• Carbon letters
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.198-202
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• 2014

Amorphous agglomerates of carbon nanospheres (CNS) with a diameter range of 10-50 nm were synthesized using the solution combustion method. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) revealed a densely packed high surface area of $SP^2$-hybridized carbon; however, there were no crystalline structural components, as can be seen from the scanning electron microscopy, HRTEM, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal gravimetric analyses. Electrochemical and thermo catalytic decomposition study results show that the material can be used as a potential electrode candidate for the fabrication of energy storage devices and also for the production of free hydrogen if such devices are used in a fluidized bed reactor loaded with the as-prepared CNS as the catalyst bed.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.786-790
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• 1998

K-GIC of the new carbon electrode to improve performance of carbon negative electrode in lithium ion secondary battery was prepated and its electrical characteristics were studied. Form this study, intercalated K quantity was increased in order of $2>3>1mole/{\ell}$ of KCl solution. And, for KCl solution of 1mole, the mole ratio of carbon and potassium was 156~388 carbon/potassium. The proper condition of K-GIC preparation was KCl solution of $1mole/{\ell}$, reaction temperature of $700^{\circ}C$, reaction time of 1 hour. From this condition, the intercalation and deintercalation behavior of lithium was very excellent. Also the reversibility was excellent.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.207-210
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• 2005

In this paper, a two-dimensional cross-channel model was applied to investigate influence of the gas diffusion layer(GDL) property and flow field geometry in the anode side for proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC). The GDL is made of a porous material such as carbon cloth, carbon paper, or metal wire mesh. To the simplicity, the GDL is represented as a block of material containing numerous pathways through which gaseous reactants and liquid water can pass. The purpose of present work was to study the effect of the GDL thickness and the porosity, and flow field geometry by computational fluid dynamics(CFD)

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.596-596
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 Carbon nanotube 용액을 brush-painting 시스템을 이용하여 유연성 있는 PET 기판 위에 고품위의 플렉시블 투명전극을 제작하였다. CNT 박막의 두께에 따른 특성을 알아보기 위해 brushing 횟수를 증가시켜 UV/Vis Spectrometry, four-point probe 및 Hall measurement를 이용하여 전기적, 광학적특성을 알아보았다. 최적조건인 bilayer의 CNT 박막은 244 Ohm/sq.의 면 저항과 550 nm에서 68％의 투과도를 얻을 수 있었다. CNT 박막의 기계적 응력에 따른 전기적 안정성을 알아보기 위해 bending test를 진행하였다. 10,000번 구부려도 저항의 변화가 거의 없어 이 박막이 플렉시블한 소자에 적합하다는 것을 알았다. 유기태양전지의 적용 가능성을 알아보기 위해 CNT 박막을 유기태양전지의 anode 층으로 적용하여 1.6％ (VOC: 0.566(V), $J_{SC}$: 7.118(mA/$cm^2$), Fill Factor: 40.49(％))의 효율을 얻어 유기태양전지 소자의 적용 가능성을 알았다. 최종적으로 실험에서 성막된 CNT 박막은 기존의 CVD공정과 같은 복잡한 공정 대신에 쉽고 간편하게 고품위의 flexible brush-painting Carbon nanotube (CNT) 투명전극을 제작 하여 플렉시블한 유기태양전지 소자의 가능성을 알아보았다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.1164-1167
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• 2013

We correlate the failure in miniature X-ray tubes with the field emission gate leakage current of gated carbon nanotube emitters. The miniature X-ray tube, even with a small gate leakage current, exhibits an induced voltage on the gate electrode by the anode bias voltage, resulting in a very unstable operation and finally a failure. The induced gate voltage is apparently caused by charging at the insulating spacer of the miniature X-ray tube through the gate leakage current of the field emission. The gate leakage current could be a criterion for the successful fabrication of miniature X-ray tubes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.84-87
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• 2003

Carbon-nitrogen (CN) nanofibers have been produced using a water cooled hot isostatic pressure (HIP) apparatus. The CN nanofibers were grown in random with the diameter of about 100-150nm and length over $10{\mu}m$. Emission properties of CN nanofibers were investigated for spacing, between anode and cathode, variation. Then turn-on fields about $1.4V/{\mu}m$. The time reliability and light emission test were carried out for above 100 hours. We suggest that CN nanofibers can be possibly applied to high brightness flat lamp because of low turn-on field and time reliability.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.179-186
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• 2014

Methanol electro oxidation on the surface of carbon paste modified by $NiCl_2/6H_2O$ was studied in 1M NaOH by potentiostatic and potentiodynamic methods. Ni/C catalyst by the concentration of 5% Ni showed about twice higher electro catalytic activity than Ni metal. The amount of monolayer's on the surface of electrode is almost one order higher for Ni/C than Ni electrode. The kinetic parameters and the diffusion coefficient of methanol were derived from chronoamperometry (CA) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.723-730
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• 2003

The CN(carbon nitrogen) nanofibers were formed by HIP(high isostatic pressure) process. From the field emission measurement, CN nanofibers shows an excellent characteristics of emitter, better than CNTs and carbon nanofibers. The structures obtained can be divided into three groups : bamboo-like fibers, corrugated structures and bead necklace-like fib res. Emission properties of CN nanofibers were investigated for spacing, between anode and cathode, variation. Turn-on fields was 1.4 v/$\mu\textrm{m}$. The time reliability and light emission test were carried out for about 100 hours. We suggest that CN nanofibers can be possibly applied to the high brightness flat lamp because of low turn-on field and time reliability

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.511-520
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• 2016

The most energy-demanding step of wastewater treatment is the aeration-dependent elimination of organic carbon. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer an alternative strategy in which carbon elimination is conducted by anaerobic microorganisms that transport respiratory electrons originating from carbon oxidation to an anode. Hence, chemical energy is directly transformed into electrical energy. In this study, the use and stability of barcode-containing exoelectrogenic model biofilms under non-axenic wastewater treatment conditions are described. Genomic barcodes were integrated in Shewanella oneidensis, Geobacter sulfurreducens, and G. metallireducens. These barcodes are unique for each strain and allow distinction between those cells and naturally occurring wild types as well as quantification of the amount of cells in a biofilm via multiplex qPCR. MFCs were pre-incubated with these three strains, and after 6 days the anodes were transferred into MFCs containing synthetic wastewater with 1% wastewater sludge. Over time, the system stabilized and the coulomb efficiency was constant. Overall, the initial synthetic biofilm community represented half of the anodic population at the end of the experimental timeline. The part of the community that contained a barcode was dominated by G. sulfurreducens cells (61.5%), while S. oneidensis and G. metallireducens cells comprised 10.5% and 17.9%, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to describe the stability of a synthetic exoelectrogenic consortium under non-axenic conditions. The observed stability offers new possibilities for the application of synthetic biofilms and synthetically engineered organisms fed with non-sterile waste streams.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.257-262
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• 2017

In this study, CNF (carbon nanofiber) was prepared with different process variables of electrospinning method. Morphology of CNF was observed by SEM, and main parameters to form the CNF were applied voltage, TCD, polymer concentration and heat treatment condition. Comparison of toluene removal efficiency, as applying the prepared CNF to electrodes of an electrolysis process, showed the direct effect of cathode on electrolysis as well as anode.