• Advances in nano research
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.373-392
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• 2017

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were successfully synthesized through a simple green route using the Nelumbo nucifera leaf, stem and flower extracts. These nanoparticles showed characteristic UV-Vis absorption peaks between 410-450 nm which arises due to the plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) confirmed the presence of amides and which acted as the stabilizing agent. X-ray diffraction spectrum of the nanoparticles confirmed the Face centered cubic (FCC) structure of the formed AgNPs. Dynamic light scattering technique was used to measure hydrodynamic diameter (68.6 nm to 88.1 nm) and zeta potential (-55.4 mV, -57.9 mV and 98.9 mV) of prepared AgNPs. The scanning electron micrographs of dislodged nanoparticles in aqueous solution showed the production of reasonably monodispersed silver nanoparticles (1-100 nm). The antimicrobial activity of prepared AgNPs was evaluated against fungi, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria using disc diffusion method. Anti-corrosion studies were carried out using coupon method (mild steel and iron) and dye degradation studies were carried out by assessing photo-catalytic activity of Nelumbo nucifera extracts mediated AgNPs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.298-303
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• 1988

Kinetic studies on cupric ion ($Cu^{2+}$) oxidation of 1-benzyl- and 1-aryl-1,4-dihydronicotinamides (XNAH) in aqueous solution were performed. In the presence of dioxygen ($O_2$), the reaction followed first order kinetics with respect to both XNAH and $Cu^{2+}$. The oxidation reaction was found to be independent and parallel to the acid-catalyzed hydration reaction of XNAH. The catalytic role of $Cu^{2+}$ for the oxidation of XNAH in the presence of $O_2$ was attributed to $Cu^{2+}/Cu^+$ redox cycle by the reactions with XNAH and $O_2$. The second order rate constants of the Cu2+ oxidation reaction kCu, and acid-catalyzed hydration reaction $k_H$ were strongly dependent on the nature of the substituents in 1-aryl moiety. The slopes of log $k_{Cu}$ vs log $K_H$ and log $k_{Cu}$ vs ${\sigma}_p$ of the substituents plots were 1.64 and -2.2, respectively. This revealed the greater sensitivity of the oxidation reaction rate to the electron density on the ring nitrogen than the hydration reaction rate. A concerted two-electron transfer route involving XNAH-$Cu^{2+}$ complex was proposed for mechanism of the oxidation reaction.

• Composites Research
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.345-349
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• 2021

The continued environmental pollution caused by fossil fuel consumption has prompted researchers around the world to develop environmentally friendly energy technologies. Electrochemical energy storage is the significant area of research in this development process, and the research significance of supercapacitors in this field is increasing. Herein, a simple electrodeposition synthetic route was explored to develop the MoP layered cathode material. The layered structure provided a highly ion-accessible surface for smooth and faster ion adsorption/desorption. After Fe was doped into MoP, the morphology of MoP changes and the electrochemical performance was significantly improved. Specific capacitance value of the binder-free FeMoP electrode was found to be 269 F g^-1 at 2 A g^-1 current density in 6 M aqueous KOH electrolyte. After adding Fe to MoP, an additional redox contribution was observed in the redox conversion from Fe³⁺ to Fe²⁺ redox pair, and the charge transfer kinetics of MoP was effectively improved. This research can provide guidance for the development of supercapacitor electrode materials through simple electrodeposition technology.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.377-389
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• 2022

