• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2021

Spent activated carbons (SACs) collected from a water treatment plant were regenerated and then adopted as electrochemical material in capacitors. The SACs used in this study were regenerated via two steps, namely thermal and chemical activation. However, during the activation process, the adsorbates were converted into ashes, which caused pore blockage and decreased specific surface area. The regenerated SACs were washed with acid solutions with different levels of acidity (strong: HCl, mild: H₃PO₄, and weak: H₂O₂) to remove the ashes. The regenerated SACs washed with HCl exhibited the highest specific surface area, although their capacitance was not the highest. Conversely, the specific surface area of regenerated SACs washed using H₃PO₄ was slightly lower than that of HCl, but exhibited higher capacitance and electrochemical stability. Although the strong acid removed the generated ashes in the pores efficiently, it could adversely affect their structural stability, which would lead to lower capacitance.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.158-160
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• 2003

We have reported to make nanostructured cobalt oxide electrode that have large capacitance over than 400 F/g (specific capacitance) and good cycleability. But, it had serious demerits of low voltage range under 0.5 V and low power density. Therefore, we need to increase voltage range of cobalt oxide electrode. We report here on the electrochemical properties of sol-gel-derived nanoparticulate cobalt xerogel in 1M KOH solution and aqueous polymeric gel electrolyte. In solution electrolyte, cobalt oxide electrode had over 250 F/g capacitance consisted of EDLC and pseudocapacitance. In gel electrolyte, cobalt oxide electrode had around 100 F/g capacitance. This capacitance was only electric double layer capacitance of active surface area. In solution electrolyte, potassium ion as working ion reacted with both of layers easily. However, In gel electrolyte, reacted with only surface-active layer. Itis very hard to reach resistive layer. So, we have studied on pretreatment of electrode to contain working ions easily. We'll report more details.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.223-234
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• 2010

본 총설에서는 캐패시터적인 특성을 가지는 다공성 전극의 전기화학특성 분석에 활용되는 임피던스의 복소캐패시턴스 분석법(complex capacitance analysis)의 이론 및 응용에 대해 정리하였다. 이론적으로 캐패시터적인 특성을 갖는 전기화학시스템에 대해 캐패시턴스허수부 도시를 활용하면 효과적인 해석이 가능함이 제시되었다. 또한, 복소캐패시턴스 분석법은 다공성 탄소 재료/전극의 EDLC 특성, 미세기공 내부의 이온전도 특성, 고분자전해질연료전지의 촉매층 이온저항 등의 분석에 효과적으로 적용될 수 있음이 검증되었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2022

The power of energy storage devices is characterized by capacitance and the internal resistance. The capacitance is measured on an assumption that the charges are stored at the electrode interface and the electric double layer behaves like an ideal capacitor. However, in most cases, the electric double layer is not ideal so a constant phase element (CPE) is used instead of a capacitor to describe the practical observations. Nevertheless, another problem with the use of the CPE is that CPE does not give capacitance directly. Fortunately, a few methods were suggested to evaluate the effective capacitance in the literature. However, those methods may not be suitable for supercapacitors which are modeled as an equivalent circuit of a CPE and resistor connected in series because the time constant of the equivalent circuit is not clearly studied. In this report, in order to study the time constant of the CPE and find its equivalent capacitor, AC and DC methods are utilized in a complementary manner. As a result, the time constants in the AC and DC domains are compared with digital simulation and a proper equation is presented to calculate the effective capacitance of a supercapacitor, which is extended to an electrochemical system where faradaic and ohmic processes are accompanied by imperfect charge accumulation process.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2003

