• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.63-71
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• 2017

In this study, washing parameters such as washing time, agitation velocity, and cycles were optimized for high surface area of the activated carbon (AC) by KOH activation. Even though AC with high surface area showed at higher washing efficiency, over 90% on washing efficiency was regulated by the intra-particle diffusion due to high tortuosity of the pore structures on AC. In addition, we can obtain $K_2CO_3$ through the evaporation from the wastewater and use it for chemical activation of AC. The AC with $K_2CO_3$ activation has specific surface area values of $2,219m^2/g$ equally that of KOH activation. Considering that $K_2CO_3$ is an effective alternative as a KOH, our results demonstrated that the process by recycling wastewater on AC production could be applicable for near-zero wastes.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.558-567
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• 1989

The synthesis of methanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen was studied for various compositions of Cu/ZnO catalyst system. Effect of the composition ratio of CuO and ZnO on the catalytic activity in the above reaction and the relationship between the activity and the characteristics of the catalysts were explained from the result of surface area measurements, SEM, XRD, and XPS. The major products of the reaction were methanol and carbon monoxide. The selectivity to methanol increased with increase of the copper oxide content in the catalyst up to CuO: ZnO = 30:70 weight ratio, and decreased rapidly when the content is above 70%. SEM and BET measurements, indicate that this point corresponds to the increasing point of the catalyst crystallite size and the decreasing point of the surface area. As to the Cu/Cu + Zn atomic ratio, the surface concentration of copper measured by XPS decreased remarkably when the copper oxide content in catalyst was higher than 50%. All the unreduced catalysts had almost same binding energy of Cu(2P3) level, but the binding energy for $Cu(2P^3)$ level of reduced catalysts was lowered than that of calcined catalysts. The surface copper species which was in the maximum amount when the CuO:ZnO composition in the catalyst was 30:70, existed as zero valent copper. This result agreed with the experimental result that the highest rate of methanol formation was observed when the CuO content in the catalyst was 30%. It was postulated that these reduced catalysts performed with a relatively strong basicity because the formation rate of acetone was higher than that of propylene in isopropanol decomposition as measured in a pulse type reactor.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.396-400
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• 2010

In this work, the adsorption behaviors of activated carbons (ACs) containing chelating functional groups were studied in $CO_2$ removal. The ACs were modified by pyrolysis of peroxide and glycidyl methacrylate graft polymerization in order to induce chelating functional groups, such as diethylenetriamine groups on the AC surfaces. The surface functional groups of the ACs were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The textural properties of the ACs were analyzed by $N_2$/77 K isotherms. Adsorption behaviors of the ACs were observed in the amounts of $CO_2$ adsorption. From the results, we found that the chelating functional groups on the AC surfaces led to enhance selectivity and chemisorption on $CO_2$ adsorption in spite of decreasing the physical adsorption properties.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.88-95
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• 2013

This study attempts to capture the low level carbon dioxide from indoor spaces using a granular activated carbon (WSC-470) which was modified with primary monoethanolamine. Adsorption capacity of the prepared adsorbents was evaluated for pure $CO_2$ flow and 3000 ppm as a function of MEA concentration and solvents such as distilled water, ethanol and methanol. The AC based adsorbents then were characterized in terms of pore structure by BET and chemical functionalities by XPS. While high concentration of MEA reduced specific surface area, porosity and micro pores, nitrogen content which can enhance the surface basicity was increased. The maximum adsorption capacity decreased comparing to the initial AC pellets, whilst the potential of selective adsorption amount at low level $CO_2$ was increased at 45% (0.73 mmol/g).

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4689-4695
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• 2011

Nanodiamond is a relatively new nanomaterial with broad prospects for application. In this paper, a variety of methods were used to analyze comprehensively chemicophysics properties of the detonation monocrystalline and synthetic polycrystalline nanodiamond, XRD spectroscopy, EDS, HRTEM, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, TGA-DTA and BET. The results show that the monocryctalline detonation nanodiamond particles are spherical or elliptical shape of 4nm ~ 6nm grain size and the polycryctalline synthetic nanodiamond particles are angular shape of 80nm ~ 120nm grain size. The surface of the monocrystalline and polycrystalline nanodiamond contain hydroxy, carbonyl, carboxyl, ether-based resin, and other functional groups. The phase transition temperature of the monocrystalline detonation nanodiamond in the $N_2$ is about $650^{\circ}C$.