The current global energy supply depends heavily on fossil fuels. This makes technology such as direct water splitting from harvesting solar energy in photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems potentially attractive due to its a promising route for environmentally benign hydrogen production. In this study, undoped and nickel-doped molybdenum oxide photoanodes (called photoanodes S₁ and S₂ respectively) were synthesized through electrodeposition by applying -1.377 V vs Ag/AgCl (3 M KCl) for 3 hours on an FTO-coated glass substrate immersed in molibdatecitrate aqueous solutions at pH 9. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used for microstructural and compositional characterizations of the photoanodes. In addition, the optical and photoelectrochemical characterizations of these photoanodes were performed by UV-Visible spectroscopy, and linear scanning voltammetry (LSV) respectively. The results showed that all the photoanodes produced exhibit conductivity and catalytic properties that make them attractive for water splitting application in a photoelectrochemical cell. In this context, the photoanode S₂ exhibited better photocatalytic activity than the photoanode S₁. In addition, photoanode S₂ had the lowest optical band-gap energy value (2.58 eV), which would allow better utilization of the solar spectrum.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 간단한 화학적 합성 방법을 통하여 스테인레스 기판 위에 nano-bud 형태의 수산화 구리 박막을 형성하였다. 그리고 또 다른 합성 방법인 chemical bath deposition을 이용하여 수산화 구리 나노 구조를 간단하고 친환경적으로 형성하였다. 수산화 구리 박막의 구조적 연구는 X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) 방법을 통하여 이루어졌으며 다결정의 nano-bud 형상을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 나노 구조로 합성된 수산화구리 전극의 전기화학적 측정은 1M KOH의 전해질 조건에서 cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD)에서 측정되었으며 $340Fg^{-1}$의 높은 비 용량을 보였다. 또한 $1mA\;cm^{-2}$ 의 전력 밀도에서 ${\sim}83Wh\;kg^{-1}$의 높은 에너지 밀도와 ${\sim}3.1kW\;kg^{-1}$의 높은 출력 밀도를 가지며 향상된 전극의 성능을 보였다. 이러한 뛰어난 의사 캐패시터의 성능은 수산화 구리의 nano-bud 형상에 의한 효과로 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통하여 화학적 합성 방법의 확장을 통하여 수산화 구리 전극의 에너지 저장 장치로써의 성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.96-102
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• 2022

수산화칼슘(Ca(OH)₂)과 인산(H₃PO₄) 수용액을 반응시켜 수산화아파타이트(hydroxyapatite, HAp)를 합성하였다. 3 M 이상의 고농도 수산화칼슘원료를 전구체로 사용하고 인산 첨가속도, 반응용액 유지시간, 반응생성물에 대한 볼밀링, 합성 후 열처리 같은 합성조건을 변화시켜 HAp를 합성하였다. 인산 첨가속도에 관계없이 상온에서 합성할 경우 주된 불순물상(phase)인 DCPD(dicalcium phosphate dihydrate)가 형성되었고, 700℃ 이상 가열 시 β-TCP(tricalcium phosphate)가 합성되기 시작해 900℃에서 그 양이 최대가 되었다. 합성된 분말을 1150℃에서 소결 할 경우에도 고온안정 불순물 상인 β-TCP 상은 없어지지 않고 남아있었다. 합성 수용액에 대한 볼밀링 후 3일 간 그 용액을 유지할 경우 DCPD 상이 없는 단일 HAp 상을 얻을 수 있었으며, 유지시간 없이 합성물에 대한 볼밀링 과정만을 거친 경우에도 500℃ 이상 열처리를 통해 β-TCP 상이 없는 단일상의 HAp를 얻을 수 있었다. 이러한 추가적인 볼밀링 과정을 적용함으로써 HAp를 손쉽게 합성할 수 있었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2004

양론조성에 근접하는 (Ca/P=1.62-1.67, molar ratio) 휘스커 및 짧은 막대형상의 수산화아파타이트 (Ca$_{10}$(PO$_4$)$_{6}$(OH)$_2$를 $\alpha$-Ca$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$($\alpha$-TCP) 수용액 (pH 11)의 가수분해와 수열반응으로 각각 합성하였다. 생성된 HAp의 입자형상은 합성방법에, 미세구조의 발달은 반응조건에 주로 의존하였다 가수분해의 경우 반응시간의 경과와 더불어 휘스커 입자들의 상호 교차와 장축방향에서의 응집이 일어났다 반면에, 수열처리에 있어서는 반응과정 중 임계크기(길이 0.75$mu extrm{m}$, 지름 0.3$\mu\textrm{m}$) 이상으로의 입성장은 일어나지 않았으며 과다한 반응시간(20$0^{\circ}C$, $\geq$3시간)은 입자들의 심한 응집을 유발하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.150-150
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• 2010

