• 공업화학
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.1059-1064
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• 1998

본 연구는 리튬이온 이차전지용 탄소전극을 개발하기 위하여 다양한 종류의 흑연과 MCMB6-28을 대상으로 이루어졌다. 이들의 층간거리는 $3.358{\sim}3.363{\AA}$, BET 비 표면적은 $2.95{\sim}26.15m^2/g$이었다. 이들의 전기화학적 특성은 층간거리가 크고 적절한 크기의 BET 비 표면적을 가질 때 리튬의 삽입과 탈삽입 거동이 우수하였다. 다양한 결정성계 탄소전극 활물질에 도전재로 KJ-Black을 0, 3, 5wt% 첨가하였을 때 도전제의 함량이 많을수록 전극과 전해질의 계면저항은 작아지나 3wt%를 첨가하였을 때 우수한 가역성을 보였다. 정전류 충 방전 시 인가되는 전류밀도를 증가시킴에 따라 탄소부극의 방전용량은 작아졌다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.769-774
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• 2011

NaOH 활성화법을 이용하여 다공성 탄소나노섬유(carbon nanofibers; 이하 CNF)를 온도 범위 700~$900^{\circ}C$에서 합성하였고, 상기 제조된 다공성 CNF를 담지체로 하여 직접메탄올 연료전지의 연료극용 촉매를 제조하고 평가하였다. NaOH 활성화에 의한 CNF 표면 특성의 변화를 비표면적 및 기공 크기 분포 자료를 통하여 조사하였고, 형상 및 구조의 변화를 전자현미경을 통하여 관찰하였다. 활성화 CNF에 담지된 촉매의 활성을 메탄올 산화 특성 및 단위전지를 통하여 평가하였다. 본 활성화 방법에 의한 기공의 형성과 이에 담지된 촉매의 활성과의 관계에 대한 고찰을 하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.597-598
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• 2005

Recently, the performance of portable electric equipment can often improved by a Li-ion battery assisted by a supercapacitor. A supercapacitor can provide high power density as well as a low resistance in the hybrid system. In this study, we have prepared, as the pluse power souce, a commercially supplied Li-ion battery with a capacity of 700mAh and AC resistivity of $60m\Omega$ at 1kHz and nonaqeous asymmetric hybrid capacitor composed of an activated carbon cathode and MCMB anode, and have examined the electrochemical characteristics of hybrid capacitor and the pulse performances of parallel connected battery/hybrid capacitor source. The nonaqueous asymmetric hybrid capacitor, the stacks of 10 pairs of the cathode, the porous separator and the anode electrode were housed in Al-laminated film cell. The hybrid capacitor, which was charged and discharged at a constant current at $0.25mA/cm^2$ between 3 and 4.3V, has exhibited the capacitance of 100F. And the equivalent series resistance was $32m\Omega$ at 1kHz. By combining a Li-ion battery and a hybrid capacitor, the pulse performance of battery can be improved 23% in run time under a pulse discharge of 7C-rate.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

팽창흑연과 탄소나노튜브를 이용한 복합 산화전극을 나피온용액에 다양한 비율로 에폭시를 혼합한 결합제를 이용하여 제작하였으며, 산화전극 결합제에 함유된 에폭시량이 미생물연료전지의 성능에 미치는 영향을 회분식 실험을 통하여 조사하였다. 산화전극 결합제에 에폭시의 함량이 증가함에 따라 산화전극 구성 물질들의 물리적 부착력은 점차 증가하였으나, 활성화저항과 오옴저항의 증가로 인한 내부저항이 증가하였다. 산화전극 결합제로 에폭시를 혼합하지 않고 나피온용액 만을 사용한 대조구의 경우 $1,892mW/m^2$에 달하였으나 산화전극 결합제에 에폭시 함량이 증가함에 따라 미생물연료전지의 최대전력밀도는 점차 감소하였다. 산화전극 결합제에 에폭시함량이 50%일 때 최대전력밀도는 $1,425mW/m^2$로서 대조구의 75.3%까지 감소하였으나, 고가의 나피온용액 사용량을 감소시키고 산화전극 결합제의 물리적 부착력을 높일 수 있다는 측면에서 고려할 때 나피온용액과 에폭시를 같은 비율로 혼합한 물질은 산화전극결합제로서의 좋은 대안이 될 수 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2016

Oxidation behaviours of ash free coal (AFC), carbon, and H₂ fuels were investigated with a coin type molten carbonate fuel cell. Because AFC has no electrical conductivity, its oxidation occurs via gasification to H₂ and CO. An interesting behaviour of mass transfer resistance reduction at higher current density was observed. Since the anode reaction has the positive reaction order of H₂, CO₂ and H₂O, the lack of CO₂ and H₂O from AFC results in a significant mass transfer resistance. However, the anode products of CO₂ and H₂O at higher current densities raise their partial pressure and mitigate the resistance. The addition of CO₂ to AFC reduced the resistance sufficiently, thus the resistance reduction at higher current densities did not appear. Electrochemical impedance results also indicate that the addition of CO₂ reduces mass transfer resistance. Carbon and H₂ fuels without CO₂ and H₂O also show similar behaviour to AFC: mass transfer resistance is diminished by raising current density and adding CO₂.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.18
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• pp.350-351
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• 2005