• Clean Technology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 2018

The reduction reaction characteristics and physicochemical properties were studied for the selection of oxygen carrier, which is the core of the chemical looping combustion (CLC) technology. Fuel conversion and $CO_2$ selectivity of oxygen carrier according to the concentration of reducing gas and the reduction temperature using three kinds of oxygen carrier (SDN70, N018-R2, N016-R4) were measured and compared. In addition, Attrition Index (AI) and BET surface area were measured to analyze the attrition resistance and the surface characteristics of the oxygen carrier. As a result, it was confirmed that all three kinds of oxygen carrier were suitable for use in chemical roofing combustion system, and the best particle was determined to be N016-R4.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.190-194
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• 2012

10 wt% Mn supported on various commercial $TiO_2$ catalysts were prepared by wet-impregnation method for the low temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with $NH_3$. A combination of various physico-chemical techniques such as BET, XRD, XPS and TPR were used to characterize these catalysts. MnOx surface densities on MnOx/$TiO_2$ catalyst were related to surface area. As MnOx surface density lowered with high dispersion, the SCR activity for low temperature was increased and the reduction temperature ($MnO_2$ ${\rightarrow}$ $Mn_2O_3$) of surface MnOx was lower. For a high SCR, MnOx could be supported on a high surface area of $TiO_2$ and should be existed a high dispersion of non-crystalline species.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1033-1041
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• 2012

Performance evaluation of a direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) was conducted according to coals and a graphite particle. Several fuel properties such as thermal reactivity, textural structure, gas adsorption characteristic, and functional groups on the surface of fuels were investigated and their effects on electrochemistry were discussed. The strong carbon structure inside of fuels led the rapid potential decreasing in high current density region, because it caused small surface area and low pore volume. The functional groups on the surface were related to the low current density region. The maximum current density and power density of fuels were affected by the total carbon content in fuels. The effect of operating conditions such as stirring rate and operating temperature was investigated in this study.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.282-290
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• 1996

광화학 반응의 초기 유발을 위한 광촉매로 TiO2가 가장 널리 알려져 있으며, 기존의 상품보다 광촉매 활성도가 높은 촉매를 얻기 위해 Sol-Gel법을 이용하였다. TiO2 광촉매 제조를 위하여 전구체로서 Tetra-eth해-ortho-titanate(TEOT)를 이용하여 xerogeol 분말을 얻었으며, 광화학 반응의 효율을 측정하기 위해 분해대상 물질을 Dichloroacetic acid(DCA)로 선정하였다. 순수 titania 졸을 얻기 위한 최적조건은 알콕사이드 1몰당 물 40몰, 산 0.05몰이었고 pH의 범위는 3.3-3.6이었으며 Hexylene Glycol(HG)의 첨가량은 1몰임을 알 수 있었다. BET-N2방법을 이용하여 표면적을 측정한 결과 물/알콕 사이드의 몰비가 40-80범위에서 비표면적이 급격히 증가되어 DCA 의 광분해율도 증가하였으며, 몰 40몰을 첨가 후 졸-겔법으로 제조한 분말을 40$0^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 열처리한 anatase phase의 TiO2가 최고의 광분해 효율인 약 21%를 보였다. 이는 상업용으로 가장 효율이 높은 Dagussa P-25의 DCA 분해 효율보다 2배 정도 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2018

선박을 통한 해상수송은 세계 무역의 80% 이상을 차지하고 있으며, 대부분의 선박은 저질중유의 연소로부터 추진력을 발생시키는 디젤 엔진을 원동력으로 사용하고 있다. 이러한 디젤 엔진은 연소의 부산물로 매년 백만 톤 이상의 오염물질을 방출하는데, 그 주성분은 탄소로 이루어져 있고 고온 열분해 또는 압축 점화 엔진의 작동 부산물들이 소량 포함되어 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 선박으로부터 배출된 폐 수트를 리튬이온전지용 도전재로 활용하기 위한 독특한 방법이 제안되었다. 실험에 사용된 폐 수트는 운항중인 컨테이너선으로부터 수집되었으며, 수집된 폐 수트는 탄소 성분 이외의 불순물을 제거하고 흑연화 정도를 개선시키기 위해 $2,000^{\circ}C$로 열처리되었다. 열처리된 폐 수트의 모폴로지를 확인하기 위해 투과전자현미경을 이용하여 그 형상을 관찰하였으며, 이를 통해 폐 수트의 일차 입자는 지름이 약 70-100 nm 정도인 양파껍질 모양의 탄소(carbon nano-onion)로 형성된다는 것이 확인되었다. 또한, XRD, RAMAN 분광법 및 BET 분석 결과를 통해, 열처리된 폐 수트가 결정성이 있는 흑연으로 재형성되었으며 비표면적은 일반적으로 사용되는 활물질에 비해 약간 더 높다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편, 이러한 특성은 리튬이온전지용 도전재로 활용될 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었고, 이는 전기화학적 정전류 충전 및 방전 테스트를 통해 그 성능이 확인되었다. 일반적으로 사용되는 도전재의 테스트 결과와 폐 수트를 도전재로 사용한 테스트 결과를 Fig. 1에 나타내었다. 이상의 실험 결과들을 미루어 볼 때, 선박으로부터 배출된 폐 수트가 리튬전지용 음극 활물질 및 도전재로 재활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.