the increase of surface area or multi-layered stacking. The other is the inverse opal photonic crystal electrode prepared by titania particles infusion within 3D colloidal arrays. To obtain the enlargement of ordered area and high quality of crystallinity, the synthesis of titania particles coated with a organic thin layer were applied instead of sol-gel process using the $TiO_2$ precursors. They were dispersed so well in most solvents without aggregates and infused successfully within colloidal array structures. This ordered mesoporous structure provides the large surface area leading to the enough adsorption of dye molecules and have an light harvesting effect due to the photonic band gap properties (back-and-forth reflection effects within structures). A major advantage of this colloidal array template method is that the pore size and its distribution within $TiO_2$ photoelectrodes are determined by those of latex beads, which can be controlled easily. These materials may have promising potentials for future applications of membrane, sensor and so on as well as solar cells.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.46-52
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• 2010

Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been extensively studied to improve their initial performance as well as their durability and to facilitate the commercialization of fuel cell technology. To improve the MEA performance, particularly at low Pt loadings, many approaches have been made. In the present study, MEA performance improvement was performed by adding $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer of MEA. Most of previous studies have focused on the MEA performance enhancement under low humidity conditions by adding metal oxides into the catalyst layer mainly due to the water keeping ability of those metal oxides particles such as $Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$ and zeolites. However, this study mainly focused on the improvement of MEA performance under fully humidified normal conditions. In this study, the MEA was prepared by decal method aiming for a continuous MEA fabrication process. The decal process can make very thin and uniform catalyst layer on the surface of electrolyte membrane resulting in very low interfacial resistance between catalyst layer and the membrane surface and uniform electrode structure in the MEA. It was found that the addition of $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer made by decal method can minimize water flooding in the catalyst layer, resulting in the improvement of MEA performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.381-382
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• 2008

$TiO_2$ colloidal solution was electrosprayed for preparing a conductive thin film with high quality. Electrospray is a technique of liquid dispersion electrically and a good method of manufacturing nanoparticle, nanofiber, porous membrane, film preparation and coating. Water and ethanol were used as solvents and their mixing ratio was varied for studying the influence of solvent volatile on nanoparticle dispersion. Various nozzles to control the thru-put of solutions.were examined. Integrated analytical method and scanning electron microscope were used to analyze integrity and microscopic images.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.57-57
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• 1994

졸-겔 침지코팅 (dipcoating) 또는 가압 졸-겔 코팅 (pressurized coating) 법으로 제조한 $\gamma-Al_2O_3, SiO_2, TiO_2$ 및 aluminosilicate 복합막에 대하여 $CO_2$, He, $N_2$, 및 $O_2$ 기체 투과율과 $CO_2$ 분리계수를 측정하였다. 이들 막을 통한 모든 기체의 이동은 Knudsen 유동이 지배적이었으며 $CO_2/N_2$의 분리계수는 0.9 ~ 1.1 정도로 Knudsen 분리계수 ($CO_2/N_2$의 경우 0.8)보다 약간 높은 값을 보여주었다. $CO_2$ 분리계수를 향상시키기 위하여 silane coupling 및 산화물 도핑법에 의한 복합막의 표면개질을 시도하였으며 분리막의 재질 및 표면개질 조건에 따른 $CO_2/N_2$ 분리계수 변화를 측정 비교하였다. Silane coupling에 의한 표면개질이 $CO_2$의 표면 친화성 (affinity)에 의한 표면확산속도를 증가시키기 때문에 $CO_2$ 분리에 있어서 산화물 도핑에 의한 표면개질보다 더욱 효과적이었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.687-693
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• 2004

Composite membranes with a titania layer were prepared by soaking-rolling method with the titania sol of nanoparticles formed in the sol-gel process and investigated regarding the vapor permeation of various organic mixtures. The support modification was conducted by pressing $SiO_2$ xerogel of 500 nm in particle size under 10 MPa on the surface of a porous stainless steel (SUS) substrate and designed the multi-layered structure by coating the intermediate layer of ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$. Microstructure of titania membrane was affected by heat-treatment and synthesis conditions of precursor sol, and titania formed at calcination temperature of 300$^{\circ}C$ with sol of [$H^+$]/[TIP]=0.3 possessed surface area of 210 $m^2$/g, average pore size of 1.25 nm. The titania composite membrane showed high $H_2/N_2$ selectivity and water/ethanol selectivity as 25-30 and 50-100, respectively. As a result of vapor permeation for water-alcohol and alcohol-alcohol mixture, titania composite membrane showed water-permselective and molecular-sieve permeation behavior. However, water/methanol selectivity of the membrane was very low because of chemical affinity of permeants for the membrane by similar physicochemical properties of water and methanol.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.108-111
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.9-9
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• 1992

막 반응기(membrane reactor)는 365 nm 의 파장을 갖는 UV를 담체튜브 및 코팅막에 조사시켜 막 표면에서 유기물의 산화반응이 일어날수 있도록 고안하였으며 일차적으로 formic acid의 산화효율을 측정하였다. 코팅된 담체는 코팅하지 않은 담체에 비해 flux가 상당히 저하하는 반면에 formic acid의 산화효율은 이에 비례하여 증가하였다. 또한 본 실험의 결과로부터 수처리공정에서 문제시되는 난분해성 유기물질의 산화분해처리에 대한 광촉매 막의 응용성을 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.203-206
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• 2004

Many types for environmental pollutant of endocrine disruptors have been reported on abnormal sexual development and abnormal feminizing responses of animals in a number of literatures [1]. Conventional biological methods for the removal of pollutants in wastewater require long times, and chemical oxiation methods in general cannot completely eliminate.(omitted)