• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.139-147
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• 2019

Lithium-ion battery (LiB) with high energy density and efficiency has been utilized for the electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) as well as portable devices. However, as explosion accidents have frequently happened till lately, all-solid-state lithium secondary battery (ALSB) began to get in a spotlight because it can secure a very high safety and energy density by substituting flammable organic liquid electrolyte to nonflammable inorganic solid electrolyte. In spite of ALSB's certain merits, it has shown much poorer performance of cells than one of LiB due to some challenges, which have been small or never dealt with in the LiB system. Hence, although plenty of studies made progress to solve them, an approach about design of all-solid-state electrode (ASSE) has been limited on account of difficulty of ALSB's experiments. That is why the virtual 3D structure of an all-solid-state electrode has to be built and used for the prediction of cell performance. In this study, we elucidate how to form the 3D ASSE structure and what to be needed for the simulation of characteristics on ALSB. Furthermore, the ultimate orientation of 3D modeling and simulation for the study of ALSB are briefly suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 2004

The charge/discharge capacity of natural graphite anode in lithium secondary batteries was examined as a function of charge/discharge rate. When the natural graphite anode was galvanostatically cycled in the range of 0.0-2.0V $(vs.\;Li/Li^+)$, the charging capacity decreased with an increase in the charging rate, which is caused by an earlier approach to the charging cut-off (0.0 V) before the complete charging that is in turn caused by an ever-increasing overpotential at higher rates. Even if the overpotential of discharging reaction also increased at higher discharge rates, the discharging reaction took place in the range of 0.0-0.3 V that is far below the discharge cut-off (2.0 V). As a result, the discharge capacity was not affected by the discharge rate because all the lithium ions once intercalated are fully discharged even at high current condition. As the overpotential of lithium deposition reaction also increased at high current condition, the charge capacity of natural graphite could be enlarged by lowering the charging cut-off voltage below 0.0 V, There is, however, a limitation for the lowering of cut-off voltage because the resistance for lithium deposition is smaller than that of lithium intercalation into graphite. When the charge cut-off voltage was lowered down to -0.04 V under IC condition, lithium ions were inserted into graphite without lithium deposition such that the discharge capacity could be raised up to $11\%$.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.87-103
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• 2019

Nonaqueous organic electrolyte solution in commercially available lithium-ion batteries, due to its flammability, corrosiveness, high volatility, and thermal instability, is demanding to be substituted by safer solid electrolyte with higher cycle stability, which will be utilized effectively in large-scale power sources such as electric vehicles and energy storage system. Of various types of solid electrolytes, composite solid electrolytes with polymer matrix and active inorganic fillers are now most promising in achieving higher ionic conductivity and excellent interface contact. In this review, some kinds and brief history of solid electrolyte are at first introduced and consequent explanations of polymer solid electrolytes and inorganic solid electrolytes (including active and inactive fillers) are comprehensively carried out. Composite solid electrolytes including these polymer and inorganic materials are also described with their electrochemical properties in terms of filler shapes, such as particle (0D), fiber (1D), plane (2D), and solid body (3D). In particular, in all-solid-state lithium batteries using lithium metal anode, the interface characteristics are discussed in terms of cathode-electrolyte interface, anode-electrolyte interface, and interparticle interface. Finally, current requisites and future perspectives for the composite solid electrolytes are suggested by help of some decent reviews recently reported.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.91-94
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• 2003

탄소재료는 높은 전기전도도 및 기계적 강도, 화학적 안정성, 큰 비표면적(1000~3000 $m^2$/g) 등의 특성 때문에 연료전지, 리튬이온 이차전지, 전기이중층 캐패시터(electric double layer capacitor, EDLC)의 전극활물질로 주목받고 있다[1]. 일반적으로 활성탄소섬유는 1000~3000 $m^2$/g의 비표면적을 갖기 때문에 종래의 필름 콘덴서와 세라믹 콘덴서에 비해 비약적인 고용량(체적당 수천 배, Farad급)을 얻을 수 있다. 전기이중층 캐패시터는 수명이 반영구적이며 사용온도의 범위가 넓고 안전하다는 장점을 지니고 있으며 이러한 캐패시터의 성능은 전극으로 사용되는 활성탄소 섬유의 비표면적, 세공의 크기, 구조 및 형태, 표면의 관능기 및 전기 전도도 등의 특성에 크게 좌우된다[1-3]. (중략)

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.32-37
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• 2008

