• 청정기술
• /
• 제26권3호
• /
• pp.196-203
• /
• 2020

본 연구에서는 Cu/hexaaluminate를 공침법으로 제조한 후, 바인더를 첨가하여 펠렛 형태로 성형하였다. 니켈 및 루테늄 조촉매의 첨가가 Cu/hexaaluminate pellet 촉매의 특성과 ADN계 액체 단일 추진제의 분해 반응에 미치는 영향을 고찰하는데 초점을 두었다. Cu/hexaaluminate pellet 촉매는 미세 기공은 거의 없으며 메조 기공이 발달한 촉매이다. Cu/hexaaluminate pellet 촉매에 루테늄을 조촉매로 첨가하면 기공의 부피와 기공의 크기는 큰 폭으로 증가하였다. ADN 기반 액체 단일 추진제의 열분해 반응에서 분해 개시 온도는 170.2 ℃이다. Cu/hexaaluminate pellet 촉매를 사용한 경우, 분해 개시 온도는 93.5 ℃로 크게 감소한 것을 확인하였다. 루테늄 1% 및 3%를 조촉매로 첨가했을 때, ADN 기반 액체 단일 추진제 분해 개시 온도가 각각 91.0 ℃와 83.3 ℃로 낮아졌다. 즉, 루테늄 조촉매가 ADN 기반 액체 단일 추진제의 분해 개시 온도를 낮추는데 효과가 있다는 것을 의미한다. 이는 루테늄 금속이 ADN 기반 액체 단일 추진제 분해 반응에 활성이 뛰어나면서, 동시에 기공 부피와 기공의 크기를 증가시키는데 기여하였기 때문이다. Cu/hexaaluminate pellet 촉매의 내열성에 루테늄이 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 1200 ℃에서의 열처리와 ADN 기반 액체 단일 추진제 분해 실험을 반복적으로 수행한 결과, 루테늄의 첨가 비율이 증가함에 따라 내열성이 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
• /
• pp.1224-1225
• /
• 2008

The results of the experiment that was conducted on the electron emission property and the long-term stability of the emission current in various carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based field emitters with a CNT/catalyst/buffer/W-tip configuration are presented herein. CNT-based field emitters were fabricated by varying the (TiN, Al/Ni/TiN) buffer layer and the (Ni, Co) catalyst material. This study aimed to elucidate how the buffer layers and catalyst materials affect the structural properties of CNTs and the long-term stability of CNT emitters. Raman spectroscopy, field emission SEM, and high-resolution TEM were used to analyze the crystalline structure, surface morphologies, and nanostructures of all the grown CNTs. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to monitor the chemical bonds of all the buffer layers and catalysts. Electron emission measurement and a long-term (up to 40h) stability test were carried out using a compactly designed field emission measurement system.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
• /
• 제20권3호
• /
• pp.83-91
• /
• 2015

Mine soil contamination by high levels of metal ions that prevents the successful vegetation poses a serious problem. In the study presented here, we used the microbial biocatalyst of urease producing bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii or plant extract based BioNeutro-GEM (BNG) agent. The ability of the biocatalysts to bioremediate contaminated soil from abandoned mine was examined by solid-state composting vegetation under field conditions. Treatment of mine soil with the 2 biocatalysts for 5 months resulted in pH increase and electric conductivity reduction compared to untreated control. Further analyses revealed that the microbial catalysts also promoted the root and shoot growth to the untreated control during the vegetation treatments. After the Sporosarcina pasteurii or plant extract based BNG treatment, the microbial community change was monitored by culture-independent pyrosequencing. These results demonstrate that the microbial biocatalysts could potentially be used in the soil bioremediation from mine-impacted area.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
• /
• 제3권1호
• /
• pp.31-38
• /
• 2015

Coking accumulations via dry methane reforming (DMR) over 10NAM monolithic catalyst and pelletized catalyst was investigated. 10NAM catalyst was synthesized and coated on a wall of monolithic reactor. Pelletized catalyst of 10NAM was also prepared for the comparison. Consequently, catalyst was characterized by BET, $H_2-TPR$ and $H_2-TPD$. The catalytic reaction was undergone at $600^{\circ}C$ under atmospheric pressure and $CH_4$ to $CO_2$ reactant ratio of 1:2. The coking formation over spent catalyst was then carried out in the hydrogen flow using temperature programmed technique (TPH). According to the results, DMR over 10NAM monolithic catalyst exhibits a minimized coking formation comparing to the use of pelletized catalyst. This could be attributed to a prominent heat transfer efficiency of the monolithic catalyst.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
• /
• pp.62-62
• /
• 2018

