• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.68-71
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• 2003

The performance of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) using multi-layer electrode, which prepared by various anode catalysts and Nafion membranes, was studied for reducing the amount of the metal catalyst loaded in the MEA system. The amount of the catalyst used in this experiment was $3-4 mg/cm^2$ in cathode and $1-2 mg/cm^2$ in anode, respectively. The best performance was to be $230 mS/cm^2$ of MEA3 at $90^{\circ}C$ and 2 bar in this experiment. However, the overall performance of the DMFC was maintained almost the same compared to the general commercial catalyst systems.

• 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.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.535-540
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• 2015

A microstrip gas chamber (MSGC), applied to digital radiography system, was designed and constructed. The microstrip electrodes were fabricated with Chrome(Cr.). by photolithography process on Silicon(Si) wafer and glass substrate. The width of anode and cathode electrodes was $10{\mu}m$, and $290{\mu}m$, respectively. The distance of the electrodes was $100{\mu}m$, and the active area was $50{\times}50mm^2$. And the number of anode was 80. The microstrip electrodes were damaged when discharges occurred over the 600 V of anode voltage. As the result of experiments. It detected the typical output signals of the pulse width, 20 ns, under the condition that the detecting gas was Ar(90%) + $CH_4$(10%), X-ray tube voltage was 42 kV, and tube current was 1 mA.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.125-131
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• 2001

A long-term variation of electrode polarization in the MCFC has been analyzed successfully using a single cell with a Au, $CO_2/O_2$ reference electrode Four different cells with different components were operated and their electrode polarizations were analyzed. As published in the literatures, the cathode polarization was larger than that of the anode. The more stable operation of a single cell with the Al-coated cell frame up to 6,000hrs indicates that the corrosion at the cell frame, particularly wet seal area, plays an important role to determine the lifetime of a MCFC. At the initial stage of the cell operation, the voltage of the cell using a cathode stabilized by the $LiCoO_2$ coating was relatively low due to the high cathode polarization. As the cell was operated and the stabilized cathode was lithiated sufficiently, the cathode polarization decreased and the cell voltage was recovered. It was observed that the voltage of the cell using the $Li_2CO_3/Na_2CO_3$ electrolyte fluctuated with operation time and the cathode polarization fluctuated along with the cell voltage quite similarly. Although the mechanisms of the voltage fluctuation were not clear yet, the results imply that the voltage fluctuation was related with a reaction in the cathode side. After testing every single cell, the cathode polarization increased with the steep decrease in the cell voltage. Thus, the cathode should be improved in order to develop more durable MCFC.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.69-73
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• 2002

Exposure measurement data with parallel plate ionization chambers were known to depend on the polarity ($k_{pol}$) effect. In this work, the polarity effect were investigated for three parallel plate ionization chambers with different volume. The ionization chamber was fabricated using acrylic plate for the chamber medium and printed circuit board for electrical configuration. The various sizes of the sensitive volumes designed so far were 0.9, 1.9, and 3.1 co. High voltage generator was fabricated using the conventional 9 V batteries to apply the high voltage (300-500 V) to the electrode of the parallel plate ionization chamber. The gap between two electrodes ranged from 3, 6, and 10mm. As the result of our experiment, the polarity effect was within 0.5% in photon beam and 1% to 3.5% in the electron beams. Among electron beams, 16 MeV beam, which had highest energy, showed less polarity effect than electron beams with other energies.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.373-380
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• 1993

The preparation method of Raney nickel catalyst and the effect of promotor for the hydrogen electrode in alkaline fuel cell were investigated with electrochemical methods. The best electrode performance was observed with the Raney nickel which was obtained at $700^{\circ}C$ of sintering temperature and 60:40 of nickel:aluminum. As titanium was added for promotor, the activity of catalyst and characteristic of electrode was improved. Especially, the electrode containing 2w/o of titanium showed the maximum mass activity of 2.4A/g and its mean particle size was $5.7{\mu}m$. The resistance and capacitance of the electrode containing 2w/o of titanium, measured with AC impedance spectroscopy, were calculated to the $0.3{\Omega}cm^2$ and $0.42F/cm^2$, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.58-64
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• 1980

A new type of multimicroelectrode array has been developed using integrated circuit technology in order to record action potentials from nervous systems. The size and pattern of the electrode array are determined accurately in a frow $\mu$m range by optical photolithogaphy. The electrical characteristics of the integrated microelectrode array were investigated. The practical applications of this electrode array in recording action potentials from a ventral nerve of a cockroach are shown.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.283-289
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• 2001

Composite cathodes of 50/50 vol% LSM- YSZ (La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$MnO$_3$-yttria stabilized zirconia) were deposited onto surface- Polished YSZ electrolytes by colloidal deposition technique. The cathode characteristics were then examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) and studied by ac impedance spectroscopy (IS). The typical impedance spectra measured for an air/LSM- YSZ/YSZ/Pt/air cell at $700^{\circ}C$ were composed of two depressed arcs. Addition of YSZ to the LSM electrode significantly enlarged the triple-phase boundaries (TPB) length inside the electrode, which led to a pronounced decrease in cathodic resistivity of LSM-YSZ composite electrodes. Polishing the electrolyte surface to eliminate the influences of surface impurities and to enlarge the TPB length can further reduce cathode resistivity. The cathodic resistivity of the LSM- YSZ electrodes was a strong function of operation temperature, composition and particle size of cathode materials, applied current, and electrolyte surface roughness.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10b
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• pp.171-174
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• 2006

본 연구에서 새로 합성한 적색 도판트 Red-1을 Physical vapor Deposition (PVD) 법을 이용하여 다층구조의 유기 발광 다이오드를 제작하였다. 적층된 유기물 층으로 정공주입층은 4,4',4"-tri [2-naphthyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine(2-TNATA) 정공 수송층으로4-4bis [N-(1-napthyl-N-phenyl-amino)biphenyl] (NPB)를 사용하였으며 전자 수송층은 tris (8-quinolinolato)-aluminum ($Alq_3$), 발광층에서의 host 재료로 사용한 물질은 $Alq_3$. 4,4'- N-N'-dicarba zole-biphenyl (CBP), 게스트재료는 Red-1, 정공저지층으로 2,9-dimethyl-4, 7-diphenyl -1 10-phen antroline (BCP), 전자 주입층으로는 lithiumquinolate (Liq)를 사용하여 보다 향상된 전기적, 발광특성을 보이는 소자를 제작하였다. 전하를 주입하는 전극으로 일함수가 큰 투명전극인 ITO (indium-tin-oxide)를 양전극으로, Al을 음전극으로 사용하였다. 그리하여, 발광층 내에서의 host재료 $Alq_3$와 CBP와의 energy transfer의 관점에서 그 특성을 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.185-190
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• 2003

고유전물질인 $HfO_2$ 극박막에 사용될 TaN metal 전극에 대한 특성에 대한 연구를 하였다. 고유전물질인 $HfO_2$는 4" p-type wafer를 SCI cleaning후 ALD(atomic layer deposition)을 통해 $50\AA$를 증착하였다. Ff source는 TEMAH를 이용하였으며 Oxygen source는 $H_2O$를 이용하였다. 이렇게 증착한 $HfO_2$ 극박막에 Ta target을 이용하여 질소 가스를 Ar가스에 첨가하여 reactive sputtering을 통해서 TaN 전극을 증착하였다. TaN 박막의 증착두께는 a--step과 TEM을 통해서 확인하였으며 면저항은 four point probe를 이용하여 측정하였다. 이렇게 증착된 $HfO_2/TaN$구조에 대한 전기적 특성을 측정하였다.