• Clean Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.107-111
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• 2006

Two types of mesoporous carbons, CMK-3 and CMK-5, were prepared using mesoporous silica as a removable template, and their hydrogen storage capacities were evaluated. For the purpose of comparison, MWCNT (multi-walled carbon nanotubes) was selected and the adsorption of hydrogen was measured. The amount of hydrogen adsorbed on carbon materials was found to be closely related to the surface areas of carbon samples: The higher the surface area of the carbon material, the larger amount of hydrogen was adsorbed. The hydrogen storage capacity increased in the order of CMK-5 > CMK-3 > MWCNT. In addition, hydrogen storage capacity was greatly enhanced by the Pd-doping onto CMK-5. When the metallic Pd was doped on the carbon material, the adsorption amount of hydrogen via a hydrogen spill-over mechanism was crucial to the hydrogen storage capacity of Pd-doped CMK-5.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.99-110
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• 2007

Efficient and inexpensive hydrogen storage is an essential prerequisite for the utilization of hydrogen, one of the new and clean energy sources for $21^{st}$ century. In this review, several storage techniques are briefly reviewed and compared. Especially, adsorption/storage via physisorption at low temperature, by using nanoporous adsorbents, is reviewed and evaluated for further developments. The adsorption over a porous material at low temperature is currently investigated deeply to fulfill the storage target. In this review, several characteristics needed for the high hydrogen adsorption capacity are introduced. It may be summarized that following characteristics are necessary for high storage capacity over porous materials: i) high surface area and micropore volume, ii) narrow pore size, iii) strong electrostatic field, and iv) coordinatively unsaturated sites, etc. Moreover, typical results demonstrating high storage capacity over nanoporous materials are summarized. Storage capacity up to 7.5 wt% at liquid nitrogen temperature and 80 atm is reported. Competitive adsorbents that are suitable for hydrogen storage may be developed via intensive and continuous studies on design, synthesis, manufacturing and modification of nanoporous materials.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.148.1-148.1
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• 2012

로켓 혹은 우주발사체의 주엔진에는 대부분 연료와 산화제를 연소시켜 나오는 에너지를 사용하는 화학로켓이 주종을 이루어 왔다. 이러한 로켓엔진에서 그동안 연료로는 수소계, 탄화수소계, 아민계 등 다양한 화학물질이 사용되어 왔으나, 산화제로는 강한 산화성을 나타내면서 밀도가 높은 몇몇 물질만이 제한적으로 사용되어져 왔으며, 최근에는 주로 액체산소(LOx)와 사산화질소(N2O4)가 사용되고 있다. 그러나 산화제 중 액체산소는 극저온이면서 상대적으로 밀도가 낮고, 사산화질소는 강한 독성을 지니고 있으며 액체로 존재하는 구간이 좁아 연구 목적의 소형발사체를 구현하는 것에는 많은 어려움이 있다. 이러한 이유로 최근 소형발사체 개발분야에서는 상온저장성이면서 친환경적인 과산화수소(H2O2)와 아산화질소(N2O)를 산화제로 활용하는 것에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있으나, 대형 추진기관을 개발하는 연구자들로부터는 액체산소를 사용할 때 보다 엔진 자체의 비추력이 상대적으로 낮다는 이유로 활용이 외면되어 온 것이 사실이다. 본 연구에서는 엔진 자체의 추진성능 보다는 사실상 발사체의 목적이라고 할 수 있는 추진단 속도증분을 성능의 지표로 삼아 평가하였으며, 결과를 통하여 과산화수소와 아산화질소의 높은 밀도가 엔진의 낮은 비추력을 충분히 보상할 수 있음을 보였다. 과산화수소와 아산화질소는 교육/연구용 소형발사체 구성에 충분히 활용가능한 산화제이며, 실제 발사에서 충분한 비행성능을 기대할 수 있는 물질로 평가할 수 있다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.225.1-225.1
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• 2010

Within recent years attention has been focused on the method of hydrogen storage using metal hydride reactor due to its high energy density, durability, safety and low operating pressure. In this paper, a numerical study is carried out to investigate the coupled heat and mass transfer process for absorption in a cylindrical metal hydride hydrogen storage reactor using a newly developed model. The simulation results demonstrate the evolution of temperature, equilibrium pressure, H/M atomic ratio and velocity distribution as time goes by. Initially, hydrogen is absorbed earlier from near the wall which sets the cooling boundary condition owing to that absorption process is exothermic reaction. Temperature increases rapidly in entire region at the beginning stage due to the initial low temperature and enough metal surface for hydrogen absorption. As time goes by, temperature decreases slowly from the wall region due to the better heat removal. Equilibrium pressure distribution appears similarly with temperature distribution for reasons of the function of temperature. This work provides a detailed insight into the mechanism and corresponding physicochemical phenomena in the reactor during the hydrogen absorption process.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.93-110
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• 1996

금속수소화물은 열에너지 및 수소저장 또는 에너지변환장치 등에 많은 응용이 기대되고 있다. 특히 금속수소화물을 이용한 최근의 에너지 변환기술은 기술적으로 뿐만 아니라 경제성면에서도 그 가능성이 한층 높아지고 있다. 본문에서는 이와 같은 열변환장치의 하나인 열펌프의 제작에 필요한 동적특성을 P-C-T, 열 및 물질전달, 흡 탈착반응속도 그리고 성능 등의 관계에서 그 발전과정을 살펴보고, 그밖에 실용화에 따른 문제성도 논의하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.95-99
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• 2006

