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Vapor-phase Oxidation of Alkylaromatics over V/TiO2 and VSb/Al2O3 Catalysts: Effect of Alkali Metals

  • Yoon, Ji-Woong;Jhung, Sung-Hwa;Chang, Jong-San
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.2405-2408
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    • 2007
  • Oxidation of alkylaromatics including toluene and p-methoxytoluene has been carried out over alkali metal (AM)-containing catalysts such as AM-V/TiO2 and AM-VSb/Al2O3 in vapor-phase using oxygen as an oxidant. The selectivity for partial oxidations increases with incorporation of an alkali metal or with increasing the basicity of alkali metals (from Na to Cs), irrespective of the supports or reactants. However, the conversion is nearly constant or slightly decreasing with the addition of alkali metals in the catalyst. The increased selectivity may be related with the decreased acidity even though more detailed work is necessary to understand the effect of alkali metals in the oxidation. The AM-VSb/Al2O3 may be suggested as a potential selective catalyst for vapor-phase oxidations.

Fabrication High Covered and Uniform Perovskite Absorbing Layer With Alkali Metal Halide for Planar Hetero-junction Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Lee, Hongseuk;Kim, Areum;Kwon, Hyeok-chan;Moon, Jooho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.427-427
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    • 2016
  • Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite have attracted significant attention as a new revolutionary light absorber for photovoltaic device due to its remarkable characteristics such as long charge diffusion lengths (100-1000nm), low recombination rate, and high extinction coefficient. Recently, power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cell is above 20% that is approached to crystalline silicon solar cells. Planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells have simple device structure and can be fabricated low temperature process due to absence of mesoporous scaffold that should be annealed over 500 oC. However, in the planar structure, controlling perovskite film qualities such as crystallinity and coverage is important for high performances. Those controlling methods in one-step deposition have been reported such as adding additive, solvent-engineering, using anti-solvent, for pin-hole free perovskite layer to reduce shunting paths connecting between electron transport layer and hole transport layer. Here, we studied the effect of alkali metal halide to control the fabrication process of perovskite film. During the morphology determination step, alkali metal halides can affect film morphologies by intercalating with PbI2 layer and reducing $CH3NH3PbI3{\cdot}DMF$ intermediate phase resulting in needle shape morphology. As types of alkali metal ions, the diverse grain sizes of film were observed due to different crystallization rate depending on the size of alkali metal ions. The pin-hole free perovskite film was obtained with this method, and the resulting perovskite solar cells showed higher performance as > 10% of power conversion efficiency in large size perovskite solar cell as $5{\times}5cm$. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) are analyzed to prove the mechanism of perovskite film formation with alkali metal halides.

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Preparation of Waterborne Polyurethane Coating Solutions with Antistatic Property from Alkali Metal Salts (알카리 금속염으로부터 대전방지용 수분산 폴리우레탄 코팅용액 제조)

  • Hong, Min Gi;Kim, Byung Suk;Lee, Yong Woon;Song, Ki Chang
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.427-434
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    • 2012
  • Waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUD) were synthesized from poly (carbonate diol), isophrone diisocyanate and dimethylol propionic acid at different NCO/OH molar ratios. Subsequently, the PUD was mixed with different types of alkali metal salts ($LiClO_4$, $NaClO_4$, and $KClO_4$) to prepare antistatic waterborne polyurethane coating solutions. Effects of the types and amounts of alkali metal salts were investigated on the surface resistances of the resulting coating films. The surface resistances of coating films were decreased with increasing the amounts of alkali metal salts added in the PUD. The coating films prepared with the same amount of alkali metal salts showed increased ionic conductivity with the order of $LiClO_4$ > $NaClO_4$ > $KClO_4$. Also, the surface resistances of coating films were increased with increasing the molar ratios of NCO/OH in the PUD.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Density Functional Theory Investigation for Thiacalix[4]biscrown and its Complexes with Alkali-Metal Cations

  • Hong, Joo-Yeon;Lee, Che-Wook;Ham, Si-Hyun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.453-456
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    • 2010
  • The structural and energetic preferences of thiacalix[4]biscrown-5 with and without alkali metal ions ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Rb^+$, and $Cs^+$) have been theoretically investigated for the first time using molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and density functional theory (MPWB1K/6-31G(d)//B3LYP/6-31G(d)) methods. The formation of the metal ion complex by the host is mainly driven by the electrostatic attraction between crown-5 oxygens and a cation together with the minor contribution of the cation-$\pi$ interaction between two facing phenyl rings around the cation. The computed binding energies and the atomic charge distribution analysis for the metal binding complexes indicate the selectivity toward a potassium ion. The theoretical results herein explain the experimentally observed extractability order by this host towards various alkali metal ions. The physical nature and the driving forces for cation recognition by this host are discussed in detail.

