• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-39
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• 1992

THF-based crown-4 of 16-membered rings having tetrahydrofuran unit was synthesized by an acid-catalyzed condensation of furan and acetone followed by hydrogenation in an effort to obtain highly elective ionophores for lithium ions. The new ionophore was compared with previously reported ionophores under similar measurement conditions with the same plasticizer, tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate in poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC) membrane electrodes. Separate solution method was used to determine relative selectivity coefficients for the electrode. The selectivity coefficients($K_{LiM}^{POT}$) of lithium over ammonium, alkali and alkaline earth metal ions go from about $2.4{\times}10^{-1}$ to $2.3{\times}10^{-4}$ to working range and pH dependence have also been studied.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

In this study polystyrene derivative, VBCE, having a cyclic carbonate was synthesized by Williamson reaction and polymerized to poly(VBCE) successfully in an usual polymerization conditions. The obtained polymer was blended with PEGMA and the effect of composition on the ionic conductivity was investigated. Interestingly, the ionic conductivity was decreased from $4.2{\times}10^{-5}S\;cm^{-1}$ to $3.93{\times}10^{-6}S\;cm^{-1}$ with the poly(VBCE) contents of 5.8mol%. From the DSC study, it was found that the $T_g$ of the blend was increased from $-50^{\circ}C$ to $-21^{\circ}C$ by the addition of poly(VBCE). Therefore, it is believed that the presence of a polar cyclic carbonate makes polymer matrix harder and it is necessary to design new structures less hindered the mobility of the matrix.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.425-433
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• 2017

As the problems related to the environmental pollution such as carbon dioxide emission are emerging, the need for the renewable energy and environmentally friendly energy is getting intense. Fuel cells are eco-friendly energy generation devices that generate electrical energy and produce water as a sole by-product. Compared to the traditional proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), anion exchange membrane alkaline fuel cell (AEMAFC) has a main advantage of possibility to use low cost metal catalysts due to its faster kinetics. The AEM, which conducts $OH^-$ ions, should possess high ion conductivity as well as high chemical stability at high pH conditions. We hereby introduce a crosslinked poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) having a spacer-type conducting group as novel AEM, and report a high ion conductivity ($67.9mScm^{-1}$ at $80^{\circ}C$) and mechanical properties (Young's modulus : 0.53 GPa) as well as chemical stability (6.8% IEC loss at $80^{\circ}C$ for 1,000 h,) for the developed membrane.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.192.2-192.2
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• 2016

최근 차세대 휴대용 전자기기나 전기자동차의 상용화 연구가 활발히 이루어짐에 따라 리튬이온 배터리가 주력 에너지 저장장치로써 활발히 개발되고 있다. 이러한 리튬이온 배터리의 음극 물질로써 주로 탄소재료가 많이 사용되어 왔지만 낮은 이론용량 (372 mAh/g)으로 인하여 좀더 높은 용량을 가지는 금속이나 합금 등이 주목을 받게 되었다. 그 중에서도 주석이 탄소재료에 비해 3배 정도 높은 이론 용량 (993 mAh/g)을 가지고 있어 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 하지만 주석의 경우 리튬이온 배터리의 충방전 과정 중에 급격한 부피 변화가 발생하여 음극이 손상되고 이에 따라 용량이 급격하게 감소하는 한계점이 있다. 이 한계를 극복하기 위한 많은 방법들 중 하나가 구리-주석 합금을 음극으로 사용하는 것이다. 구리는 비활성 금속으로 충방전 중의 부피 변화에 완충제 역할을 하고, 연성과 전기전도성이 있어서 배터리의 전기화학적 성능 또한 향상시켜 준다. 이에 따라, 본 연구에서는 주석이 풍부한 구리-주석 합금 도금을 통하여 구조적으로 튼튼한 리튬이온 배터리의 음극을 만들었고 그 성능을 확인하기 위하여 반쪽전지 실험을 통하여 500회 충방전 동안의 싸이클 특성 및 효율을 확인하였고 순환전압전류 실험 또한 진행하였다.

• Composites Research
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.401-407
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• 2016

IPMC is composed of thin ion conductive polymer film sandwiched between metallic electrodes plated on both surfaces. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) generates voltages when bent by mechanical stimuli. IPMC has a potential for the variety of energy harvesting applications due to its soft and hydrophilic characteristics. However, the large-scale implementation is necessary to increase the output power. In this paper, the scale-up of surface area effect on voltage generation characteristics of IPMC was investigated using IPMC samples with different surface areas. Also, a circuit model simulating both the output voltage and its offset variations was designed for estimating the voltages from IPMC samples. The proposed model simulated the output voltages with offsets well corresponding to various frequencies of input bending motion. However, some samples showed that the increase of error between real and simulated voltages with time due to the nonlinear characteristic of offset variations.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.109-120
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• 2017

The reverse electrodialysis (RED) is an energy generation system to convert chemical potential of saline water directly into electric energy via the combination of current derived from a redox couple electrolyte and ionic potential obtained when cation ($Na^+$) and anion ($Cl^-$) pass through cation exchange membrane (CEM) and anion exchange membrane (AEM) into fresh water, respectively. Ion exchange membrane, a key element of RED system, should satisfy requirements such as 1) low swelling behavior, 2) a certain level of ion exchange capacity, 3) high ion conductivity, and 4) high perm-selectivity to achieve high power density. In this paper, research trends and prospects of ionomer materials and ion exchange membranes are dealt with.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.45-51
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• 2010