Electrochemical properties were studied for a single particle of active material of hydrogen storage alloy $(MmNi_{3.55}Co_{0.75}Mn_{0.4}Al_{0.3})$ and nickel hydroxides $(NiOH)_2$ for the secondary Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries using the microelectrode, which was manipulated to make electrical contact with an active material particle for cyclic voltammograms (CV) and potential-step experiments. As a result of CV test, it was found that three kinds of hydrogen oxidation peaks at -0.9, -0.75 and -0.65 V and hydrogen evolution peak at -0.98 V for hydrogen storage alloy were separately observed and two kinds of peaks of proton oxidation/reduction at 0.45 and 0.32 V and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at 0.6 V for nickel hydroxides were also more clearly observed. Furthermore hydrogen diffusion coefficient within a single particle was also found to vary the order between $10^{-9}\;and\;10^{-10}cm^2/s$ over the course of hydrogenation and dehydrogenation process for potential-step experiments.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.8-18
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• 2022

With rapid industrialization and population growth, fossil fuel use has increased, which has a significant impact on the environment. Hydrogen does not cause contamination in the energy production process, so it seems to be a solution, but it is essential to find an appropriate storage method due to its low efficiency. In this study, Mg-based alloys capable of ensuring safety and high volume and hydrogen storage density per weight was studied, and Mg₂NiH_x synthesized with Ni capable of improving hydrogenation kinetics. In addition, in order to improve thermal stability, a hydrogen storage composite material synthesized with CaO was synthesized to analyze the change in hydrogenation reaction. In order to analyze the changes in the metallurgical properties of the materials through the process, XRD, SEM, BET, etc. were conducted, and hydrogenation behavior was confirmed by TGA and hydrogenation kinetics analysis. In addition, in order to evaluate the impact of the process on the environment, the environmental impact was evaluated through "Material Life Cycle Assessments" based on CML 2001 and EI99' methodologies, and compared and analyzed with previous studies. As a result, the synthesis of CaO caused additional power consumption, which had a significant impact on global warming, and further research is required to improve this.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1153-1171
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• 2010

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. Although hydrogen can produce three times more energy than gasoline and seven times than coal, the most challenging problem in utilizing hydrogen as energy carrier is its storage problem. In contrast to the liquid hydrocarbon, hydrogen can not be stored or transported easily and safely because of its extremely low boiling point(21K). Recently scientists have made a tremendous achievement in storing hydrogen capacity in solid state materials such as carbon based and metal organic frameworks materials as well as metal hydrides. In this review the author reviewed the status of the hydrogen storage technologies in solid state, the advantages and disadvantages in each category of materials and the future prospects of hydrogen storage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.92-92
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• 1998

반도체 기술의 경이적인 발전에 힘입이 최근 휴대용 이동통신기기, 노트북 컴퓨터 등 무선전자제품의 폭발적인 수요와 함께 이들의 소형화, 경량화가 요구되어 전원인 2차전지의 경량화, 고용량화, 장수명화의 필요성이 절실해졌다. Ni-MH 전지는 Ni-Cd전지에 비해 에너지밀도가 1.5~2배에 이르고 충방전 cycle이 길며 오염물질이 없어 환경 친화적이라는 장점이 었다. Ni-MH 전지의 성능은 음극재료인 수소저장합금에 의해 좌우되므로 수소저장능력이 크고 내식 성이 우수한 합금개발이 중요하다. $CaNi_5$는 수소저장능력이 크고 매장량이 많아 값이 싸다는 장점이 있지만 KOH 용액에서 내구성이 떨어진다는 단점이 있어 주로 Heat Pump 재료에만 사용이 제한되어왔다. 본 실험에서는 결정 구조의 nanocrystalline 및 amorphous화함으로써 해리압의 변화, 방전용량의 변화 등 새로운 전극 특성을 나타낸다고 보고되고 있는 MG (Mechanical Grinding)방법을 통해 CaNis 합금의 전극특성의 변화를 살펴보았고, 아울러 고상-기상반응에서 표면에 형성된 산화피막을 제거하여 안정한 불화물을 표면에 형성시킴으로써 불순물 가스에 대한 내구성을 높이고 활성화특성을 향상 시킨다고 보고되고있는 불화처리 방법을 이용하여 불화처리 시간을 달리하면서 용액 속에서의 pH의 변화, ICP분석, 전극의 성능 및 표면 특성변화를 충방전 test, SEM 등을 통해 고찰하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.144-151
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• 2004

The effect of the cobalt content on the thermodynamic and, heat and mass transfer properties of the $MmNi_{5-y}B_{y-z}C_z(y=0.5{\sim}1.5,\;z=0.5)$hydrogen storage alloys has been studied systematically. The P-C isotherms curves show that with increasing cobalt content in the alloys, the plateau pressure of the hydrogen absorption and desorption and enthalpy(${\Delta}H$) increases steeply and the plateau region becomes flat, while entropy(${\Delta}S$) decreases. Also at the constant cobalt content the hydrogen transfer rate decreases with the reaction temperature, while the initial reaction kinetics increases. But the initial reaction with hydrogen completes within 1min, although the reaction proceeds about 30minutes thereafter.