• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.807-812
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• 2015

Li-ion batteries are energy sources that are widely used in applications such as notebooks, cellular phones, power tools, and vehicles. They are devices in which stored chemical energy is changed to electrical energy by electrochemical reactions. They have a high energy density, small size, and are lightweight. In particular, power tools and vehicles require high charge/discharge rates. Therefore, in this paper, we perform electrochemical simulations using a commercial finite-element analysis program to determine the high discharge-rate characteristics of Li-ion cells. In addition, by performing high discharge-rate simulations, we found that the limited discharge current was 63 A. Based on the results obtained, we investigate the behavior of Li-ion cells with a high rate of discharge.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.77-83
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• 1994

아연-산화은 2차전지는 높은 에너지 밀도의 이점을 가진 반면, 짧은 사이클수명(설계 및 사용방법에 따라 10∼200 사이클)을 가진 단점이 있다. 산화은 전극의 비싼 가격 때문에 높은 에너지 밀도가 요구되는 분야에서 제한적으로 사용되고 있다. 본 논문은 수중운동체계의 추진용으로 사용하기 위한 신뢰성이 높은 아연-산화은 전지의 개발을 다루었다. 고율방전에서 양극 활물질의 양에 따른 전압 특성과 음극활물질의 첨가제에 따른 사이클 수명 비교 시험을 실시하였다. 본 연구결과 우수한 전압 특성과 고율방전에서10회 이상의 사이클 수명을 갖는 아연-산화은 2차전지를 개발하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.96-99
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• 2000

In order to improve the rate capability of lithium manganese oxide thin film, we prepared the patterned cathode films by conventional lithography and etching techniques. From the investigation of discharge current density effects on discharge curves of cathode films, the rate capability was greatly improved due to increase of lithium intercalation kinetics fur charge transfer.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1994.05a
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• pp.114-117
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• 1994

아연-산화은 전지는 높은 에너지 및 전력밀도를 가지고 있으나 비싼 제작비용 때문에 우주항공, 군사무기 등 특수한 분야에서 주로 이용되며, 특히 전해액이 별도의 용기에 보관되어 있다가 외부 신호에 의해 충전된 dry상태의 전지에 주입되어 활성화되는 1차 또는 비축형 아연산화은 전지는 우수한 고율방전 특성, 장시간의 저장기간 및 활성화와 동시에 부하를 인가 할 수 있는 특성 때문에 많은 무기체계에서 이용하고 있다. 이러한 아연-산화은 전지의 아연전극은 높은 다공도와 반응 면적을 가져야 하며, 특히 방전중 아연전극의 전위는 가역 수소전위 보다 더 음전위이기 때문에 수소가스가 다량 발생하게 되므로 수은과 같은 높은 과전압을 갖는 물질을 첨가하여 가스 발생량을 줄이고 부동태화(passivation)를 억제하게 된다. 그러나 국내 여건상 수은을 사용하여 전지를 제작하는 것은 환경문제 등으로 인하여 어렵기 때문에 본 연구에서는 수은을 사용하지 않고 비축형 아연-산화은 전지의 음극판을 제작하기 위하여 전착법(electro deposit)과 mesh 제작방법을 혼합하여 아연전극을 제작하였으며, 기판에 석출된 아연과 아연 mesh의 질량비율에 따른 전지의 성능을 평가하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.11
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• pp.1099-1106
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• 1996

니켈-수소화물전지의 음극재료로서 주목을 받고 있는 다원계 Zr기 Laves 합금의 조성에 따른 결정구조, 방전특성등을 조사하였다. 전극은 아크 용해한 합금을 분쇄한 분말과 PVA를 다공성니켈 foam에 충진하여 제작하였고 충방전시험은 6M KOH 용액중에서 수행하였다. 대상 합금은 ZrNi2를 기본조성으로 하여 이중 Ni의 일부를 V, Mn, Cr, Mo 또는 W로 치환한 삼원계 및 사원계 합금이었다. 이들 합금의 충방전 실험결과 ZrV0.5Mn0.5Ni1.0의 경우가 260 mAh/g로 가장 높은 방전용량을 나타내었다. 이 합금의 방전용량은 방전전류밀도의 영향을 크게 받았으며 10 mA/g과 200mA/g의 방전전류에서 각각 300mAh/g와 150mAh/g이었다. 이 합금을 110$0^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 경우 저율방전시에는 방전용량의 변화가 거의 없었으나 수소의 확산이 율속이 될 것으로 생각되는 고율 방잔시에서는 방전용량이 현저하게 감소하였다. 이러한 현상은 열처리에 의해 수소의확산을 용이하게 해주는 격자결함이 감소하기 때문이 아닌가 생각된다.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.16-24
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• 1998

