• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.174-174
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• 2015

아연 도금 강판은 우수한 내식성으로 인해 널리 사용되고 있지만 최근 아연의 자원 고갈 및 지속적인 가격 상승문제로 인해 아연의 사용량을 줄이기 위한 연구 들이 진행 중이다. 최근 마그네슘이 첨가 된 아연 박막이 기존 아연 도금 강판에 비해 우수한 내식성을 갖는 결과들이 보고 된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 비대칭 마그네트론 스퍼터링 방식을 활용해 합성된 Zn-Mg 박막을 전기화학적 임피던스 분광법 (EIS)을 통해 침지시간에 따른 전하이동저항의 변화를 분석하였다. EIS와 XRD 분석 결과에서 Zn-Mg 박막이 부식되면서 형성되는 안정한 simonkolleite 상이 전하이동저항의 증가에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.212-214
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• 2020

리튬이온 배터리를 고온의 환경에서 장시간 운용함에 따라 배터리 내부 물질의 변형 및 특성 변화가 발생하여 안전성의 문제가 발생하게 된다. 배터리의 안전성을 향상하기 위해 배터리의 고장 및 이상 상태를 진단 및 탐지하는 기법들의 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 배터리의 이상 상황을 모사하기 위해 열폭주의 한 가지 방법인 고온의 환경에서 배터리의 특성 변화를 전기화학적 임피던스 분광법을 통해 분석하였으며, 등가회로 모델의 특성 인자를 활용하여 이상 상황을 탐지할 수 있는 이동 평균 추세선 기반의 이상 탐지 기법을 제안하며, 열폭주가 발생한 데이터를 통해 이상 탐지 기법을 검증한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.213-216
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• 2007

PEMFC의 전기화학적 반응은 촉매, 이오노머, 기공이 만나는 삼상계면에서만 일어나므로, 전극 구조의 최적화가 성능 향상 및 장기안정성 확보에 있어 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 전극 미세구조를 실시간으로 분석하기 위해 임피던스 복소캐패시턴스법을 도입하고자 하였다. 즉, PEMFC의 양극에 질소를 공급하면 0.4 V 부근에서 전기이중층 형성 반응만이 일어나는 것을 확인하였으며, 이때 음극에는 수소를 공급하여 기준전극 및 반대전극으로 사용하였다. 측정된 임피던스를 복소캐패시턴스로 변환하고 허수부를 주파수에 대해 도시하면 피크 형태의 곡선이 얻어지는데, (1) 피크 면적은 전극/전해질의 계면면적, (2) 피크 위치는 이오노머 네트워크에 의한 수소이온 전도 특성, (3) 피크 폭은 다공성 구조의 균일도를 각각 나타내므로, 피팅 없이 직접적인 해석이 가능하다는 장점을 가진다. 반면, 기존의 Nyquist 도시법은 피팅에 의한 분석이 필요하며, 전극층의 불균일한 구조로 인해 단순한 등가회로 구성이 어려운 문제점을 가진다. 최종적으로, MEA 제작 조건 및 운전 조건을 변수로 하여 임피던스를 측정하고 복소캐패시턴스 분석을 수행하여, 퇴화 경로를 규명하고 운전 조건을 최적화하고자 하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.46-54
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• 2008

In this paper, a low-cost impedance spectroscopy system(LCISS) suitable for modeling the electrochemical power sources such as fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors is designed and implemented. Since the developed LCISS is composed of simple sensor circuits, commercial data acquisition board and LabVIEW software, a graphic language with powerful HMI(Human-Machine Interface), it is expected ta be widely used in substitution of the expensive EIS instruments. In the proposed system, the digital lock-in amplifier is adopted to achieve the accurate measurements even in the presence of the high level of noises. The developed hardware and software is applied to measure the impedance spectrum of the Ballard Nexa 1.2kW proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack and an equivalent impedance model is proposed based on the measurement results. The validity of the proposed equivalent circuit and the developed system is proven by the measurement of the ac power losses of the PEM fuel celt stack by the ripple current.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.210-215
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• 2022

Two types of lignin materials with a different surface ionic character were used and polypyrrole layer was introduced on the lignin surface to obtain polypyrrole@lignin and polypyrrole@lignosulfonate composites using a simple chemical oxidation polymerization, reported in a previous article. Polypyrrole was effectively prepared regardless of the lignin type and the resulting composites were investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and impedance analysis. SEM and CV results showed that the obtained composites retained stable electrochemical properties after introduction of polypyrrole on the lignin surface. Impedance analyses showed that the surface properties of composites were dependent on lignin characteristics. In addition, the composites were embedded in agarose, an gelifying agent, to obtain conductive gels. It was found that the conductive gels possessed an electrical conductivity and also retained stable electrochemical properties, which indicated that the conductive gels might be useful for some applications.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.211-218
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• 2000

