• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.182-186
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• 2014

Two commercial carbon plates were evaluated as a current collector (bipolar plate) in the all vanadium redox-flow battery (V-RFB). The performance properties of V-RFB were test in the current density of $60mA/cm^2$. The electromotive forces (OCV at SOC 100%) of V-RFB using A and B current collector were 1.47 V and 1.54 V. The cell resistance of V-RFB using A current collector was $4.44{\sim}5.00{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ and $3.28{\sim}3.75{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ for charge and discharge, respectively. The cell resistance of V-RFB using B current collector was $4.19{\sim}4.42{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ and $4.71{\sim}5.49{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ for charge and discharge, respectively. The performance of V-RFB using each current collector was evaluated. The performance of V-RFB using A current collector was 93.1%, 76.8% and 71.4% for average current efficiency, average voltage efficiency and average energy efficiency, respectively. The performance of V-RFB using B current collector was 96.4%, 73.6% and 71.0% for average current efficiency, average voltage efficiency and average energy efficiency, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.128-131
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• 2010

Graphite sheet electro-deposited with lead was evaluated as a possible candidate for current collectors of lead acid batteries. Cyclic voltammetry was performed on the materials to evaluate the electrochemical properties. The graphite sheet electro-deposited with lead is electrochemically stable in the cathodic potential sweep. However, in the anodic potential sweep, the graphite sheet electro-deposited with lead is electrochemically unstable due to the oxygen evolution and the intercalation of sulfuric acid. Lead acid batteries were prepared by using a graphite sheet and a cast grid as current collectors for anode and performance test using those batteries was carried out. A lead acid battery with graphite sheets showed higher capacity and energy density than a conventional lead acid battery with cast grid.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.620-627
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• 1999

Electrochemical properties of the Al current collector being used in lithium ion batteries have been studied in the 4 different aprotic electrolytes(1 M $LiBF_4$ EC : DMC, 1 M $LiBF_4$ EC : EMC. 1 M $LiPF_6$ EC : DMC. 1 M $LiPF_6$ EC : EMC) employing cyclic voltammetry and impedance measurement. Al electrode showed a wide range of the electrochemical window(0.5~4.1 V vs. $Li/Li^{+}$). However, solid interfacial materials has been formed on the Al surface due to reduction of impurities($H_2O$, $O_2$, etc), lithium salts, and electrolytes at low applied potentials, and aluminum oxides in the highly oxidizing potential as well. Especially, Al current collector was susceptible to localized in consequence of impurities in electrolytes.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.51-54
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• 2022

The physical properties of the noble metal current-collector used for fuel cells are greatly influenced by the material porosity. Therefore, increasing the porosity of the material studies has attracted much attention. One of the most representative strategies is to use porosity additives in sintering materials. The conventional porosity additive had a threedimensional structure of a spherical powder. In this study, porosity additive with 2-dimensional (2D) nanosheet was used to decrease the sintering density of Ag current-collector and its effect was confirmed. As a 2D layered structure material, 1 nm-thick RuO₂ nanosheets were used as porosity additives.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.466-473
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• 2017

Recently, domestic railway related institutes are developing pantographs for high speed trains; to lighten the upper arm, this device has a composite structure of CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) and aluminum instead of conventional steel. In the case of KTX-Sancheon, the pantograph must have a large current capacity because this system is of power-car type, supplying all necessary power for the train through a single pantograph. If the thickness of the pipe is arbitrarily increased in order to increase the current carrying capacity, without analyzing the thermal characteristics of the aluminum pipe, the increase in the weight of the upper arm may cause degradation of the current collecting performance. Therefore, in this paper, using the thermal analysis technique, we analyze the temperature change characteristics of the aluminum pipe of the upper arm over time, while receiving power at the stationary state of the KTX-Sancheon; we also examine the adequacy of the minimum thickness of the aluminum pipe in accordance with the proposed pantograph flow capacity.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.533-539
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• 2010

Ni-YSZ supported button cells were prepared by spray-coating YSZ and screen-printing YSZ-LSM powder as an electrolyte and oxygen electrode on Ni-YSZ cermet disks. In order to identify the polarization loss mechanism in high temperature electrolysis current-voltage characteristics coupled with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were investigated as a function of temperature, current load, and the humidity. The effects of the different current collectors of platinum and silver for oxygen electrodes were compared. With Ag current collector two polarization losses were distinguished. The high frequency component was attributed to the Ni-YSZ cermet which was less susceptible to temperature variation but increasing in loss with humidity. The lower frequency component was attributed to the LSM electrode. Platinum current collector led to a much lower polarization loss.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.62-62
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• 2015

