• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.375-380
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• 1994

Matrices retaining electrolyte in phosphoric acid fuel cell were prepared with SiC to SiC whisker mixing ratios of 1:0.5, 1:1, 1:1.5, 1:2, 1:3 by tape casting method. When viscosity of the slurry was 5.9 poise and the SiC to SiC whisker mixing ratios were 1:1, 1:1.5, 1:2, the ranges of porosity, acid absorbency and bubble pressure were 80~90%, 2.5~6 and 700~2200 mmH2O, respectively. Those ranges are acceptable for a practical electrolyte-retaining matrix. With increasing the mixing ratio of SiC whisker to SiC, the porosity and the vol.% of large pores in the main pore size distribution which is between 1 and 10 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, increased rapidly. Impedance spectroscopy was measured to know characteristics of matrix inside and contact region of matrix to catalyst layer. When the SiC to SiC whisker mixing ratio was 1:2, hydrogen ions were transported in the matrix most effectively because of high ionic conductivity and low activation energy due to high acid absorbency in spite of high interfacial resistance. The cell current density of the cell made using the matrix was 220 mA/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at 0.7 V.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.543-548
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• 1995

Li-ferrite powders were prepared from mixture of Fe and Li salts using a hydrothermal method. Their crystal structure, microstructure and magnetic property were investigated with X-ray diffraction analysis, chemical analysis, SEM, and VSM. In the case of using FeCl3 as a precursor, Li-ferrite powders were synthesized. However, Fe3O4 was formed when the precursor was a divalented Fe2SO4 or FeCl2. The precipitation rate of Li-ferrite was increased as the reaction temperature increased. The optimum conditions of synthesis were the mole ratio of Fe+++/Li+=2, pH 13, the reaction temperature of 25$0^{\circ}C$ and the reaction time of 120min. With this condition, the spherical particles with good dispersion were obtained with average particle size of 0.4${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and saturation magnetization of 65 emu/g.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.1044-1050
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• 2000

ZnO-Pr$_{6}$O$_{11}$-Co$_3$O$_4$-CaO 사성분계에 SiO$_2$를 0.4at%까지 첨가하여 1180, 1200 및 125$0^{\circ}C$에서 소성하여 미세구조 및 전기적인 특성을 조사하였다. 소성온도 120$0^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 치밀한 시편을 얻을 수 있었고, Si는 주로 입계에 분포하고 있으며, SiO$_2$첨가는 결정립성장을 억제하였다. 이 현상은 고상소결만이 일어나 120$0^{\circ}C$에서 소결된 시편과 액상소결이 일어난 125$0^{\circ}C$에서 소결된 시편 모두에서 관찰되었으며, SiO$_2$첨가에 의한 기공의 증가에 기인하는 것으로 판단된다. SiO$_2$의 첨가에 의해 바리스터의 비선형계수가 크게 변화하였으며, 시편의 소성과정이 고상소결인 경우 비선형계수가 증가한 반면 액상소결인 경우에는 감소하였다. 적절한 양의 SiO$_2$(약 0.3at%)를 첨가하여 액상이 형성되지 않는 120$0^{\circ}C$에서 소성하여 80 이상의 비선형계수를 갖는 바리스터를 제조할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.320-326
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• 2000

Development of texture in SiC materials by hot-pressing and subsequent annealing was studied. Crystallographic texture type was characterized by measuring X-ray pole figures on the perpendicular plane to the hot-pressing direction. Observed all pole figures were nearly axially symmetric (fiber texture). In case of ${\beta}$-SiC materials, the pole density of basal plane (0004) increased as annealing time increased, in contrast, other planes (hkil) of ${\beta}$-SiC materials and all planes of ${\alpha}$-SiC materials nearly remained unchanged. In the case of ${\beta}$-SiC materials, therefore, a weak texture of (0001) plane at the normal direction took place in the 8h annealed samples, resulting from grian growth. The fracture toughness values of ${\alpha}$-SiC materials measured in both planes parallel and perpendicular to the hot-pressing direction were very similar. However, the fracture toughness of ${\beta}$-SiC materials measured parallel to the hot-pressing direction were higher than that measured perpendicular to the hot-pressing derection, relatively, because of the texture and the microstructure anisotropy.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 1987

Physical and electrical properties of ${\beta}$-Al2O3 were investigated as function of Na2O content from 6.67 wt.% to 13.19 wt.%. The majority phase is ${\beta}$-Al2O3 and the small amount of ${\beta}$"-Al2O3 exists in the specimens sintered at 1600$^{\circ}$for 30 mins. In the case of specimens with 8.54 wt.% Na2O sintered at 1600$^{\circ}C$, the relative amount of ${\beta}$-Al2O3 phase increases and that of ${\beta}$"-Al2O3 phase decreases with increasing sintering time, and then ${\beta}$"-Al2O3 phase does not exist if sintering time is over 8 hrs. As the Na2O content is increased, the 3-Point MOR and the resistivity are decreased. However, density and 3-Point MOR with increasing sintering time are decreased due to increasing the enclosed pore trapped inside of the exaggerated grains. As the sintering time is increased, the average grain size and the duplexity of microstructure are increased, and the resistivity is slightly decreased.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.105-112
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• 1984

