• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.619-625
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• 1995

Polycrystalline CdTe thin film has been studied for photovoltaic application due to the 1.45 eV band gap energy ideal for solar energy conversion and high absorption coefficient. The formation of low resistance contact to p-CdTe is difficult because of large work function(>5.5eV). Common methods for ohmic contact to p-CdTe are to form a p+ region under the contact by in-diffusion of contact material to reduce the barrier height and modify a p-CdTe surface layer using chemical treatment. In this study, the surface chemical treatment of p CdTe was carried out by H$\_$3/PO$\_$4/+HNO$\_$3/ or K$\_$2/Cr$\_$2/O$\_$7/+H$\_$2/SO$\_$4/ solution to provide a Te-rich surface. And various thin film contact materials such as Cu, Au, and Cu/Au were deposited by E-beam evaporation to form ohmic contact to p-CdTe. After the metallization, post annealing was performed by oven heat treatment at 150.deg. C or by RTA(Rapid Thermal Annealing) at 250-350.deg. C. Surface chemical treatments of p-CdTe thin film improved metal/p-CdTe interface properties and post heat treatment resulted in low contact resistivity to p-CdTe.Of the various contact metal, Cu/Au and Cu show low contact resistance after oven and RTA post-heat treatments, respectively.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.67-72
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• 2022

Concrete prevents corrosion of reinforcing bars due to its strong alkalinity. However, in the sea, strong alkali components with a pH of 12 to 13 are eluted, which adversely affects the ecological environment and growth of marine organisms. In this study, the mechanical properties and durability of the low alkali mortar were evaluated for the development of a low alkali mortar for the 3D printed artificial reefs. As a result of evaluation of strength characteristics, the α-35 mixture, which were produced with fly ash, silica fume and α-hemihydrate gypsum, satisfied the strength requirement 27 MPa in terms of compressive strength. As a result of pH measurement, it was found that mixing with alpha-type hemihydrate gypsum resulted in minimizing pH due to the the formation of calcium sulfate instead of calcium hydroxide production. As a result of the chloride ion penetration resistance test, the α-35 mixture exhibited the best performance, 3844C. As a result of measuring the length change over time, the α-35 mixture showed the shrinkage 33.5% less compared to the Plain mix.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.9
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• pp.91-96
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• 1968

1. Two strains of Aspergilli producing acid resistant amylase were isolated from air. The strain $U^{-1}$ and $U^{-2}$ were similar to Asp. usamii tan type mutant in the morphological characteristics. 2. The influence of cultural pH for production of amylase were investigated in the suface culture, it was different each other in the cultural optimum initial pH. The activity of acid resistant amylase produced by strain $U^{-1}$ was higher than that of strain $U^{-2}$. The acid resistance was increased by culturing in lower pH. 3. The lower initial pH ($U^{-1}$ pH 4.0, $U^{-2}$ pH 2.0) was better than neutral (pH 6.0) for the production of amylase and growth of them. The effect of low initial pH for the production of amylase was not to accelerate but caused by change of pH in the cultural process, in the range of this experiment.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.83-93
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• 2009

This study was carried out to investigate the physicochemical characteristics, intake rate, and sensory properties of kimchi provided to elementary school foodservice in Seongnam. Average amount of kimchi intake at the elementary school foodservice for lower grade(1~3) students and higher grade(4~6) students was 7.15 g(23.83%) and 11.15 g(37.17%) respectively. The physicochemical properties of kimchi provided to the school foodservice in Seongnam were different between head cabbage kimchi(Pogi kimchi, H product) and head cabbage kimchi for children(C product). The head cabbage kimchi showed the pH 4.31~4.65(average pH 4.45), 6.86~8.38 $^{\circ}Brix$(average sugar content 7.74 $^{\circ}Brix$), and salinity 1.36~2.20%(average 1.73%) whereas the head cabbage kimchi for children indicated the pH 4.23~4.45(average pH 4.32), 7.68~8.48 $^{\circ}Brix$(average sugar content 8.18 $^{\circ}Brix$), and salinity 1.38~1.80%(average 1.65%). The result of the sensory evaluation of head cabbage kimchi and head cabbage kimchi for children indicated that there was significant difference by grades and gender. Higher graders tended to prefer less sweet, less sour and salty kimchi, and girls preferred sweet and sour kimchi more than boys. Therefore, it is required to develop kimchi for children considering sensory characteristics by grades and gender.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1999