Pt is still considered as one of the most active electrocatalysts for ORR in alkaline fuel cells. However, the high cost and scarcity of Pt hamper the widespread commercialization of fuel cells. As a strong candidate for the replacement of Pt catalyst, silver (Ag) has been extensively studied due to its high activity, abundance, and low cost. Ag is more stable than Pt in the pH range of 8~14 as the equilibrium potential of Ag/Ag+ being ${\approx}200mV$ higher than that of Pt/PtO. However, Ag is the overall catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is still not comparable to Pt catalyst since the surface Ag atoms are approximately 10 times less active than Pt atoms. Therefore, further enhancement in the ORR activity of Ag catalysts is necessary to be competitive with current cutting-edge Pt-based catalysts. We demonstrate the architectural design of Ag catalysts, synthesized using plasma discharge in liquid phase, for enhanced ORR kinetics in alkaline media. An attractive feature of this work is that the plasma status controlled via electric-field could form the Ag nanowires or dendrites without any chemical agents. The plasma reactor was made of a Teflon vessel with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a height of 80 mm, where a pair of tungsten(W) electrodes with a diameter of 2 mm was placed horizontally. The stock solutions were made by dissolving the 5-mM AgNO3 in DI water. For the synthesis of Agnanowires, the electricfield of 3.6kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied across the electrodes using a bipolar pulsed power supply(Kurita, Seisakusyo Co. Ltd). The repetition rate and pulse width were fixed at 30kHz and 2.0 us, respectively. The plasma discharge was carried out for a fixed reaction time of 60 min. In case of Ag nanodendrites, the electric field of 32kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied and other conditions were identical to the plasma discharge in water in terms of electrode configuration, repetition rate and discharge time. Using SEM and STEM, morphology of Ag nanowires and dendrites were investigated. With 3.6 kV/cm, Ag nanowire was obtained, while Ag dendrite was constructed with 32 kV/cm. The average diameter and legth of Ag nanowireses were 50 nm and 3.5 um, and thoes values of Ag dendrites were 40 nm and 3.0 um. As a results of XPS analysis, the surface defects in the Ag nanowires facilitated O2 incorporation into the surface region via the interaction between the oxygen and the electron cloud of the adjacent Ag atoms. The catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) showed that the catalytic ORR activity of Ag nanowires are much better than Ag nanodendrites, and electron transfer number of Ag nanowires is similar to that of Pt (${\approx}4$).

• 공업화학
• /
• 제19권2호
• /
• pp.157-160
• /
• 2008

탄화수소 계열의 연료로부터 고순도의 수소를 생산하는 것은 연료전지의 효율적인 운전과 밀접하다. 일반적으로 대부분의 탄화수소 연료에서 수소를 생산하는 과정은 수소, 일산화탄소, 이산화탄소와 수증기 혼합물이 생성되는 개질 과정 및 일산화탄소를 저감하는 전이반응과 선택적 산화반응 과정으로 구성되어 있다. 전이반응은 일산화탄소를 이산화탄소로 전환하는 동시에 수소가 생성되는 고온 전이와 저온전이로 구성된 두 단계의 촉매전환 공정이다. 일반적으로 개질기에서 생성된 개질 가스는 고온전이 반응기를 거쳐 일산화탄소 농도를 3~5%까지 저감한다. 본 연구에서는 고온전이 반응기를 설계 및 제작하여 일산화탄소 농도를 2~4%까지 저감하였다. 고온전이 반응에서 철이 첨가한 촉매(G-3C)를 사용하여 부분산화 개질에서 생성된 일산화탄소를 이산화탄소로 전환하였다. 그리고 고온전이 영향인자인 수증기 주입량, 개질 가스 조성, 반응온도, 개질 가스 주입량변화에 대한 연구를 진행하였다.

• 청정기술
• /
• 제5권2호
• /
• pp.63-68
• /
• 1999

The activities of Ni(20wt%)/$La_2O_3$, Ni(20wt%)/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$, and Ni(20wt%)/$SiO_2$ catalyst for $CO_2$ reforming of $CH_4$ were investigated in a fixed bed flow reactor under atmospheric condition. Catalyst characterization using XRD, TEM, SEM, BET analysis were also conducted. The catalytic activity of Ni(20wt%)/$La_2O_3$ catalyst has relatively superior to that of Ni(20wt%)/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ and Ni(20wt%)/$SiO_2$ catalyst. The good activity of Ni(20wt%)/$La_2O_3$ catalyst seems to depend on reduced $Ni^{\circ}$ phases of NiO($\rightarrow$ Ni + O), $LaNiO_3$($\rightarrow$ $Ni+La_2O_3$), Ni crystalline phases, and decoration of Ni phases by lanthanum species is also an important factor. Ni(20wt%)/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ and Ni(20wt%)/$SiO_2$ catalyst due to surface acidity resulted in the deposition of wisker type and encapsulate carbon on the surface of catalyst, but Ni(20wt%)/$La_2O_3$ catalyst did not show carbon on the surface of catalyst up to 8.5hr reaction.

