• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.62-72
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• 2010

Solid oxide fuel cells(SOFCs) directly convert the fuel gases to electric energy through electrochemical reactions. The advantage of SOFCs is that they easily operate with diversified fuels such as natural gases owing to their high temperature operation. However, high temperature operation also incurs the challenge in enhancing long term reliability and durability of SOFCs. The most commonly used anode material is Ni/YSZ. This has, however, some drawbacks in terms of long-term reliability at high temperatures, hydrocarbon fuel usages, and so on, therefore the need to develop the new anode materials increases. This article summarizes the trend of the novel anode materials development of SOFCs.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.583-591
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• 2008

Recently, as a demand for the portable device is surged, there are needs to develop a new fuel cell system for replacing the conventionally used secondary battery. For this purpose, it becomes important to develop direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) that uses formic acid as a fuel. The formic acid can offer typical advantages such as excellent non-toxicity of the level to be used as food additive, smaller crossover flux through electrolyte, and high reaction capability caused by high theoretical electromotive force (EMF). With the typical merits of formic acid, the efforts for optimizing reaction catalyst and cell design are being made to enhance performance and long term stability of DFAFC. As a result, to date, the DFAFC having the power density of more than $300mW/cm^2$ was developed. In this paper, basic performing theory and configuration of DFAFC are initially introduced and future opportunities of DFAFC including the development of catalyst for the anode electrode and electrolyte, and design for the optimization of cell structure are discussed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.343-350
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• 2012

A planar solid oxide fuel cell (PSOFC) is studied in its application in a high-temperature stationary power plant. Even though PSOFCs with external reformers are designed for application from the distributed power source to the central power plant, such PSOFCs may sacrifice more system efficiency than internally reformed SOFCs. In this study, modeling of the PSOFC with an external reformer was developed to analyze the feasibility of thermal energy utilization for the external reformer. The PSOFC system model includes the stack, reformer, burner, heat exchanger, blower, pump, PID controller, 3-way valve, reactor, mixer, and steam separator. The model was developed under the Matlab/Simulink environment with Thermolib$^{(R)}$ modules. The model was used to study the system performance according to its configuration. Three configurations of the SOFC system were selected for the comparison of the system performance. The system configuration considered the cathode recirculation, thermal sources for the external reformer, heat-up of operating gases, and condensate anode off-gas for the enhancement of the fuel concentration. The simulation results show that the magnitude of the electric efficiency of the PSOFC system for Case 2 is 12.13% higher than that for Case 1 (reference case), and the thermal efficiency of the PSOFC system for Case 3 is 76.12%, which is the highest of all the cases investigated.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.136.1-136.1
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• 2010

고체산화물 연료전지(SOFC)에서 사용되는 연결재의 주 기능은 각 단위 셀의 연료극과 다음 셀의 공기극을 전기적으로 연결하여, 공기와 사용연료의 분리역할을 하기위해 사용된다. SOFC용 연결재는 다른 구성요소 소재보다 높은 전기전도성, 낮은 이온전도성이 요구되며 SOFC는 고온에서 작동되기 때문에 다른 구성 소재들과 유사한 열팽창계수와 물리, 화학적인 안정성이 요구된다. 현재 연결재 제조기술은 plasma coating, sputtering, screen printing, 전사법등 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 저렴한 비용으로 대량생산이 용이한 고상반응법을 적용하여 세라믹연결재를 제조하고, 그 특성을 연구하였다. 세라믹 연결재로서 선정한 합성조성은 $(La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3})(Cr_{0.9}Co_{0.1})O_3$로 SOFC 작동온도에서 높은 전기전도도를 나타낸다. LCCO 연결재를 1300, 1400 및 $1500^{\circ}C$에서 합성을 진행하였을 때 출발원료로 $CaCO_3$를 $CaF_2$로 대체하였을 때의 소결특성을 평가하였고, SEM과 XRD분석을 통하여 균질하고 결정성이 우수한 분말이 합성된 것을 확인하였고 DC impedance analyzer를 사용하여 전기전도도를 측정하였다. TMA를 사용하여 열팽창계수를 측정한 결과 YSZ(${\sim}10.8{\times}10^{-6}/^{\circ}C$)와 동일한 값을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 2010

A solid oxide fuel cells(SOFC) is a clean energy technology which directly converts chemical energy to electric energy. When the SOFC is used in cogeneration then the efficiency can reach higher than 80%. Also, it has flexibility in using various fuels like natural gases and bio gases, so it has an advantage over polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in terms of fuel selection. A typical cathode material of the SOFC in conjunction with yttria stabilized zirconia(YSZ) electrolyte is still Sr-doped $LaMnO_3$(LSM). Recently, application of mixed electronic and ionic conducting perovskites such as Sr-doped $LaCoO_3$(LSCo), $LaFeO_3$(LSF), and $LaFe_{0.8}Co_{0.2}O_3$(LSCF) has drawn much attention because these materials exhibit lower electrode impedance than LSM. However, chemical reaction occurs at the manufacturing temperature of the cathode when these materials directly contact with YSZ. In addition, thermal expansion coefficient(TEC) mismatch with YSZ is also a significant issue. It is important, therefore, to develop cathode materials with good chemical stability and matched TEC with the SOFC electrolyte, as well as with high electrochemical activity.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.137-147
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• 2000