Carbon nanotubes have drawn attention as one of the most promising emitter materials ever known not only due to their nanometer-scale radius of curvature at tip and extremely high aspect ratios but also due to their strong mechanical strength, excellent thermal conductivity, good chemical stability, etc. Some applications of CNTs as emitters, such as X-ray tubes and microwave amplifiers, require high current emission over a small emitter area. The field emission for high current density often damages CNT emitters by Joule heating, field evaporation, or electrostatic interaction. In order to endure the high current density emission, CNT emitters should be optimally fabricated in terms of material properties and morphological aspects: highly crystalline CNT materials, low gas emission during electron emission in vacuum, optimal emitter distribution density, optimal aspect ratio of emitters, uniform emitter height, strong emitter adhesion onto a substrate, etc. We attempted a novel approach to fabricate CNT emitters to meet some of requirements described above, including highly crystalline CNT materials, low gas emission, and strong emitter adhesion. In this study, CNT emitters were fabricated by filtrating an aqueous suspension of highly crystalline thin multiwalled CNTs (Hanwha Nanotech Inc.) through a metal mesh. The metal mesh served as a support and fixture frame of CNT emitters. When 5 ml of the CNT suspension was engaged in filtration through a 400 mesh, the CNT layers were formed to be as thick as the mesh at the mesh openings. The CNT emitter sample of $1{\times}1\;cm^2$ in size was characteristic of the turn-on electrical field of 2.7 V/${\mu}m$ and the current density of 14.5 mA at 5.8 V/${\mu}m$ without noticeable deterioration of emitters. This study seems to provide a novel fabrication route to simply produce small-size CNT emitters for high current emission with reliability.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.2453-2458
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• 2010

Photochemical studies of N-[(trimethylsilyl)alkyl]saccharins were carried out to investigate their photochemical behavior. Depending on the nature of the substrate and the solvent system employed, reactions of these substances can take place by either SET-promoted silyl migration from carbon to either the amide carbonyl or sulfonyl oxygen or by a N-S homolysis route. The results of the current studies show that an azomethine ylide, arising from a SET-promoted silyl migration pathway, is generated in photoreactions of N-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]saccharin and this intermediate reacts to give various photoproducts depending on the conditions employed. In addition, irradiation of N-[(trimethylsily)ethyl]saccharin produces an excited state that reacts through two pathways, the relative importance is governed by solvent polarity and protic nature. Finally, photoirradiation of N-[(trimethylsilyl)propyl]saccharin in a highly polar solvent system comprised of 35% aqueous MeOH gives rise to formation of a tricyclic pyrrolizidine and saccharin that generated via competitive SET-promoted silyl transfer and $\gamma$-hydrogen abstraction pathways.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2015

$NiAl_2O_4$ nanoparticle was synthesized by a reverse micelle processing for inorganic pigment. $Ni(NO_3)_2{\cdot}6H_2O$ and $Al(NO_3)_3{\cdot}9H_2O$ were used for the precursor in order to synthesize $NiAl_2O_4$ nanoparticles. The aqueous solution, which consisted of a mixing molar ratio of Ni/Al, was 1:2 and heat treated at $800{\sim}1100^{\circ}C$ for 2h. The average size and distribution of synthesized $NiAl_2O_4$ powders are in the range of 10-20 nm and narrow, respectively. The average size of the synthesized $NiAl_2O_4$ powders increased with an increasing water-to-surfactant molar ratio and heating temperature. The crystallinity of synthesized $NiAl_2O_4$ powder increased with an increasing heating temperature. The synthesized $NiAl_2O_4$ powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis(XRD), a field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM), and a color spectrophotometer. The properties of synthesized powders were affected as a function such as a molar ratio and heating temperature. Results indicate that synthesis using a reverse miclle processing is a favorable process to obtain $NiAl_2O_4$ spinels at low temperatures. The procedure performed suggests that this new synthesis route for producing these oxides has the advantage of being fast and simple. Colorimetric coordinates indicate that the pigments obtained exhibit blue colors.