• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.135-138
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• 2015

A manganese dioxide (MnO₂) layer and zinc (Zn) layer are used as the cathode and the anode to develop filmtype manganese battery, in which a stack of a MnO₂ layer, gel electrolyte, and Zn layer are sandwiched between two plastic layers. This paper describes the chemical equation of swelling control upon the film-type manganese battery. We examined the reduction of hydrogen formation, by using calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)₂ as an additive in the electrolyte of film-type manganese battery. The phenomena or an effect of reduced hydrogen gas was proven by cyclic voltammogram, X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), and volume of hydrogen formation. The amount of H₂ gas generation in the presence of Ca²⁺ ion was reduced from 4.81 to 4.15 cc/g-zinc (14%), and the corrosion of zinc electrode in the electrolyte was strongly inhibited as time passed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.3697-3702
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• 2010

We demonstrate that vertically aligned carbon nanotubes can be synthesized directly on tantalum substrate via water-assisted chemical vapor deposition and evaluate their properties as electrochemical capacitors. The mean diameter of the carbon nanotubes was $7.1{\pm}1.5\;nm$, and 70% of them had double walls. The intensity ratio of G-band to D-band in Raman spectra was as high as 5, indicating good quality of the carbon nanotubes. Owing to the alignment and low equivalent series resistance, the carbon nanotube based supercapacitors showed good rate performance. Rectangular shape of cyclic voltammogram was maintained even at the scan rate of > 1 V/s in 1 M sulfuric acid aqueous solution. Specific capacitance was well-retained (~94%) even when the discharging current density dramatically increased up to 145 A/g. Consequently, specific power as high as 60 kW/kg was obtained from as-grown carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution. Maximum specific energy of ~20 Wh/kg was obtained when carbon nanotubes were electrochemically oxidized and operated in organic solution. Demonstration of direct synthesis of carbon nanotubes on tantalum current collectors and their applications as supercapacitors could be an invaluable basis for fabrication of high performance carbon nanotube supercapacitors.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.294-299
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• 2010

Two types of welding methods were performed on austenitic 304 stainless steel: laser welding and TIG welding. The differences of the corrosion characteristics of the welded zones from the two welding methods were investigated with electrochemical methods, such as measurement of the corrosion potential, polarization curves, cyclic voltammogram, etc. The vickers hardness of all laser-welded zones (WM:Weld Metal, HAZ:Heat Affected Zone, BM:Base Metal) was relatively higher while their corrosion current densities exhibited a comparatively lower value than those which were TIG welded. In particular, the corrosion current density of the TIG-welded HAZ had the highest value among all other welding zones, which suggests that chromium depletion due to the formation of chromium carbide occurs in the HAZ, which is in the sensitization temperature range, thus it can easily be corroded with an active anode. Intergrenular corrosion was also observed at the TIG-welded HAZ and WM zones. Consequently, we can see that corrosion resistance of all austenitic 304 stainless steel welding zones can be improved via the use of laser welding.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 센서 박막재료 반도체 세라믹
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• pp.23-27
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• 2003

Molecular self-assembled of surfactant viologen are of recent interest because they can from functional electrodes as well as micellar assemblies, which can be profitably utilized for display devices, photoelectrochemical studies and electrocatalysis as electron acceptor or electron mediator. Fromherz et al studied the self-assembly of thiol and disulfide derivatives of viologens bearing long n-alkyl chains on Au electrode surface. The electrochemical behavior of self-assembled viologen monolayer has been investigated with QCM, which has been known as nano-gram order mass detector. The self-assembly process of viologen was monitored using resonant frequency$({\Delta}F)$ and resonant resistance(R). The redox process of viologen was observed with resonant frequency $({\Delta}F)$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.424-428
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• 1996