Recently Zr-based $AB_2$ type hydrogen absorbing alloy has received much attention as a negative electrode material for the Ni-MH batteries because of its high capacity. In this study $ZrV_{0.1}Mn_{0.7}Ni_{1.2}$ alloy was chosen and the effects of heat treatment and a partial substitution of the Mo in Mn site on the various electrode properties were investigated. The alloys was prepared by arc melting (as-cast sample). Some of them were heat treated at $1,100^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours. After this they were differentiated by the different cooling rates of slow cooling and quenching. Various electrode characteristics such as activation process, high rate dischargeability and self discharge characteristic were investigated with the three types of electrodes. It was found that heat treated alloys resulted in an increase in plateau flatness of P-C isotherms however both discharge capacity and high rate capability were decreased. And the partial substitution of Mo for Mn in $ZrV_{0.1}Mn_{0.7}Ni_{1.2}$ alloy improved the self-discharge characteristic without the loss of discharge capacity (300mAh/g).

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.49-54
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• 2017

We develop a ceramic composite separator prepared by coating $ZrO_2$ nanoparticles with a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP) copolymer on a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) mechanical support prepared by electrospinning technique to improve thermal properties. The gurley number of the ceramic composite separator shows much lower value than that of a PE separator even though it possesses the polymeric coating layer with ceramic nanoparticles. In addition, the proposed sample shows higher electrolyte uptake than PE separator, leading to enhancing the ionic conductivity of the proposed sample and, by extension, the rate discharge properties of lithium ion batteries. Thermal stability of the ceramic composite separator is dramatically improved without any degradation in electrochemical performance compared to the performance of conventional PE separators.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.768-773
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• 1998

A mathematical model of discharge mechanism of metal-hydride (MH) electrode was presented. A computer simulation program was developed in order to predict the variation of electrode potential and the distribution of hydrogen concentration within MH particles during discharge. By investigating the effects of the discharge current density, the size of MH particle, the diffusivity of hydrogen in MH particle, and the porosity of the electrode, it was found that these factors exerted a collective effect on the discharge characteristic of the electrode and the utilization of hydrogen in the MH particle. It was confirmed that and optimization of design factors of an MH electrode is necessary in order to execute a high-rate discharge and to improve the utilization of hydrogen in MH particle.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.203-207
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• 2003

Zinc Air batteries obtain their energy density by utilizing ambient oxygen as the cathode materials. And specific capacity of zinc powder is as high as 820 mAh/g. When Zinc Air battery discharged at low current, then discharge voltage profile has very flat pattern until reach to end of voltage. But, when Zinc Air battery discharged at high current, then discharge voltage and energy becomes very low. So we focused on resistance and porosity of cathode with contents of PTFE. Wf studied on the effects of PTFE on performance of Zinc Air batteries. So we have got optimum contents of PTFE binder.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.225-232
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• 1997

The performance characteristics of high rate discharge LiSOCl2 cells are highly affected by carbon cathode. During the cell discharge, SOCl2 reduction takes place at the porous carbon cathode, resulting in the precipitation of reaction products, mainly LiCl, within the pores of the substrate. This leads to eventual passivation of the cathode surface and resulting cell failure. To improve the cathode performance, we ex-amined discharge reactions of cathodes (half-cell, 50 mA/$\textrm{cm}^2$ constant current) with various surface density and thickness. The carbon cathode with the optimum capacity for our application is surface density 0.04 g/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and thickness 1.4mm carbon. The carbon cathode with surface density 0.04g/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and thickness 1.4 mm exhibits decreased polarization, increased discharge duration time and capacity (Ah/$\textrm{cm}^2$) as compared with that with surface density 0.04g/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and thickness 0.8mm. The porosities analyses on the two carbon cathodes show that total pore volume of the carbon cathode with thickness 1.4 mm is larger than that with thickness 0.8mm. The increased volume of mesopores (0.05$\mu$m~0.5$\mu$m) and macropores(>0.5$\mu$m) is ob-served with the carbon cathode with thickness 1.4mm as compared with that with thickness 0.8mm, which can be related with the observed capacity increase. We observed LiCl crystals, cubic crystallites and fused, plate-like aggregates, and some elemental S as discharge products by EDS and XRD.