Not only study of fuel cell performance but study of fuel cell application is very important, therefore these studies were paralleled together for the commercialization of exciting power generation. The objective of this study is to determine the characteristics of shaft power and efficiency as a function of rpm and to compare natural convection air method to forced air method. From these results, performance of forced air was better than that of natural convection air because it enables to improve mass transportation by increasing air flow rate. With decreasing shaft power, efficiency of fuel cell decreases remarkably because dc motor drives at the low range of efficiency. Fuel cell powered vehicle has to be driven considering efficiency and shaft power. It should be driven at 35-45% of efficiency and 0.55-0.75v/cell.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.368-371
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• 2006

[ $La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}Co_{1-x}Mn_xO_3$ ] cathode as a high performance cathode on YSZ electrolyte was studied by analyzing impedance spectra. It was shown that cathode property of $La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}Co_{1-x}Mn_xO_3$ is bet ter than that of$La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}CoO_3$. At $700^{\circ}C$ in air environment, $La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}Co_{0.4}Mn_{0.6}O_3$ cathode on CGO- layered YSZ electrolyte showed very low area specific resistance of $0.14{\Omega}cm^2$, which is low enough for intermediate-temperature sol id oxide fuel cells. This is because material properties of ionic conductivity and thermal expansion compatibility with electrolyte were optimized. Judging from activation energy and oxygen part i al pressure dependance of cathode property, it was noted that oxygen surface exchange kinetics is dominantly influential on cathode property in higher temperature region than $700^{\circ}C$ and oxygen self-diffusion in cathode material is more influential in lower temperature region.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.48-55
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• 2024

The electrochemically active site of mixed ionic and electronic conductor (MIEC) as a cathode material is restricted to the triple phase boundary in protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) due to the insufficient of proton-conducting properties of MIEC. This study primarily focused on expanding the electrochemically active site by La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3-δ(LSCF6428)-BaZr_0.4Ce_0.4Y_0.1Yb_0.1O_3-δ (BZCYYb4411) composite cathode. The electrochemical properties of the composite cathode were evaluated using anode-supported PCFC single cells. In comparison to the LSCF6428 cathode, the peak power density of the LSCF6428-BZCYYb4411 composite cathode is much enhanced by the reduction in both ohmic and non-ohmic resistance, possibly due to the increased electrochemically active site.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.9.1-9.1
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• 2011

나노입자는 벌크에 비해 월등히 큰 비표면적(surface-to-volume ratio)과 작은 사이즈에서 오는 양자효과로 인해 촉매나 나노 전자 소자 등 여러 분야에서 응용되고 있다. 특히 백금 나노입자는 수소나 메탄올의 산화, 산소환원 반응의 독보적인 촉매로서 연료전지의 산화극과 환원극의 촉매로 널리 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 높은 가격의 백금의 사용량을 줄일 수 있는 합금 나노입자 촉매에 대한 연구의 일환으로 Pd, Au, Cu, Ag 등의 원소를 활용한 합금 나노입자에 대한 구조 및 열역학적 안정성에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 다양한 합금에 대한 원자간 포텐셜을 개발하였고, 이를 기반으로 몬테카를로 및 분자동력학 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 Pd-Pt, Cu-Pt, Ag-Pt, Au-Pt 이원계 합금 나노입자의 다양한 원자 구조 및 형상에 따른 결합에너지와 열역학적 특성에 대하여 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.266-266
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• 2015

전 세계적으로 무한한 청정에너지 개발에 대한 연구가 주목받고 있다. 그 중, 수소에너지는 화석연료의 고갈과 환경문제를 동시에 해결할 수 있는 자원이며 수소 생산 방법 중에서도 태양에너지를 이용한 수소 생산 기술은 가장 이상적인 수소 생산 시스템이라 할 수 있다. 대표적인 광전극 소재로는 $WO_3$, ZnO, $Fe_2O_3$, $BiVO_4$ 등과 같은 무기 소재가 주로 사용되고 있으며, 최근에는 Si, CIGS 등과 같은 태양전지와 상기 광전극을 집적하는 탄뎀형 소재/소자가 개발되고 있다. 광전반응이 우수한 전도성 고분자는 광전기화학 전지의 소재로 개발되고 있다. 그러나 유기물의 수중 불안전성 문제 때문에 직접적으로 물에 침전시키는 것이 아니라 외부의 인가 전원용으로 그 사용이 제한적이다. 본 연구에서는 유기계 소재의 direct energy conversion을 위한 효율 및 수중 안정성 향상을 위하여 Ni계 촉매 및 그래핀옥사이드가 융합된 유기기반 광전기화학전지를 개발하였다.