최근 연구가 활성화되고 있는 능동형 전파식별(RFID) 및 유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크(USN) 기술은 그 파급효과가 매우 크고 방대하여 향후 미래 핵심 산업으로 자리잡을 것으로 예상되고 있다. 이러한 RFID 센서 태그 및 USN 센서 노드의 구동을 위해서는 태그나 노드 규격에 적합한 초소형이면서도 경량이고 장수명성을 가지는 전원소자 기술을 확보하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 현재는 이러한 RFID/USN용 센서 태그/노드에 일부 적용되어 그 가능성을 인정받은 전원소자 중 대표적인 것으로 리튬 이차전지와 필름형 일차전지가 있다. 본 고에서는 RFID/USN용 전원소자의 기본 개념 및 규격, 그리고 요구조건 등을 소개하고 국내.외 연구 및 특허 동향과 시장전망 등을 분석하여 향후 기술개발을 위한 참고자료로 삼았으면 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.101-102
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• 2015

이차전지의 수명 평가는 크게 Cycle life test 와 Calendar life test로 나뉘어져서 평가 되고 있다. Cycle life test로 수명 검증을 위해서는 일반적으로 3000 사이클 이상 테스트를 진행 하여야 하지만 이 방법은 시간이 장기화 되어 신뢰성 검증 및 새로운 부품 적용에 한계가 따른다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 고온 챔버 및 사이클 시험기를 사용하여 빠른 시간 내에 평가를 할 수 있는 가속시험법을 적용하여 수명을 평가 한 연구결과를 발표하고자 한다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.87-94
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• 2023

The recovery of valuable metals from waste lithium-based secondary batteries is very important in terms of efficiently utilizing earth's limited number of resources. Currently, the cathode material of a LiFePO₄ battery, a type of battery which is widely used in automobiles, contains approximately 5% lithium. After use, the lithium in these batteries can be used again as a raw material for new batteries through lithium recycling. In this study, low-concentration sulfuric acid, a commonly used type of inorganic acid, was used to selectively leach the lithium contained in a waste LiFePO₄ cathode material powder. In addition, in order to compare and analyze the leaching efficiency and separation efficiency of each component, the optimalleaching conditions were derived by applying a two-step leaching process with pulp density being used as a variable during leaching. When leaching with pulp density as a variable, it was confirmed that at a pulp density of 200 g/L, the separation efficiency was approximately 200 times higher than at other pulp densities because the iron and phosphorus components were hardly leached at this pulp density. Accordingly, the pulp density of 200 g/L was used tooptimize the leaching conditions for the selective leaching and recovery of lithium.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.1059-1064
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• 1998

We have investigated various kind of graphite and MCMB6-28 to develop carbon negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery. The interlayer length of them was $3.358{\sim}3.363{\AA}$ and the BET specific surface area was $2.95{\sim}26.15m^2/g$. From this study, When the interlayer of them was large and the BET specific surface area was high, the electrochemical characteristics of them was very excellent. Adding 0, 3, 5, wt% of KJ-Black as conducting agent to various graphitic carbon active materials, interface resistance of electrode and electrolyte was less, but rechargeability was better at 3 wt%. At constant current charge and discharge test, discharge capacity was small according to large current.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.37-39
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• 2020

리튬이온 배터리는 동작하는 과정에서 필연적으로 열이 발생하기 때문에 적절한 열 관리에 대한 전략이 필요하다. 배터리에서의 발열은 가역적인 발열과 비가역적인 발열로 분류될 수 있으며 배터리의 용도별, 동작 조건 별 발열 특성이 상이하기 때문에, 배터리의 열적 안전성 확보를 위해서는 열적 특성에 대한 분석이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 고용량/고출력 리튬이온 배터리의 전기적 특성 실험을 수행하고 열적 안전성 분석을 위하여 발열 특성 분석을 수행하였다. 고용량/고출력 배터리 특성에 따라 가역적 발열과 비가역적 발열이 나타나는 특성이 상이한 것으로 확인되었으며, 또한 온도 측정 정보로부터 배터리의 내부 상태 특성을 추정하고 고장 진단 및 수명 특성에 활용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.124-129
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• 2014

In this article, we report the fabrication and characterization of carbon sphere/$Fe_3O_4$ nanocomposite for Li/air batteries. $Fe_3O_4$ nanoparticles are dispersed homogeneously on the surface of carbon spheres in an attempt to enhance the low conductivity of oxide catalyst ($Fe_3O_4$). The carbon sphere/$Fe_3O_4$ nanocomposite could offer wide surface area of $Fe_3O_4$ and increased carbon/catalyst contact area, which lead to enhanced catalytic activity. The electrode employing carbon sphere/$Fe_3O_4$ nanocomposite presented relatively low overpotential and stable cyclic performance compared with the electrode employing carbon sphere.