전해 동박 제조는 원통형의 대형 제박기에서 전주도금 형태로 이루어지며, 생산성을 위해 고속의 유체 흐름속에 고전류밀도를 인하하여 고속 도금을 시행하고 있다. 도금이 된 동박은 코일형태로 말려 제품화되는데 길게는 수 Km의 길이로 감기게 되므로 동박의 두께가 불균일하면 감기는 것에 문제가 있을 뿐 만 아니라 PCB, 전지 집전체 제조시에도 문제를 일으킨다. 그러나 동박 제조는 대형의 음극에 고속 도금이 연속적으로 일어나게 되므로 현장에서 문제를 해결할 수 있는 방법은 거의 없다. 이러한 상황에서 수치해석적 기법으로 도금두께를 미리 예측하고 해석하는 것은 매우 도움이 되는 기법이다. 특히 아직까지 전류밀도 분포의 해석과 함께 유동해석을 커플링하여 도금 현장에 적용한 예는 그리 많지 않다. 본 연구에서는 FEM을 이용하여 제박기에서 발생하는 전류밀도 분포 및 유동을 해석하고자 하였다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.410-415
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• 2013

The supercapacitors were fabricated using silver (Ag) nano paste and activated carbon paste on the polyimide (PI) film and 5% potassium polyacrylate (PAAK) was used for gel electrolyte. In this paper, the current collector film and the electrode film were fabricated using screen printing. The thickness of printed silver paste was $7.3{\mu}m$ and the sheet resistance has the range of $5-7m{\Omega}/square$. An activated carbon with a surface area of $1,968m^2/g$, an electronic conducting agent (SUPER P, TIMCAL) and poly (4-vinylphenol) were mixed in 2-(2-buthoxyethoxy) ethyl acetate (BCA) with a ratio of 7:1:3 to fabricate the electrode paste. To analyze electrochemical characteristics, cyclic voltammetry was performed to evaluate the stability of the devices under the voltage range of -0.5-0.5 V. The calculated specific capacitances were 44.04 and 8.62 F/g for 10 and 500 mV/s scan rates, respectively.

• 기계와재료
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.84-95
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• 2010

연료전지는 무공해 동력원 또는 무공해 발전설비로서 필수적으로 요구되는 미래형 친환경 장치이다. 현재 발전용 연료전지를 중심으로 빠르게 기술발전이 이루어지고 있고, 발전용 고체산화물 연료전지는 가장 유망한 분야 중 하나로 산업계의 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 고체산화물 연료전지의 상업화에 있어서 해결해야 할 가장 큰 문제는 대용량화 기술 개발 및 제조비용을 낮추는 일이며, 단가 및 대용량화 문제를 해결하기 위해서 필요한 핵심부품 중의 하나가 금속분리판 및 금속 전류집전체이다. 본 고에서는 고체산화물 연료전지용 금속소재기술 및 부품제조 기술의 연구개발 동향을 소개하고 앞으로 나아가야할 연구방향에 대해서 논의해보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.241-241
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• 2003

고체산화물 연료전지(Solid oxide fuel cell : SOFC)는 연료기체가 소유하고 있는 화학에너지를 전기화학반응에 의해 직접 전기에너지로 변화시키는 에너지 변환 장치이다. 고체산화물 연료전지의 특성은 인산형, 용융탄산염형 및 고분자연료전지 둥 다른 연료전지에 비해 효율이 높고 공해가 적으며, 연료개질기가 필요 없고 복합발전이 가능하다. 그러나 작동온도가 고온(100$0^{\circ}C$)이어서 연결재 및 전지의 구성요소가 고가이고 전류집전 및 밀봉 둥 문제점을 가지고 있다. 전극 지지체식 연료전지의 개발은 얇고 치밀한 전해질 제조를 가능하게 하여 낮은 저항을 가지기 때문에 저온에서 작동을 용이하게 하여 고온작동시의 문제점을 해결하기 위한 방안으로 박막제조공정에 대한 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 또한 전지성능을 향상시키기 위해 전기화학적 반응면적과 가스 확산층을 넓게 하기 위한 기공률이 높고 전기전도도가 우수한 지지체 제작에도 많이 연구가 이루어지고 있다.