To find the latent effect of paper mill sludges (PMS) with and without alum, and alum paper mill sludge compost(PMSC) on aluminum toxicity of crops, the pH buffer capacity and the acidification resistance index (ARI) for PMSs and PMSC were investigated, comparing to upland soil. Buffer capacities of PMS with and without alum, and PMSC were significantly higher than $2.5cmol^+kg^{-1}$ of check soil as 137, 250, and $147cmol^+kg^{-1}$, respectively. Owing to such high buffer capacity of PMS and PMSC, they showed to be well-resisted to acidification.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.183-188
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• 1998

The efficiency of removing cadmium, copper, and lead from a contaminated soil of abandoned metal mine was studied in a laboratory investigation where citric acid were used to extract the metal from the soil. The contamination level of Pb, Cu in the soil A were 875.5, 667.5mg/kg respectively. The mobility and bioavailability of the metals in soil were also estimated by Sequential Chemical Extractions. Citric acid were examined for its potential extractive capabilities. Concentrations of the acid examined in this study ranged from 0.025 to 0.15M. The pH of the suspensions and S/S ratio in which the extractions were performed ranged from 2.4 to 8.1, and from 2.1:1 to 20:1. Results showed that the removal of contaminant using citric acid was pH and S/S raton dependent.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.346-348
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• 2002

This study estimated the effect of influent TAN concentration. temperature and pH in the airlift bioreactor(aeration rate; 1.5 vvm, HRT 0.35hr) using immobilized nitrifiers by PVA. At the effect of influent TAN concentration, removal rate was increased with increasing it and removal efficiency maintained 93${\pm}$2%. The optimum temperature for nitrification was $30^{\circ}C$ and at this point. removal efficiency was 95.5${\pm}$1.5%. It was effective to nitrify at $10^{\circ}C$ of low temperature. In the pH range from 7 to 9 in the bioreactor. removal rate and removal efficiency was 310${\pm}$10 $g/m^3$ day and 94${\pm}$3%.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.12 no.2 s.25
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• pp.99-106
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• 2006

The fate of chemical pollutants in the aquatic environment is generally considered to be strongly influenced by environmental factors such as pH, salinity and electrostatic charges on the surface of particles ai well as by the characteristic of chemicals. Oxolinic acid was measured by chemical analysis using HPLC to determine the effect of salinity, pH and suspended solids on chemical binding and by bioassay for measuring bioactivity. The higher contentration of suspended solids in the medium, the lower concentration of oxolinic and was detected in measurements from by both HPLC and biosssay analysis. This indicates particle may have a stronger binding or absorption effect on oxolinic acid. Bioassay analysis showed weaker bioacivity at higher salinity and pH 7.0, but this result of bioassay analysis was different from the result of HPLC.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.756-761
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• 2019

In this paper, we propose SC-SJ(Shielding Connected-Super Junction) UMOSFET structure in which p-pillars of conventional 4H-SiC Super Junction UMOSFET structures are placed under the shielding region of UMOSFET. In the case of the proposed SC-SJ UMOSFET, the p-pillar and the shielding region are coexisted so that no breakdown by the electric field occurs in the oxide film, which enables the doping concentration of the pillar to be increased. As a result, the on-resistance is lowered to improve the static characteristics of the device. Through the Sentaurus TCAD simulation, the static characteristics of proposed structure and conventional structure were compared and analyzed. The SC-SJ UMOSFET achieves a 50% reduction in on-resistance compared to the conventional structure without any change in the breakdown voltage.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.131-136
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• 2013

The aim of this study was to investigate the removal of fluoride using thermally treated pyrophyllite as adsorbent. Sorption experiments were conducted under batch conditions to examine the effects of adsorbent dose, reaction time, initial fluoride concentration and solution pH on fluoride removal. In the experiments, the pyrophyllite thermally treated at different temperatures [untreated (P-U), $400^{\circ}C$ (P-400), $600^{\circ}C$ (P-600)] were used. Results showed that the adsorption capacity was in the order of P-400 > P-U > P-600. The XRD analysis indicated that both P-U and P-400 were composed of quartz, dickite and pyrophyllite while P-600 was quartz. The BET analysis showed that the specific surface area was in the order of P-600 > P-400 > P-U. Kinetic data showed that fluoride sorption to P-400 arrived at equilibrium around 24 h. Equilibrium test demonstrated that the maximum sorption capacity of P-400 was 0.957 mg/g. In addition, fluoride removal by P-400 was not sensitive to solution pH between 4 and 10. However, fluoride removal decreased considerably at highly acidic (pH < 4) and alkaline (pH > 10) conditions. This study demonstrates that pyrophyllite could be used as a low-cost adsorbent for fluoride removal from aqueous solution.