• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.69-80
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• 2022

The anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolysis for high purity hydrogen production is attracting attention as a next-generation green hydrogen production technology by using inexpensive non-noble metal-based catalysts instead of conventional precious metal catalysts used in proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis systems. However, since AEM water electrolysis technology is in the early stages of development, it is necessary to develop research on AEM, ionomers, electrode supports and catalysts, which are key elements of AEM water electrolysis. Among them, current research in the field of catalysts is being studied to apply a previously developed half-cell catalyst for alkali to the AEM system, and the applied catalyst has disadvantages of low activity and durability. Therefore, this review presented a catalyst synthesis technique that promoted oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using a non-noble metal-based catalyst in an alkaline medium.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.130-139
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• 2005

메탄올을 직접 연료로 하는 직접 메탄올 연료전지 (DMFC)는 연료의 높은 에너지 밀도로 인하여 휴대용 전자 기기의 차세대 에너지원으로 주목 받고 있다. 전자기기에 적용하기 위해서는 고성능 소재 부품의 개발, 시스템 통합 등의 고난도 기술이 필요하다. 본고에서는 귀금속 담지량이 절대적으로 감소한 신규 cathode 촉매, 하이브리드 신규 막, 고성능 스텍, 시스템 통합의 개발 경과대해 기술하고 있다.

• 기계와재료
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.6-23
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• 2009

고체산화물 연료전지(SOFC)는 복합 발전시 70% 가까운 발전효율을 기대할 수 있고 환경 특성이 우수하며 귀금속 촉매를 사용하지 않으므로 저비용화가 가능해 최근 활발한 기술/개발 양상을 보이고 있다. SOFC의 상용화와 범용화를 가속화하기 위해서는 핵심 소재인 셀 구성요소(전해질, 전극, 연결재 등)의 특성 향상이 요구되며 특히 향후 중 저온에서 작동 가능한 SOFC 기술 개발을 위해 저온 작동형 셀 소재에 대한 연구도 활발히 진행되고 있다. 따라서 본 고에서는 SOFC용 셀 소재의 중요성을 고려하여 고체산화물 연료전지의 셀 구성 소재 및 제조기술을 중심으로 기술하였고 주요 관련 기술들도 소개하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.6-11
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• 2005

Direct borohydrides fuel cell (DBFC) was emerged to complement the problem of DMFC's low performance and methanol crossover to the cathode and to apply the fuel cell to portable and mobile devices. In this study, the characteristics of novel catalysts was tested to establish the electrode preparation process of DBFC. Pt black and carbon supported-Pt by paste method were used as the cathode catalysts. Pt black, carbon supported-Au and $AB_5$ alloy were used as the anode catalysts. The characteristics of the electrodes were analyzed by XRD, SEM, EDS. The performance test of single cell using the electrodes were carried out in order to evaluate the electrode performance. In the result, the maximum power output was obtained as 366 mW/mg when using Pt/C as anode and cathode catalysts.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.466-470
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• 2022

The catalytic thermal oxidizer process has recently attracted considerable attention for the oxidation and decomposition of volatile organic compounds at low temperatures (< 450 ℃) with high efficiency (> 95%). Although many noble metal catalytic materials are well established, they are expensive and hazardous. Herein, highly active and low-cost Cu-Mn bimetallic catalysts were prepared using a simple and facile synthesis method involving the co-precipitation of Cu and Mn precursors. The synthesis of the catalyst was optimized by controlling the composition ratio of Cu and Mn. The optimized catalyst exhibited a large surface area of 230.8 m²/g with a mesoporous structure. To demonstrate the catalytic performance, the Cu-Mn catalyst was tested for the oxidation reaction of ethyl acetate, showing a high conversion efficiency of 100% at a low temperature of 250 ℃.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.134-139
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• 2024

In the steam reforming of methane reactions, the effect of adding noble metals Ru and Pd to a Ni-based catalyst as promoters was analyzed in terms of catalytic activity and hydrogen production. The synthesized catalysts were coated on the surface of a honeycomb-structured metal monolith to perform steam methane reforming reactions. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, TPR, and SEM, and after the reforming reaction, the gas composition was analyzed by GC to measure methane conversion, hydrogen yield, and CO selectivity. The addition of 0.5 wt% Ru improved the reduction properties of the Ni catalyst and exhibited enhanced catalytic activity with a methane conversion of 99.91%. In addition, reaction characteristics were analyzed according to various process conditions. Methane conversion of over 90% and hydrogen yield of more than 3.3 were achieved at a reaction temperature of 800 ℃, a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of less than 10000 h^-1, and a ratio of H₂O to CH₄ (S/C) higher than 3.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.497-503
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• 1998