Measurement of the Drift Velocity for Electron Swarm in a Alkali Metal Using a Induced Current Method (유도 전류법을 이용한 알칼리 금속중에서 전자군의 이동속도 측정)

  • Baek, Yong-Hyeon;Ha, Seong-Cheol;Lee, Bok-Hui;Yu, Gwang-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1985.07a
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    • pp.215-218
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    • 1985
  • In this paper, The electron drift velocity was measured from an experimental study of the open end heat pipe system by induced current method as alkali metal vapour was generated in ordinary region of a drift tube. The test condition was alkali metal vapour range from 3.6 to 20.1(Torr), temperature of 667 to 755(K), and E/N of $1{\times}10^{-16}$ to $1{\times}10^{-15}(v.cm^2)$. The results of this study were obtained essentially the same as the extrapolated prediction curve for electron drift velocity in the alkali metal Vapour of J. Lucas et 31 with range of E/N: $1{\times}10^{-17}$ to $1{\times}10^{-16}(v.cm^2)$, and the electron drift velocity was obtained the result an increase in alkali to E/N range from E/N $2.8{\times}10^{-17}$ to $5.6{\times}10^{-16}(v.cm^2)$ (E/N From 2.8 to 50 Td).

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A Study of Alkali Metal Vapor Adsorption Behavior by Using Pressurized Reactor (가압반응기를 이용한 알칼리금속증기 흡착특성에 관한 연구)

  • 전수한;최병철;김형택
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.114-121
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    • 2002
  • Alkali metal compounds existed in original coal or sorbents are exhausted as vapor or small particle at the outlet of combustor when operating PFBC power plant. These compounds can be removed with dust removal equipment, but total generation efficiency will be decreased because of lower operating temperature of dust removal equipment. Alkali metal contained in vapor phase is initially deposited onto turbine blade results in serious corrosion. The concentration of alkali vapor in the PFBC flue gas is 20∼40 ppm which is dependent on mineral characteristics and composition as well as operating condition of PFBC. However, the allowance limit of alkali metal vapor is assigned as less than 50 ppb for gas turbine when coal or oil is used as fuel. Therefore, alkali metal vapor in PFBC or IGCC process should be removed by solid sorbents to prevent corrosion of turbine blade and improve plant efficiency. In the present investigation, powder of Bauxite, Kaolinite and Limestone is used in the preparation of cylinder-type pellet which is inserted into the pressurized alkali removal reactor for the alkali absorption experiment. Experimental results showed that the alkali removal efficiency in the order of Bauxite, Kaolinite and Limestone. Alkali vapor removal efficiency is related with reaction temperature, porosity of pellet and alkali vapor concentration of flue gas.

Separation of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Ions using Novel HDBPDA Ion Exchanger and Its Ion Exchange Characteristics (새로운 HDBPDA 이온교환체를 사용한 알칼리 및 알칼리토금속 이온들의 분리와 그의 이온교환특성)

  • Kim, Dong-Won;Kim, Chang-Suk;Choi, Ki-Young;Jeon, Young-Shin;Yoon, Yeo-Hag
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.37 no.9
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    • pp.820-825
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    • 1993
  • The ion exchange capacity of HDBPDA ion exchanger, {(4,5) : (13,14)-dibenzo-6,9,12-trioxa-3,15,21-triazabicyclo[15.3.l]heneicosa-(1,17,19)(18,20,21) triene ion exchanger: HDBPDA ion exchanger} was 3.8 meq/g. The distribution coefficients of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions in water and the various concentration of hydrochloric acid were determined. Concentration of hydrochloric acid have almost not influenced on the distribution coefficients of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions, but generally, the distribution coefficient was slightly increased with decrease of concentration of hydrochloric acid. The distribution coefficients of metal ions in water are larger than those of various hydrochloric acid concentrations. Also, alkali and alkaline earth metal ions are separated by column ion exchange chromatography using HDBPDA ion exchange with water as eluent. The distribution coefficents of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions were increased with increase of ionic radii of metal ions.

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Solvent Extractions of Alkali Metal Cations and Alkaline Earth Cations by Ionizable Crown Ether Phosphonic Acids (이온성 크라운에테르 포스포닉산에 의한 알칼리 금속 양이온과 알칼리 토금속 양이온의 용매추출)

  • Chung, Yeong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2005
  • A comparison of alkali metal cation and alkaline earth cation solvent extraction was made for three additional monoionizable crown ethers and one diionizable crown ether. sym-(n-Octyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxyacetic acid $\underline{1}$ exhibited high efficiency and selecvity in solvent extraction of alkali metal cations with respect to that observed with alkaline earth cations. Sizes of $Na^+$ and $Ca^{2+}$ appropriately match with the cavity size of monoethyl sym-bis[4(5)-tert-butylbenzo]-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid $\underline{3}$. As the result, $Na^+$ and $Ca^{2+}$ are the best extracted. sym-(n-Octyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethyldiphosphonic acid $\underline{4}$was found to be somewhat selective for $Na^+$ over $Li^+$ and other alkaline earth metal cations. In the complexation of alklaine earth cations by crown ether diphosphonic acid $\underline{4}$, $Ca^{2+}$ and $Sr^{2+}$ are the appropriate sizes, but lager $Ba^{2+}$ may be due to favorable formation of a sandwich type complex between the crown ether cavity and the dianion of the deprotonated crown ether phoaphonic acid moiety.