• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.266-270
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• 2016

We present a useful and practical manufacturing technique that enables the structural conversion of delicate as-grown nanostructures to more beneficial and robust thin-film frameworks through controlled mechanical rolling. Functional nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes grown through chemical vapor deposition in a vertically aligned and very loosely packed manner, and thus difficult to manipulate for subsequent uses, can be prepared in an array of thin blades by patterning the growth catalyst layer. They can then be toppled as dominos through precisely controlled mechanical rolling. The nanostructures formulated to horizontally aligned thin films are much more favorable for device applications typically based on thin-film configuration. The proposed technique may broaden the functionality and applicability of as-grown nanostructures by converting them into thin-film frameworks that are easier to handle and more durable and favorable for fabricating thin-film devices for electronics, sensors, and other applications.

• 청정기술
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2024

연료전지의 산소환원반응용 백금 촉매의 높은 비용을 극복하기 위하여 나노 구조 제어를 통한 고성능의 백금 합금 촉매 개발 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 탄소에 담지된 니켈-니켈 질화물 복합체와 백금 이온 간의 갈바닉 치환 반응 시 용액의 pH 조절을 통한 촉매의 나노구조를 중공형이나 코어-쉘 구조로 제어하는 방법을 제시하였다. X선 회절 분석과 투과전자현미경, 유도결합 플라즈마를 이용한 분석을 통해 합성 조건에 따른 금속의 상태와 함량 및 합금 입자의 형상에 대한 물리적 특성 평가를 수행하였다. 제조된 촉매를 산소환원반응 촉매로 적용하였으며 상용 백금 촉매 대비 1.7배(중공형 촉매) 및 1.9배(코어-쉘 구조 촉매) 개선된 전기화학적 활성 면적 당 활성을 나타내었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.285-289
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• 2018

We synthesized silicon carbide (${\beta}-SiC$) nanowires with nano-scale diameter (30 - 400 nm) and micro-scale length ($50-200{\mu}m$) on a porous body using low-grade silica and carbon black powder by carbothermal reduction at $1300-1600^{\circ}C$. The SiC nanowires were formed by vapor-liquid-solid deposition with self-evaporated Fe catalysts in low-grade silica. We investigated the characteristics of the SiC nanowires, which were grown on a porous body with Ar flowing in a vacuum furnace. Their structural, optical, and electrical properties were analyzed with X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and selective area electron diffraction (SAED). We obtained high-quality SiC single crystalline nanowire without stacking faults that may have uses in industrial applications.

• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.296-296
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• 2006

Highly temperature stable mesoporous materials have excellent properties and potential applications. Here we show a novel poly(vinyl)silazane-block-polystyrene diblock copolymer, which was synthesized by controlled/living free radical polymerization with reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) route. The obtained diblock copolymer occurs the phaseseparation on the nanoscale to form ordered nanostructure, which is converted to mesoprorous ceramic after heating at 800oC. This route demonstrates the preparation of highly temperature stable mesoporous silicon carbon nitrides (SiCN) ceramic film directed from highly cross-linking poly(vinyl)silazane blocks with high ceramic yield, which is different from previous pathway.

• 세라미스트
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.189-197
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• 2019

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have found a wide variety of commercial applications such as portable computer and mobile phone. In a fuel cell, the catalysts have an important role and durability and efficiency are determined by the ability of the catalyst. The activity of the catalyst is determined by the structure and shape control of the nanoparticles and the dispersion of the nanoparticles and application system. The surface energy of nanoparticles determines the activity by shape control and the nanostructure is determined by the ratio of bi- and tri-metals in the alloy and core-shell. The dispersion of nanoparticles depends on the type of support such as carbon, graphen and metal oxide. In addition, a hybrid system using both optical and electrochemical device has been developed recently.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.729-732
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• 2012

본 논문에서 이온성액체를 이용한 초음파화학을 통해서 칼코젠 나노입자를 in-situ로 합성하여서 다중벽 탄소나노튜브(MWCNT) 위에 도포하였다. 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ($BMimBF_4$) 이온성액체를 이용해서 MWCNT의 표면을 기능화하였다. 합성된 MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/CdTe, MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/ZnTe, MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/ZnSe 나노복합체를 TEM과 EDS를 이용해서 분석하였다. 특히, MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/CdTe, MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/ZnTe, and MWCNT/$BMimBF_4$/ZnSe 나노복합체는 각각 요철과 같거나, 거칠거나 부드러운 코어-쉘 형태와 같은 특이한 구조를 보여주었다. 본 연구는 반응속도가 다른 전구체로부터 얻어진 이성분 반도체 나노입자를 합성과 동시에 탄소나노튜브에 도포할 수 있는 새로운 합성법을 제시한다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.607-612
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• 2009