The effects of alloying elements, Cr, Mo, and N on repassivation characteristics of stainless steels were investigated by using the abrading electrode technique and a.c impedance spectroscopy. The role of alloying elements on the stability of passive film and their repassivation characteristics were examined using alloy steels such as Fe-Cr, Fe-Cr-Mo, 304, 304LN, 316, and 316LN. The electrochemical characteristics of the passive film were investigated by in-situ d.c. and a.c. electrochemical methods. Localized corrosion resistance is believed to have much to do with the stability and repassivation characteristics of the passive film. The effects of alloying elements on the current transients and repassivation kinetics were systematically examined by using the abrading electrode technique and a.c. impedance spectroscopy. The experimental results were analyzed in order to elucidate the relationship between passive film stability, repassivation characteristics, and alloying elements.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.664-671
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• 1998

Poly pyrrole polymer(ppy) has an excellent electrical conductivity and can be easily polymerized on anode to give various morophology according to doped anion on electroactive sites. To improve the properties of brittleness, ageing and hydrophobisity, poly furan polymer(pfu) having a high initiation potential was anodically implanted in this porous ppy film matrix to get the Pt/ppy/pfu(x)type of polymer composite electrode. Cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance methods were used to these electrode, where $PF_6^-,\; BF_4^-$, and $ClO_4^-$ ions were employed as dopants. The composition of the pfu(x) at the electrode was changed from 0 to 1.10, but the range was useful only at 0.1 to 0.2 as the redox electrode. The polymer composite electrode doped with $PF_6^-$ was better in charge transfer resistance by a factor of 40 times and in double layer capacitance by a factor of 20 times than others. The charge transfer in the polymer film of the electrode was influenced on frequency change and equivalent circuit of this electrode had Warburg impedance including mass transfer.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.191-195
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• 2000

Electrochemical properties of the oxygen electrode in phosphoric acid fuel cell have been studied using AC impedance method as a function of applied potential, operating temperature and teflon content in the electrode. The oxygen electrode reaction in the $105wt.\%$ phosphoric acid is characterized by a parallel resistive component, $R_p$ and a capacitive component, $C_p$ with serial electrolyte resistance, $R_s$. The conductivity of the phosphoric acid is found to be 0.31-0.47 S/cm in the range of $130\;to\;190^{\circ}C$ from the measured impedance. The increase of applied potential and temperature produced the decreased RP and the increased $C_p$, which means the increase of the oxygen electrode reaction rate. The single cells with the cathode of various teflon contents were tested, and the cathode with $40wt.\%$ teflon showed good performance, which is considered to be related to an optimized impedance behavior.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.495-499
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• 2010

To develop chemical and biosensors, this paper studies sensing characteristics of bulk carbon nanotube (CNT) electrodes by means of their electrical impedance properties due to their large surface area and excellence chemical absorptivity. The sensors were fabricated in the form of film and nano web style by using composite process for mass production. The bulk composite electrodes were fabricated with singlewall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes based on host polymers such as Nafion and PAN, using a solution-casting and an electrospinning technique. The resistance and the capacitance of electrodes were measured with LCR meter under the various amounts of buffer solution to study the electrical impedance change properties of them. On the experimental of sensor electrode, impedance characteristics of the composite electrode are affected by its host polymer and nanofiller and its sensing response showed saturated result after applying some amounts of buffer solution for test chemical. Especially, the capacitance values showed drastic changes while the resistance values only changed within few percent range. It is deduced that the ions in the solution penetrated and diffused into the electrodes surface changed the electrical properties of the electrodes much like a doping effect.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.620-628
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• 2014

Direct Carbon Fuel Cell(DCFC) is one of new power generation that the chemical energy of solid carbon can be converted into electrical energy directly. At the high temperature, the electrochemical reaction of the carbon takes place and the carbon reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide as followed overall reaction ($C+O_2{\rightarrow}CO_2$). However, in case of using the raw coals as a fuel of DCFC, the volatile matter containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen produces at operating temperature. In this study, the electrochemical reaction of Adaro coal was compared with Graphite. This work focused on the electrochemical reaction of two kinds of solid carbon by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy(EIS). The EIS results were estimated by equivalent circuit analysis. The constant phase element(CPE) was applied in Randle circuit to explain an electrode and fuel interface. The correlation between the fuel characteristic and electrochemical results was discussed by elements of equivalent circuit of each fuel.