The electrochemical behavior of Si-C material synthesized by heating the mixture of silicon and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF). Coin cells of the type 2025 were made using the synthesized material and the electrochemical studies were performed. Si-C/Li cells were made by using the developed Si-C material. Charge/discharge test was performed at 0.1C hour rate. Initial charge and discharge capacities at Si-C material derived from 20 wt.% of PVDF was found to be 1,830 and 526 mAh/g respectively. Initial charge/discharge characteristics of the electrode were analyzed. The level of reversible specific capacity was about 216 mAh/g at Si-C material derived from 20 wt.% of PVDF, IIE, intercalation efficiency at initial charge/discharge, was 68 %. Surface irreversible specific capacity was 31 mAh/g, and average specific resistance was 2.6 ohm*g.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.116-120
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• 2015

We investigated the adsorption of Na on graphene and graphene oxide, which are used as anode materials in sodium ion batteries, using density functional theory. The adsorption energy for Na on graphene was -0.507 eV at the hollow sites, implying that adsorption was favorable. In the case of graphene oxide, Na atoms were separately adsorbed on the epoxide and hydroxyl functional groups. The adsorption of Na on graphene oxide-epoxide (adsorption energy of -1.024 eV) was found to be stronger than the adsorption of Na on pristine graphene. However, the adsorption of Na on graphene oxide-hydroxyl resulted in the generation of NaOH as a by-product. Using density of states (DOS) calculations, we found that the DOS of the Na-adsorbed graphene was shifted down more than that of the Na-adsorbed graphene oxide-epoxide. In addition, the intensity of the DOS around the Fermi level for the Na-adsorbed graphene was higher than that for the Na-adsorbed graphene oxide-epoxide.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2011

We report a simple route for synthesizing multi-dimensional structured silicon anode materials from commercially available bulk silicon powders via metal-assisted chemical etching process. In the first step, silver catalyst was deposited onto the surface of bulk silicon via a galvanic displacement reaction. Next, the silver-decorated silicon particles were chemically etched in a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and hydrogen peroxide to make multi-dimensional silicon consisting of one-dimensional silicon nanowires and micro-scale silicon cores. As-synthesized silicon particles were coated with a carbon via thermal decomposition of acetylene gas. The carbon-coated multi-dimensional silicon anodes exhibited excellent electrochemical properties, including a high specific capacity (1800 mAh/g), a stable cycling retention (cycling retention of 89% after 20 cycles), and a high rate capability (71% at 3 C rate, compared to 0.1 C rate). This process is a simple and mass-productive (yield of 40-50%), thus opens up an effective route to make a high-performance silicon anode materials for lithiumion batteries.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1395-1400
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• 2012

In this study, we investigated various cultural and operational factors to enhance electricity generation in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) using Geobacter sulfurreducens. The pure culture of G. sulfurreducens was cultivated using various substrates including acetate, malate, succinate, and butyrate, with fumarate as an electron acceptor. Cell growth was observed only in acetate-fed medium, when the cell concentrations increased 4-fold for 3 days. A high acetate concentration suppressed electricity generation. As the acetate concentration was increased from 5 to 20 mM, the power density dropped from 16 to $13mW/m^2$, whereas the coulombic efficiency (CE) declined by about half. The immobilization of G. sulfurreducens on the anode considerably reduced the enrichment period from 15 to 7 days. Using argon gas to create an anaerobic condition in the anode chamber led to increased pH, and electricity generation subsequently dropped. When the plain carbon paper cathode was replaced by Pt-coated carbon paper (0.5 mg $Pt/cm^2$), the CE increased greatly from 39% to 83%.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2022

The assembly of the micron-sized Si/CNT/carbon composite wrapped with graphene (SCG composite) is designed and synthesized via a spray drying process. The spherical SCG composite exhibits a high discharge capacity of 1789 mAh g^-1 with an initial coulombic efficiency of 84 %. Moreover, the porous architecture of SCG composite is beneficial for enhancing cycling stability and rate capability. In practice, a blended electrode consisting of spherical SCG composite and natural graphite with a reversible capacity of ~500 mAh g^-1, shows a stable cycle performance with high cycling efficiencies (> 99.5%) during 100 cycles. These superior electrochemical performance are mainly attributed to the robust design and structural stability of the SCG composite during charge and discharge process. It appears that despite the fracture of micro-sized Si particles during repeated cycling, the electrical contact of Si particles can be maintained within the SCG composite by suppressing the direct contact of Si particles with electrolytes.