• 한국재료학회지
• /
• 제22권7호
• /
• pp.358-361
• /
• 2012

Co and Ni as catalysts in $SnO_2$ sensors to improve the sensitivity for $CH_4$ gas and $CH_3CH_2CH_3$ gas were coated by a solution reduction method. $SnO_2$ thick films were prepared by a screen-printing method onto $Al_2O_3$ substrates with an electrode. The sensing characteristics were investigated by measuring the electrical resistance of each sensor in a chamber. The structural properties of $SnO_2$ with a rutile structure investigated by XRD showed a (110) dominant $SnO_2$ peak. The particle size of the $SnO_2$:Ni powders with Ni at 6 wt% was about 0.1 ${\mu}m$. The $SnO_2$ particles were found to contain many pores according to a SEM analysis. The sensitivity of $SnO_2$-based sensors was measured for 5 ppm of $CH_4$ gas and $CH_3CH_2CH_3$ gas at room temperature by comparing the resistance in air to that in the target gases. The results showed that the best sensitivity of $SnO_2$:Ni and $SnO_2$:Co sensors for $CH_4$ gas and $CH_3CH_2CH_3$ gas at room temperature was observed in $SnO_2$:Ni sensors coated with 6 wt% Ni. The $SnO_2$:Ni gas sensors showed good selectivity to $CH_4$ gas. The response time and recovery time of the $SnO_2$:Ni gas sensors for the $CH_4$ and $CH_3CH_2CH_3$ gases were 20 seconds and 9 seconds, respectively.

• 청정기술
• /
• 제21권3호
• /
• pp.184-190
• /
• 2015

대부분의 LNT 촉매는 낮은 온도 영역에서의 NO_x 산화를 위하여 Pt와 같은 귀금속류를 사용하는 것은 경제적인 부담을 가지고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 시도되었다. 즉, Pt, Pd, Rh 등과 같은 귀금속류(platinum group metal, PGM)를 사용하지 않는 LNT (lean NO_x trap)용 DeNO_x 촉매를 개발하기 위해 시도하였다. 이를 위해서 예비실험을 통해 Pt등 귀금속류등의 PGM (platinum group metal)을 사용하지 않는 Al/Co/Ni 혼합 금속 산화물을 선정하였다. 궁극적으로는, 선정된 촉매의 소성온도에 따른 물리화학적 특성 변화가 NO_x 전환율에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이들의 물리화학적인 성질을 평가하기 위해 XRD, EDS, SEM, BET 분석을 실시하였다. 이러한 평가를 실시한 결과, 모든 소성온도에서 혼합금속 산화물은 Co₂AlO₄ 및 NiAl₂O₄의 스피넬 구조가 혼재되어 있는 것으로 나타났고, NO_x 기체들의 산화-환원 반응이 이루어지기에는 충분한 기공부피와 기공크기를 갖고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 NH₃-TPD 분석 결과에서는 소성온도가 700 ℃ 이하를 유지해야 하는 것으로 판단되었다. 더욱이 ramp test를 통해서는 NO 및 NO_x 전환율을 동시에 만족할 수 있는 시료는 소성온도는 500 ℃에서 처리된 경우임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과 등을 바탕으로, Al/Co/Ni=1.0/2.5/0.3 혼합 금속 산화물의 최적 소성온도는 500 ℃임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
• /
• 제21권1호
• /
• pp.26-34
• /
• 2010

The electrocatalystic prperties of Pt-Co and Pt-Ni with heteropolyacids (HPAs) entrapped in covalently cross-linked sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (CL-SPEEK)/HPA membranes were investigated for water electrolysis. The HP As, including molybdophosphoric acid (MoPA), and tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) were both used as membrane additives and electrocatalysts. The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was prepared by a nonequilibrium impregnation-reduction (I-R) method. $Pt(NH_3)_4Cl_2$, $NiCl_2$ and $CoCl_2$ as electrocatalytic materials and $NaBH_4$ as reducing agent were used. I order to enhance electrocatalytic activity, the catalyst layer prepared above was electrodeposited (Dep) with HP A. Surface morphologies and physico-chemical properties of MEA were investigated by means of SEM, EDX and XRD. The electrocatalytic properties of composite membranes such as the cell voltage and coulombic charge in CV were in the order of magnitude: CL-SPEEK/MoPA40 (wt%) > CL-SPEEK/TPA30 > Nafion117. In the optimum cell applications for water electrolysis, the cell voltage of Pt/CL-SPEEK-MoPA40/Pt-Co (Dep-MoPA) and Pt/CL-SPEEK-TPA30/Pt-Co (Dep-TPA) was 1.75 Vat $80^{\circ}C$ and $1\;A/cm^2$ and voltage efficiency was 87.1%. Also, the observed activity of Pt-Co (84:16 atomic ratio by EDX) is a little higher than that of Pt-Ni (86: 14). The current density peak of electrodeposited electrodes were better a little than those of unactivated electrodes based on the same membranes.