This study focuses on the investigation of the possibility of the crosslinked poly (vinyl alcohol) membranes with both poly (acrylic acid-co-maleic acid) (PAM) and 3-(trihydroxysilyl)-1-propane-sulfonic acid (THS-PSA) for the direct methanol fuel cell application. In order to characterize the prepared membranes, the water content, the thermal gravimetric analysis, the ion exchange capacity, the ion conductivity and the methanol permeability measurements were carried out and then compared with the existing Nafion 115 membrane. The ion exchange capacity of the resulting membranes showed 1.6~1.8 meq./g membrane which was improved than Nafion 115, 0.91 meq./g membrane. In the case of the proton conductivity, the THS-PSA introduced membranes gave more excellent $0.042{\sim}0.056\;S{\cdot}cm^{-1}$ than Nafion 115, $0.024\;S{\cdot}cm^{-1}$. On the other hand, the methanol permeability was increased more than Nafion 115 for all the range of THA-PSA concentration.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.106-112
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• 2011

Aromatic copolyamides were prepared and their applicability to proton exchange membrane was studied. The copolymers contain two segments; thermally stable and mechanically strong poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA), and easily processable and good film-forming polysulfone. For the copolymers, different ratios of amine-terminated sulfonated ether sulfone monomer, terephthaloyl chloride, and p-phenylene diamine were sequentially reacted. The obtained copolymers were mixed with trimethylolpropane triglycidyl ether (TMPTGE), thermally cured, and converted into proton exchange membranes for fuel cell application. The reactions at each step and the molecular characteristics of precursor copolymers were confirmed by $^1H$ NMR, FTIR, and titration. The performance of the membranes was measured in terms of water uptake and proton conductivity. The water uptake, ion exchange capacity (IEC), and proton conductivity of the membranes increased with the increase of sulfonated ether sulfone segment content. Membrane containing 60 mol% sulfonic acid sulfone segment showed 1.88 meq/g IEC value. Water uptake was limited less than 110 wt% and the highest proton conductivity was up to $7.4{\times}10^{-2}$ S/cm ($25^{\circ}C$, RH=100%).

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.117-117
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• 2000

높은 광학적 투과성과 전기전도성을 갖는 ITO film은 solar cell같은 optoelectronic device나 휴대용 소형 TV, flat panel display 등의 투명전극으로 그 응용 분야가 광범위하여 많은 연구가 수행되어져 왔다. 기판으로서 유리를 사용할 때 생기는 활용범위 제한을 극복하고자 최근 유기물 위에 증착이 가능한 저온 증착방법에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 그 가운데 이온빔과 같은 energetic한 beam을 이용한 박막의 제조는 기판을 플라즈마 발생지역으로부터 분리시켜 이온빔의 flux 및 에너지, 입사각 등의 자유로운 조절을 통해 상온에서도 우수한 성질의 박막형성 가능성이 제시되어 지고 있다. ITO박막을 형성하는 방법 중 스프레이법이나 CVD법과 같은 화학적 증착방법은 증착시 350-50$0^{\circ}C$의 고온이 필요하고 현재 가장 많이 응용되어 지고 있는 sputter법은 15$0^{\circ}C$정도의 가열이 필요하므로 앞으로 응용가능성이 매우 커서 많은 연구가 진행중인 플라스틱과 아크릴 같은 flexible 한 기판위 증착에 적용이 불가능하다. 본 실험에서는 IBAD(Ion Beam Assisted Deposition)법을 이용하여 저온 ITO film을 유리와 유기막위에 증착하는 연구를 수행하였다. 유기막위에 증착된 ITO는 보다 가볍고 충격에 강하고 유리에 못지 않은 투과성을 가지고 있으나 현재 film의 quality 향상에 대한 요구가 증대되어 지고 있는 실정이다. 따라서, 본 실험에서는 dual oxygen ion gun의 조건변화에 따른 ITO film의 특성변화를 관찰하였다. 고정된 증？율에 한 개 ion gun에 ion flux를 고정시킨 후 또 다른 ion gun에서 발생하는 oxygen radical의 영향을 조사하였으며 oxygen radical의 rf power에 따른 변화는 OES(Optical emission spectroscopy)를 사용하였다. 너무 적은 oxygen ion beam flux나 oxygen radical은 film의 전도도 및 투과도를 저하시켰고 반면 너무 과도한 flux의 증가 시는 전도도는 감소하였고 투과도는 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 기판에 도달하는 oxygen ion flux는 faraday cup을 이용하여 측정하였으며 증착된 ITO film은 XPS, UV-spectrometer, 4-point probe를 이용하여 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.324-328
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• 1991

The Li$_2SO_4$ system containing various mol${\%}$ of CaSO$_4$ were synthesized. The structure and the electrical conduction of these system were studied at the temperature from 20 to 700$^{\circ}C$. In the region of CaSO$_4$ mol ratio higher than 0.05, it could be confirmed that Li$_2SO_4-CaSO_4$ system does not form solid solution. Due to the substituted Ca$^{2+}$, the transition temperature (monoclinic to cubic) is shifted to the low temperature. The ionic conduction of monoclinic Li$_2SO_4-CaSO_4$ increased with increasing lithium vacancy which was produced by substituted Ca$^{2+}$, but that fcc Li$_2SO_4-CaSO_4$ was not influenced by the substituted Ca$^{2+}$ ion.