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Electrocatalytic Effects for the Reduction of Thionyl Chloride in $Li/SOCl_2$ Cell Containing Schiff Base Metal(II) Complexes

  • Kim, Woo-Seong;Chung, Kwang-Il;Kim, Shin-Kook;Jeon, Seung-Won;Kim, Yeon-Hee;Sung, Yung-Eun;Choi, Yong-Kook
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.571-576
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    • 2000
  • Electrocatalytic effects for the reduction of thionyl chloride in $LiAICI_4/SOCl_2$ electrolyte solution containing Schiff base M(II) (M; Co and Fe) complexes are evaluated by determining kinetic parameters with cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry at a glassy carbon electrode. The charge transfer process during the reduction of thionyl chloride is affected by the concentration of the catalyst. The catalytic effects are demonstrated from both a shift of the reduction potential for the thionyl chloride toward a more positive direction and an increase in peak currents. Catalytic effects are larger in thionyl chloride solutions containing the binuclear [M(II) $_2$ (TSBP)] complex rather than mononuclear [M(II)(BSDT)] complexes. Significant improvements in the cell performance have been noted in terms of both thermodynamics and activation energy for the thionyl chloride reduction. The activation energy calculated from the Arrhenius plots is 4.5-5.9 kcal/mole at bare glassy carbon electrodes. The activation energy calculated for the catalyst containing solution is 3.3-4.9 kcalmole, depending on whether the temperature is lowered or rasied.

Heat-treatment effects on oxygen evolution reaction of nickel-cobalt layered double hydroxide

  • Lee, Jung-Il;Ko, Daehyeon;Mhin, Sungwook;Ryu, Jeong Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.143-148
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    • 2021
  • Alkaline oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts have been widely studied for improving the efficiency and green hydrogen production through electrochemical water splitting. Transition metal-based electrocatalysts have emerged as promising materials that can significantly reduce the hydrogen production costs. Among the available electrocatalysts, transition metal-based layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have demonstrated outstanding OER performance owing to the abundant active sites and favorable adsorption-desorption energies for OER intermediates. Currently, cobalt doped nickel LDHs (NiCo LDHs) are regarded as the benchmark electrocatalyst for alkaline OER, primarily owing to the physicochemical synergetic effects between Ni and Co. We report effects of heat-treatment of the as-grown NiCo LDH on electrocatalytic activities in a temperature range from 250 to 400℃. Electrocatalytic OER properties were analysed by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The heat-treatment temperature was found to play a crucial role in catalytic activity. The optimum heat-treatment temperature was discussed with respect to their OER performance.

Characteristics of CL-SPEEK/HPA Membrane Electrodes with Pt-Ni and Pt-Co Electrocatalysts for Water Electrolysis (전극 촉매 Pt-Ni 및 Pt-Co를 이용한 수전해용 공유가교 CL-SPEEK/HPA 막전극의 특성)

  • Woo, Je-Young;Lee, Kwang-Mun;Jee, Bong-Chul;Chung, Jang-Hoon;Moon, Sang-Bong;Kang, An-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.26-34
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    • 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.

Synthesis of Ni-W powder with a high aspect ratio using sonoelectrochemistry (초음파-전기화학을 이용한 Ni-W powder의 형성)

  • Lee, Sang-Hyeon;Yu, Bong-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.272-272
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    • 2014
  • 니켈-텅스텐 합금은 hydrogen evolution reaction의 electrocatalytic으로 이용가능하다. 니켈-텅스텐 합금 도금은 니켈에 비해 큰 텅스텐의 원자 부피에 의해 큰 internal stress를 갖는다. 니켈-텅스텐 합금과 낮은 adhesion을 갖는 물질에 도금을 하여 외부에서 stress를 가하면 큰 표면적을 갖는 니켈-텅스텐 편상 합금을 얻을 수 있다. 도금 시간 및 외부의 stress를 이용하여 다양한 크기의 니켈-텅스텐 편상 합금 분물을 얻을 수 있었다.

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Mechanically Immobilized Copper Hexacyanoferrate Modified Electrode for Electrocatalysis Amperometric Determination of Glutathione

  • D. Davi Shankaran;S. Sriman Narayanan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.816-820
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    • 2001
  • A new copper hexacyanoferrate modified electrode was constructed by mechanical immobilization. The modified electrode was characterised by cyclic voltammetric experiments. Electrocatalytic oxidation of glutathione was effective at the modified electrode at a significantly reduced overpotential and at broader pH range. The modified electrode shows a stable and linear response in the concentration range of 9 ${\times}$10-5 to 9.9 ${\times}$10-4M with a correlation coefficient of 0.9995. The modified electrode exhibits excellent stability, reproducibility and rapid response and can be used in flow injection analysis for the determination of glutathione.

Enhancement of Electrocatalytic Activity upon the Addition of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube to the Redox-hydrogel-based Glucose Sensor

  • Kim, Suk-Joon;Quan, Yuzhong;Ha, Eunhyeon;Shin, Woonsup
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 2021
  • In electrochemical glucose sensing, the enhancement of the sensitivity and the response time is essential in developing stable and reliable sensors, especially for continuous glucose monitoring. We developed a method to increase the sensitivity and to shorten the response time for the sensing upon the appropriate addition of single wall carbon nanotube onto the osmium polymer-based hydrogel electrode. Also, the background stabilization is dramatically enhanced.

Thermal Characteristics of Samarium-based Composite Cathode ($Sm_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CoO_{3-\delta}/ Sm_{0.2}Ce_{0.8}O_{1.9}$) for Intermediate Temperature-operating Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (고체산화물 연료전지의 Samarium Oxide 혼합 공기극에 대한 열특성 분석)

  • Baek, Seung-Wook;Bae, Joong-Myeon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2021-2025
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    • 2007
  • Performance of single cell at solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system is largely affected by electrocatalytic and thermal properties of cathode. Samarium-based perovskite oxide material is recently recognized as promising cathode material for intermediate temperature-operating SOFC due to its high electrocatalytic property. Perovskite structured $Sm_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CoO_{3-\delta}$ and its composite material, $Sm_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CoO_{3-\delta}/Sm_{0.2}Ce_{0.8}O_{1.9}$ were investigated in terms of area specific resistance (ASR), thermal expansion coefficient (TEC), thermal cycling and long term performance. $Sm_{0.2}Ce_{0.8}O_{1.9}$ was used as electrolyte material. Electrochemical ac impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and dilatometer were used to measure the cathodic properties. Composite cathode ($Sm_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CoO_{3-\delta}$: $Sm_{0.2}Ce_{0.8}O_{1.9}$ = 6:4) showed a good ASR of 0.13${\Omega}$ $cm^2$ at 650$^{\circ}C$ and its TEC value was 12.3${\times}$10-6/K at 600$^{\circ}C$ which is similar to the value of ceria-based electrolyte of 11.9${\times}$10-6/K. Performance of composite cathode was maintained with no degradation even after 13 times thermal cycle test.

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