We investigated the effects of Co doping on the NO gas sensing characteristics of ZnO-carbon nanotube (ZnO-CNT) layered composites fabricated by coaxial coating of single-walled CNTs with ZnO using pulsed laser deposition. Structural examinations clearly confirmed a distinct nanostructure of the CNTs coated with ZnO nanoparticles of an average diameter as small as 10 nm and showed little influence of doping 1 at.% Co into ZnO on the morphology of the ZnO-CNT composites. It was found from the gas sensing measurements that 1 at.% Co doping into ZnO gave rise to a significant improvement in the response of the ZnO-CNT composite sensor to NO gas exposure. In particular, the Co-doped ZnO-CNT composite sensor shows a highly sensitive and fast response to NO gas at relatively low temperatures and even at low NO concentrations. The observed significant improvement of the NO gas sensing properties is attributed to an increase in the specific surface area and the role as a catalyst of the doped Co elements. These results suggest that Co-doped ZnOCNT composites are suitable for use as practical high-performance NO gas sensors.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.541-548
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 순차적 화학기상증착법에 기반하여 다양한 구조적 특성을 갖는 산화아연 나노구조체를 탄소나노튜브 상에 3 차원 혼성구조로 형성하는 공정을 개발하고 그 형성 메커니즘을 논한다. 이어서 나노와이어, 나노로드, 나노플레이트, 다결정 나노박막 등 다양한 형상의 산화아연 나노구조를 온도, 압력, 개스유량 등 주요 파라미터들의 조절을 통해 형성할 수 있음을 보이며, 이의 형성 원리에 대해 기본적인 형성 메커니즘과 연계하여 고찰한다. 본 연구 결과를 통해, 압전 및 광전 에너지변환 특성 등 풍부한 기능성을 보유하되 다소 높은 전기저항을 갖는 산화아연 나노구조체를 다양한 포맷으로 양전도성의 탄소나노튜브와 혼성화 함으로써, 각각의 포맷 별로 특화된 보다 폭넓은 응용 분야로의 활용을 구현해 나갈 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2016

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) composites coated with spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles (NPs) are fabricated by a combination of an electrospinning method and a hydrothermal method, and their morphological, structural, and chemical properties are measured by field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. For comparison, CNFs and spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs are prepared by either an electrospinning method or a hydrothermal method, respectively. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated with the composites exhibit enhanced open circuit voltage (0.70 V), short-circuit current density ($12.82mA/cm^2$), fill factor (61.30%), and power conversion efficiency (5.52%) compared to those of the CNFs (0.66 V, $11.61mA/cm^2$, 51.96%, and 3.97%) and spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs (0.67 V, $11.45mA/cm^2$, 50.17%, and 3.86%). This performance improvement can be attributed to a synergistic effect of a superb catalytic reaction of spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs and efficient charge transfer relative to the one-dimensional nanostructure of the CNFs. Therefore, spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$-NP-coated CNF composites may be proposed as a potential alternative material for low-cost counter electrodes in DSSCs.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.412-412
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• 2009

Carbon-based nano materials have a significant effect on various fields such as physics, chemistry and material science. Therefore carbon nano materials have been investigated by many scientists and engineers. Especially, since graphene, 2-dimemsonal carbon nanostructure, was experimentally discovered graphene has been tremendously attracted by both theoretical and experimental groups due to their extraordinary electrical, chemical and mechanical properties. Electrical conductivity of graphene is about ten times to that of silicon-based material and independent of temperature. At the same time silicon-based semiconductors encountered to limitation in size reduction, graphene is a strong candidate substituting for silicon-based semiconductor. But there are many limitations on fabricating large-scale graphene sheets (GS) without any defect and controlling chirality of edges. Many scientists applied micromechanical cleavage method from graphite and a SiC decomposition method to the fabrication of GS. However these methods are on the basic stage and have many drawbacks. Thereupon, our group fabricated GS through Thermo-electrical Pulse Induced Evaporation (TPIE) motivated by arc-discharge and field ion microscopy. This method is based on interaction of electrical pulse evaporation and thermal evaporation and is useful to produce not only graphene but also various carbon-based nanostructures with feeble pulse and at low temperature. On fabricating GS procedure, we could recognize distinguishable conditions (electrical pulse, temperature, etc.) to form a variety of carbon nanostructures. In this presentation, we will show the structural properties of OS by synthesized TPIE. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Optical Microscopy (OM) observations were performed to view structural characteristics such as crystallinity. Moreover, we confirmed number of layers of GS by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy. Also, we used a probe station, in order to measure the electrical properties such as sheet resistance, resistivity, mobility of OS. We believe our method (TPIE) is a powerful bottom-up approach to synthesize and modify carbon-based nanostructures.