• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.85.1-85.1
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• 2018

고표면적 다공성 금속 박막 형성 기술은 타겟에서 방출된 금속 원자들이 타겟 주변에서 서로 충돌하여 나노입자를 형성한 후 기판으로 입자를 이송시켜 나노 구조를 지니는 박막을 성장시키는 기술이다. 고표면적 다공성 금속 박막 형성 기술로 제작한 다공성 박막은 열린 기공 구조를 지니고 있기 때문에 외부 기체의 확산이 용이하고 비표면적이 높다는 특징을 가지고 있다. 특히 금속 공기 이차전지 등의 배터리의 경우 전극의 비표면적이 성능을 결정하는 중요한 인자이므로 금속판을 사용하는 경우 대비 비표면적이 높은 나노구조를 사용할 경우 용량 증대에 유리하다. 본 연구에서는 공정 압력, 공정 파워, 타겟과 기판과의 거리, 칠러 온도 등 증착 공정 변수를 제어하여 표면적이 높은 아연 나노 구조를 형성하였다. 이를 분석하기 위해 SEM을 이용하여 미세구조 및 두께를 관찰하였으며, 박막 증착 전후의 무게를 측정하여 기공률을 계산하였다. 또한 XRD 분석을 통하여 결정성 및 결정의 크기를 확인하였다. 이렇게 제작된 고표면적 다공성 Zn 금속박막을 응용하여 아연 전지 성능 평가를 진행하였다.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.33-33
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.43-43
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• 1998

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.83-89
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• 2012

We investigate the electrocatalytic activities for oxygen reduction at nanoporous gold (NPG) surfaces fabricated by selective dissolution of Ag from electrodeposited Ag-Au layers on electrode surfaces. The structure of NPG was controlled by changing the concentration ratios of precursor metal complexes during the electrodeposition of Ag-Au layers and the corresponding surface morphology and surface area was examined. NPG structures with Ag/Au ratio of 2.0 exhibited the highest electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction, where the nanoporous structure plays a key role, but the surface area does not affect on the electrocatalytic activity. The mechanism of electroreduction of oxygen was investigated by rotating disk electrode techniques. In acidic media, oxygen was first reduced to hydrogen peroxide followed by further reduction to water through 2-step 4-electron mechanism, whereas the oxygen was reduced directly to water by 4-electron mechanism in basic media.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.97-104
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• 2012

A porous $TiO_2$ pellet was electrochemically converted to the metallic titanium by using a $CaCl_2$ molten salt system at $850^{\circ}C$. Ni-$TiO_2$ and graphite electrodes were used as cathode and anode, respectively. The electrochemical behaviour of $TiO_2$ pellet was determined by a constant voltage control electrolysis. Various reaction intermediates such as $CaTiO_3$, $Ti_2O$ and $Ti_6O$ were observed by XRD analysis during electrolysis of the pellet. Once $TiO_2$ pellet was converted to a porous metallic structure, the porous structure disappeared by sintering and shrinking with increasing the reaction time at high temperature.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.18-25
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• 1999

The study on the electrosorption of cobalt ions onto a porous activated carbon fiber (ACF) was performed to treat radioactive liquid wastes resulting from chemical or electrochemical decontamination and to regenerate the spent carbon electrode, Cyclic voltammetry was investigated on a rotating-disk electrode (RDE) to determine the region of potentials within which only double-layer charging should occur. The application of an electric potential increased the sorption of the cobalt ions. The adsorbed cobalt Ions could be released into the solution by reversing the appling potential, showing the reversibility of the process.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.184-192
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• 2022

Porous NiO synthesized via hydrothermal synthesis was used in the electrodes of lithium-sulfur batteries to inhibit the elution of lithium polysulfide. The electrode of the lithium-sulfur battery was manufactured as a freestanding flexible electrode using an economical and simple vacuum filtration method without a current collector and a binder. The porous NiO-added S/CNT/NiO electrode exhibited a high initial discharge capacity of 877 mA h g^-1 (0.2 C), which was 125 mA h g^-1 higher than that of S/CNT, and also showed excellent retention of 84% (S/CNT: 66%). This is the result of suppressing the dissolution of lithium polysulfide into the electrolyte by the strong chemical bond between NiO and lithium polysulfide during the charging and discharging process. In addition, for the flexibility test of the S/CNT/NiO electrode, the 1.6 × 4 cm² pouch cell was prepared and exhibited stable cycle characteristics of 620 mA h g^-1 in both the unfolded and folded state.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.223-234
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• 2010

In this review, the theory and applications of the complex capacitance analysis, which can be utilized in analyzing capacitor-like electrochemical systems, were summarized. Theoretically, it was suggested that the imaginary capacitance plots (Cim vs. log f) can provide a simple way to analyze electrochemical characteristics of capacitive systems, without complicated mathematical calculations. The usefulness of the complex capacitance analysis has been demonstrated by applying it to analyze EDLC characteristics of practical porous carbon electrodes, ionic conductivities inside small pores, and ionic resistances in the catalyst layers of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.69-79
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• 2017

When designing a redox flow battery system, compression of battery stack is required to prevent leakage of electrolyte and to reduce contact resistance between cell components. In addition, stack compression leads to deformation of the porous carbon electrode, which results in lower porosity and smaller cross-sectional area for electrolyte flow. In this paper, we investigate the effects of electrode compression on the cell performance by applying multi-dimensional, transient model of all-vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). Simulation result reveals that large compression leads to greater pressure drop throughout the electrodes, which requires large pumping power to circulate electrolyte while lowered ohmic resistance results in better power capability of the battery. Also, cell compression results in imbalance between anolyte and catholyte and convective crossover of vanadium ions through the separator due to large pressure difference between negative and positive electrodes. Although it is predicted that the battery power is quickly improved due to the reduced ohmic resistance, the capacity decay of the battery is accelerated in the long term operation when the battery cell is compressed. Therefore, it is important to optimize the battery performance by taking trade-off between power and capacity when designing VRFB system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.84.2-84.2
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• 2018

최근 사람의 후각으로는 감지하기 어려운 유해, 폭발성 가스로 인한 안전사고 발생이 많아짐에 따라 높은 감도를 지닌 가스 센서의 필요성이 커지고 있다. 특히 가스 검지층으로 감도 및 안정성이 뛰어난 $SnO_2$를 이용한 가스 센서 연구와 더불어 촉매 효과에 대한 연구도 활발히 진행 중이다. 본 연구에서는 물리기상증착 공정의 증착압력 등 조건들을 변화시켜 형성한 다공성 나노 구조의 $SnO_2$ 가스 검지층 위에 촉매물질을 Sputtering 방식을 이용하여 증착하였다. SEM 분석을 통해 $SnO_2$ 검지층 내 촉매물질의 분포를 확인하였다. IDT 전극 기판 위에 먼저 나노 구조의 $SnO_2$ 가스 검지층을 형성하였고 그 후에 촉매물질을 증착하였다. 제작된 샘플은 $700^{\circ}C$에서 1시간동안 튜브 퍼니스로 열처리를 진행한 뒤 챔버 내에서 측정을 진행하였다. 측정은 $300^{\circ}C$에서 CO 농도, 습도를 변화시키며 감도, 반응시간, 회복시간에 대하여 분석하였다.