The catalytic oxidation of 1.2-dichloroethane was investigated over precious metal supported on alumina using a fixed bed microreactor. Among the catalysts tested, the conversion of 1.2-dichloroethane decreased in the following order : Ru > Pt > Pd $${\sim_=}$$ Rh and Pt was found to be the most active catalyst for the complete oxidation of 1.2-dichloroethane to $CO_2$. Major products containing carbon were vinyl chloride and $Co_2$ at temperature ranging from 200 to $400^{\circ}C$. The presence of vinyl chloride in products suggests that the first step in the oxidation of 1.2-dichloroethane is dehydrochlorination and the second is oxidation of vinyl chloride to $CO_2$. To investigate the effect of HCl on the activity of the complete oxidation, some experiments were conducted by adding HCl to the feed. The presence of HCl increased the conversion of 1.2-dichloroethane below $300^{\circ}C$ owing to the increase of surface acidity, but it didn't affect the conversion above $300^{\circ}C$. The reversible adsorption of HCl onto catalyst surface inhibited the complete oxidation to $CO_2$.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.3-11
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• 2002

Recently, waste printed circuit board (PCB) has significantly increased in its amount due to the rapid development of electronic industries. Since several kinds of noxious materials and also valuable metals are contained in it, the waste PCB is in an urgent need of recycling for the dual purposes for the prevention of environmental pollution and recovery of valuable resources. Also, the catalyst which equipped in the exhaust pipes of automobiles to reduce emission of air pollutants contains precious met-als so that their recovery from the waste auto-catalysts is required. In this study, the recovery of valuable metals from waste PCB and auto-catalyst by arc furnace melting process has been investigated, which is known to be very stable and suitable f3r less production of pollutants due to its high operating temperature. The effect of the kind of flux on the recovery of precious metals was examined by using quicklime, converter slag, and copper slag as the flux. In addition, the influence of direct and alternating current and the applying direction of direct current has been investigated. It was observed that using converter or copper slag as a flux was more desirable for a higher efficiency in the precious metal recovery compared with quicklime. For the effect of current, application of direct current taking the bottom as a negative pole generally showed a better efficiency for the extraction of valuable metals from waste PCB, which was also observed for the case of waste auto-catalyst. The average recovery of precious metals from both wastes by arc furnace melting process was very high, which was up to in the range of 95～97%.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.25.3-25.3
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• 2011

반도체형 가스센서의 가스 감응은 산화물 표면과 주변 가스와의 화학적 반응에 기인한 것이므로 나노 크기의 감응물질 입자를 합성하여 비표면적을 넓히려는 연구가 많이 진행되어 왔다. 일반적으로 감응 물질의 크기가 나노 스케일로 감소하면 가스 감응 특성이 증가하지만, 심한 응집으로 가스 확산이 어려워 가스 감응 특성이 저하되게 된다. 따라서 비표면적이 크면서도 응집이 덜한 나노 구조체가 산화물 가스 센서에 이용되어 왔다. 특히 중공구조는 응집이 적고 가스확산이 용이하며 큰 비표면적을 가지기 때문에 널리 연구되어진 나노구조체이다. 한편 산화철은 친환경적인 n-type 반도체로써 에너지 저장소, 촉매, 리튬-이온 배터리의 양극물질, 가스센서 등의 응용분야에 널리 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Solvothermal에 의한 자기조립 방법으로 산화철 중공구조를 합성하고 기능화를 위해 귀금속 촉매인 Pt를 첨가하였다. $400^{\circ}C$에서 에탄올 가스에 대한 가스 감응 측정을 통해 대조군인 산화철 응집체와 나노 스케일의 구에 비해 중공구조가 가스 감응에 유리함을 보고한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.371.2-371.2
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• 2014

가스 센서분야에서 특정 가스종에 대한 선택성과 감응도 향상을 위해 금속 촉매 등을 센서 물질 표면이나 내부 등에 형성시키는 방안이 많이 연구되고 있다. 1차원 구조 반도성 물질인 나노섬유 내에 금속 촉매를 형성시켜 특정 가스에 대한 선택성과 감응도를 향상시키는 연구가 보고된 바 있다. 선행연구에 의하면 Au와 Pt입자가 형성된 나노섬유의 경우, 각각 CO와 toluene가스에 대하여 선택적인 감응을 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 전기방사법과 광환원법을 동시에 이용하여 Au와 Pt 입자가 포함된 $SnO_2$ 나노섬유를 합성하고, 이들 나노섬유의 가스감응 특성을 연구하였다.