TlCl2(TCNQ)2.5 and Tl(TCNQ)3 were obtained from the reaction of LiTCNQ (TCNQ=tetracyanoquinodimethane) and TlX3 (X=Cl and NO3). These compounds were characterized by spectroscopic(IR, UV, EPR), electrochemical methods, and electrical conductivity measurements. Thermal analysis (TG, DSC) was also conducted. The room temperature electrical conductivities of these compounds are in the range of semiconductors. Spectroscopic studies indicate that Tl(TCNQ)3 has fully ionized TCNQ- ions in a form of simple salt, whereas TlCl2(TCNQ)2.5 is consisted of TCNQ- and TCNQ0 as a complex salt. EPR values of TCNQ- radical anion are 1.999 in both compounds and the signal attributable to metal ion is not observed, suggesting that any unpaired electrons are localized on TCNQ radicals, and metal atoms have diamagnetic state. Ligand decomposition and reduction process are simultaneously progressed in both compounds above at 200 ℃. The endothermic activation energy of TlCl2(TCNQ)2.5 is shown somewhat larger than that of Tl(TCNQ)3, it may be due to Tl-Cl bond strength. The mid-peak potentials of these compounds are very similar to those of TCNQ and the values of Epa and Epc are almost equal to 1. The wave of thallium ion is not detected in cyclic voltammogram, hence the redox processes of the complexes might be mainly localized to the TCNQ ligand rather than thallium ion.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2014

인지질(L-${\alpha}$-phosphatidylethanolamine, LAPE) 단분자층 LB막의 전기화학적 특성을 통하여 그 안정성을 순환전압전류법으로 조사하였다. LAPE 단분자층 LB막은 ITO glass에 LB법을 사용하여 제막하였다. 전기화학적특성은 0.5 N, 1.0 N, 1.5 N 및 2.0 N $KClO_4$ 용액에서 3 전극 시스템으로 순환전압전류법에 의해 측정하였다. 측정범위는 연속적으로 1650 mV로 산화시키고, 초기 전위인 -1350 mV로 환원시켰다. 주사속도는 각각 50, 100, 150, 200 및 250 mV/s로 설정하였다. 그 결과 LAPE LB막은 순환전압전류곡선으로부터 산화전류로 인한 비가역공정으로 나타났다. LAPE LB막은 전해질농도가 0.01 N, 0.05 N. 0.10 N, 0.15 N 과 0.20 N $KClO_4$ 용액에서 확산계수(D)는 각각 195, 15.9, 5.75, 1.38 및 $0.754cm^2s^{-1}{\times}10^{-9}$을 얻었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2008

전기흡착용 전극의 비표면적을 증가시키기 위하여 상전이법을 이용한 다공성 탄소전극을 제조하였다. 활성탄소분말, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF)를 유기용매인 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)과 혼합한 전극슬러리를 전도성 흑연박막 위에 캐스팅한 후 비용매인 증류수에 침지시켜 상전이를 통해 다공성 탄소전극을 제조하였다. 제조된 전극에 대하여 SEM, porosimetry, cyclic voltammetry 분석을 통해 전극의 물리적, 전기화학적 특성을 분석하였다. SEM 측정 결과 다양한 크기의 미세한 기공이 전극 표면에 균일하게 형성된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. NMP 함량을 변화시켜 제조한 전극들의 평균 기공크기를 측정한 결과 64.2~82.4 nm 범위의 기공을 갖는 것으로 나타났으며 NMP 함량이 증가할수록 기공의 크기도 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 탄소전극에 대한 cyclic voltammogram을 측정한 결과 전형적인 전기이중층에서의 흡착 및 탈착 특성을 보였다. 전극의 축전용량은 NMP의 함량에 따라 $3.88{\sim}5.87F/cm^2$ 범위의 값을 나타냈으며 NMP의 함량이 감소할수록 축전용량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과로부터 상전이 방법으로 다공성 탄소전극을 제조할 때 유기용매의 함량은 전극의 기공 크기를 제어할 수 있는 중요한 인자이며 이를 통해 전극의 비표면적을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.729-734
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• 2002