The Effect of Dditives $ZrO_2$ and $TiO_2$ on the enstatite body the composition of which was MgO.$SiO_2$ has been closely investigated on the physical properties and microstructure. $ZrO_2$ and $TiO_2$ as additives were added by weight 5, 10, 15, 20, 25% and 1, 2, 2.5, 5, 10, 20% respectively to the mixture (MgO : SiO2=1:1) and fired at the temperature ranging from 130$0^{\circ}C$ to 145$0^{\circ}C$ and 1275$^{\circ}C$ to 1375$^{\circ}C$. Increasing the add ition or $ZrO_2$ to 20% the physical property became better. In case of $TiO_2$ the sample containing 20% $TiO_2$ had a best effect on the enstastite body. The optimum firing range proved to 14$25^{\circ}C$ for $ZrO_2$ and 1325~135$0^{\circ}C$ for $TiO_2$. The effect of $ZrO_2$ and $TiO_2$ addition on the thermal expansion was observed not ot be remarkable.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.799-807
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• 1990

In this study, effects of oxide additives on mechanical properties and microstructure of A1N and A1N polytype ceramics were investigated. Fine A1N powder was synthesized by nitriding alumiuim hydroxide prepared from Al-isopropoxide, at 1350$^{\circ}C$ for 10h in N2 atmosphere. By adding 3w/o Y2O3, 0.56w/o CaO, and 10w/o SiO2 to AlN powder, AlN and AlN polytype ceramics were prepared by hot-pressing under the pressure of 30 MPa at 1800$^{\circ}C$ for 1h. AlN ceramics with no additives formed considerable amount of AlON phase, while AlN ceramics doped with Y2O3 or CaO decreased AlON phase and formed Y-Al or Ca-Al oxide compound. AlN＋10w/o SiO2(＋3w/o Y2O3) composition produced AlON and AlN polytype compound having 21R as a major phase. Room temperature flexural strength of AlN ceramics with no additive was 246MPa, and room temperature flexural strength and critical temperature difference by thermal shock(ΔTc) of AlN ceramics dooped with Y2O3 or CaO were 532MPa/340$^{\circ}C$ and 423MPa/300$^{\circ}C$, respectively. Y2O3 and CaO used as sintering agent played roles of densification and oxygen removal of AlN ceramics, and affected grain growth/grain morphologies of AlN ceramics.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.374-379
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• 2015

Mullite-matrix and $Al_2O_3$-matrix composites were fabricated with 30 wt% hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP), respectively, as additives to give bioactivity. A diphasic gel process was employed to lower the densification temperature of the mullite matrix to $1320^{\circ}C$. A polymer complexation process was used to synthesize a TCP powder that was fully densified at $1250^{\circ}C$, for application to the matrix. For the HA/mullite composite, HA decomposed during sintering by reactions with the matrix components of $Al_2O_3$ and $SiO_2$, resulting in a mixture of $Al_2O_3$, TCP, and other minor phases with a low densification of less than 88% of the theoretical density (TD). In contrast, the TCP/$Al_2O_3$ composite was highly densified by sintering at $1350^{\circ}C$ to 96%TD with no reaction between the components. Different from the TCP monolith, the TCP/$Al_2O_3$ composite also showed a fine microstructure and intergranular fracture, both of which characteristics are advantageous for strength and fracture toughness.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.380-383
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• 2015

We prepared the $TiO_2$ layer with 0 ~ 4 wt% of polystyrene (PS) beads having a radius of 250 nm to increase the dye adsorption and energy conversion efficiency (ECE) of a dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC). Then, we fabricated DSSCs using $0.45cm^2$ active area. FE-SEM was used to characterize the microstructure consisting of $TiO_2$ layer and PS beads. UV-VIS-NIR was used to determine the optical absorbance of working electrodes (WEs). Solar simulator and potentiostat were used to determine the photovoltaic properties. We observed that pores having a radius of 250 nm were formed with the density of $0.15ea/{\mu}m^2$ in $TiO_2$ layers after conducting the sintering process. The absorbance in visible light regime was found to increase with the increase in the amount of PS beads. The ECE increased from 4.66% to 5.25% when the amount of PS beads was increased from 0 to 4 wt%. This is because the pores of PS beads increased the adsorption of dye. Our results indicate that the ECE of the DSSCs can be enhanced by the addition of an appropriate amount of PS beads into $TiO_2$ layers.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.304-307
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• 2015

To reduce the lateral conduction loss of thin-film-processed cathodes, the microstructure of the thin-film cathode is engineered to contain a denser bridging layer in the middle. By doing so, the characteristic crack-like pores that separate the cathode domains in thin-film-processed cathodes and hamper lateral conduction are better connected and, as a result, the sheet resistance of the cathode is effectively reduced by a factor of 5. This induces suppression of the lateral conduction loss and expansion of the effective current collecting area; the cell performance is improved by more than 30%.