본 연구에서 PSS로 도핑된 EB와 LEB 형태의 폴리아닐린 필름을 ITO전극위에 m-cresol, chloroform 혼합용액을 도포시켜 제조하였다. UV 실험결과로부터 m-cresol에 의한 이차 도핑 효과를 확인 할 수 있었으며, m-cresol의 양이 증가할수록 폴리아닐린 필름의 전도도는 증가하였다. 이차도핑에 의한 전도도 향상은 제조된 폴리아닐린과 m-cresol의 상호작용에 의한 것으로 판단된다. 폴리아닐린의 전기화학적 실험결과 LEB로 제작된 폴리아닐린 전극의 산화 환원 피크 전류는 EB로 제작된 폴리아닐린 전극보다 더 크고 가역적인 것을 CV를 통해 구할 수 있었다. 또한 전하전달 저항은 m-cresol의 양이 증가할수록 감소하였으며, LEB/PSS 전극의 전하 전달 저항 값이 EB/PSS 전극보다 작았다. 이것은 CV에서 얻은 경향과 일치하였다. 제조된 폴리아닐린 전극 모두 이중층 용량과 용액저항은 일정하였으며, 용액저항은 주파수에 무관한 인자임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 PSS로 도핑된 폴리아닐린은 가상적인 n형 전도성 고분자의 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2014

포화지방산과 인지질(DMPC)혼합 LB막에 대한 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 포화지방산과 DMPC 혼합 단분자 LB막은 ITO glass에 Langmuir-Blodgett법을 사용하여 제막하였다. 전기화학적 특성은 $NaClO_4$ 용액에서 3 전극 시스템 (Ag/AgCl 기준전극, 백금선 카운터 전극 및 LB 필름이 코팅된 ITO 작업 전극)으로 순환전압전류법을 사용하여 측정하였다. 그 결과 포화지방산과 인지질(DMPC)의 LB막은 순환전압전류도표로부터 산화전류로 인한 비가역공정으로 나타났다. 포화지방산과 인지질(DMPC)혼합(몰비 1:1) LB막(C14, C16, C18, C20)에서 확산계수(D)는 0.05 N $NaClO_4$에서 각각 $1.2{\times}10^{-3}$, $2.1{\times}10^{-3}$, $1.4{\times}10^{-4}$ 및 $1.1{\times}10^{-3}cm^2/s$로 산출되었다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.54-58
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• 2015

A heavy oil of low quality has been mainly used in the diesel engine of the merchant ship as the oil price has been significantly jumped for several years. Thus, a combustion chamber of the engine has been often exposed to severely corrosive environment more and more because temperature of the exhaust gas of the combustion chamber has been getting higher and higher with increasing of using the heavy oil of low quality. As a result, wear and corrosion of the engine parts such as exhaust valve, piston crown and cylinder head surrounded with combustion chamber are more serious compared to the other parts of the engine. Therefore, an optimum repair welding for these engine parts is very important to prolong their lifetime in a economical point of view. In this study, 1.25Cr-0.5Mo filler metal was welded with SMAW method in the forged steel which would be generally used with piston crown material. And the corrosion properties of weld metal, heat affected and base metal zones were investigated using electrochemical methods such as measurement of corrosion potential, anodic polarization curves, cyclic voltammogram and impedance etc. in 35% $H_2SO_4$ solution. The weld metal and base metal zones exhibited the highest and lowest values of hardness respectively. And, the corrosion resistance of the heat affected and weld metal zones was also increased than that of the base metal zone. Furthermore, it appeared that the corrosive products with red color and local corrosion like as a pitting corrosion were more frequently observed on the surface of the base metal zone compared to the heat affected and weld metal zones. Consequently, it is suggested that the mechanical and corrosion characteristics of the piston crown can be predominantly improved by repair welding method using the 1.25Cr-0.5Mo electrode.