다공성 탄소전극의 전위에 짜른 EDLC(e)ectric double-layer capacitor)특성을 조사하기 위해 복소캐패시턴스분석(complex capacitance analysis)을 수행하였다. 하나의 원통형 기공에 대해 복소캐패시턴스를 이론적으로 유도하였고, 기공의 분포를 고려하여 다공성 전극에 대하여서도 계산하였다. 복소캐패시턴스의 허수부를 주파수에 대해 도시하면 피크 형태의 곡선이 얻어지는데, 이때 피크의 면적은 캐패시턴스 값의 크기와, 피크의 위치는 다공성전극의 전기화학 파라매터와 기공구조에 의해 결정되는 $\alpha_0$와 상관관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이를 이용하면, 동일한 기공구조를 갖는 전극에 대해, 전위에 따른 캐패시턴스와 기공 내 이온전도도의 변화를 측정할 수 있다. 메조포러스 탄소전극에 대하여 전위를 변화시키며 electrochemical impedance spectroscopy를 측정하고 이를 복소캐패시턴스법에 의해 분석하였다. 피크 면적으로부터 구한 전위에 따른 캐패시턴스는 0.3V부근에서 최대값을 가졌는데, 이는 cyclic voltammetry 실험결과와도 일치하였다. 한편, 피크 위치로부터 구한 기공 내 이온전도도는 0.2V에서 최대 값을 가지고 전위가 증가할 수록 서서히 감소하였다. 이를 탄소 표면전하의 증가로 인해 이온/표면의 전기적 작용력이 커졌기 때문으로 해석하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2003

전기이중층 축전용량(electric double layer capacitance)과 유사축전용량(pseudo-capacitance)을 함께 갖는 하이브리드 전기화학 축전기에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 양극은 $Ni(OH)_2$ 활성탄소가 복합된 전극을 사용하였으며 음극은 활성탄소를 활물질로 사용하므로써 비대칭 전극 구조를 갖는다. 셀 실험을 위하여 $5\times5cm^2$ 크기인 전극을 제작 사용하였다. Cyclic voltammetry측정 및 교류 임피던스 측정실험을 통하여 각각의 셀들이 갖는 전기화학적 거동을 조사하였고 충 방전 실험을 통하여 양극과 음극의 최적 질량비를 조사하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 제36회 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.2010-2012
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• 2005

Activated carbon was activated with chemical treatment to attain high surface area with porous structure. We have been considered activated carbon is the ideal material for high voltage electric double layer capacitor due to their high specific surface area, good conductivity and chemical stability. In this study we found that increase in electrochemical capacitance due to activated carbon. Also chemically activated carbon and water treatment have resulted larger capacitance and also exhibits better electrochemical behavior, and is about 15% more than in untreated state. The structural change in activated carbon through chemical treatment activation was investigated by using SEM and XRD. In this study, the dependence of the activation behavior with KOH in the micro structure of host materials will be discussed. Furthermore, the relation to the electric double layer capacitance, especially the specific capacitance per unit area, is also discussed.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2017

The conductivity of the electrolyte used plays a critical role in the optimization of the performance of electrochemical double layer capacitors. However, when the difference in the conductivities of different electrolytes is not significant (only 10-20%), the conductivity has little effect on the capacitance. On the other, unlike the conductivity and viscosity of the electrolyte, the cation size directly influences the capacitance. Cyclic ions have a smaller effective radius than that of the corresponding acyclic ions because the acyclic alkyl groups have a greater number of conformational degrees of freedom, such as the rotational, bending, and stretching modes. Consequently, because of the smaller effective size of the cyclic ions, cells containing electrolytes with such ions exhibit higher capacitances than do those with their acyclic counterparts.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.152-156
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• 2011

A hybrid supercapacitor is fabricated using a composite material from $LiMn_2O_4$ (LMO) and activated carbon (AC) as the positive electrode and AC as the negative electrode to form the (LMO + AC)/AC system. Volume ratio (positive : negative) of electrodes is controlled to investigate of the power and energy balance. The (LMO + AC)/AC system shows better performances than the LMO/AC system. Especially, electrochemical impedance spectra, rate charge.discharge and cycle performance testing show that the (LMO + AC)/AC system have an outstanding electrochemical performance at volume ratios of (LMO + AC)/AC = 1 : 1.7 and 1 : 2. Electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) capacitance between AC of the positive electrode and AC of the negative electrode improves power density without loss of capacitance. Stable capacitance is achieved by lowering the positive electrode resistance and balancing the energy and power densities between the positive and negative electrodes by the addition of AC to the positive electrode at high current density.

• Carbon letters
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• 제22권
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• pp.70-80
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• 2017

Activated carbons (ACs) have been used as electrode materials of electric double-layer capacitors (EDLC) due to their high specific surface areas (SSA), stability, and ecological advantages. In order to make high-energy-density ACs for EDLC, petroleum pitch (PP) pre-carbonized at $500-1000^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$ gas for 1 h was used as the electrode material of the EDLC after KOH activation. As the pre-carbonization temperature increased, the SSA, pore volume and gravimetric capacitance tended to decrease, but the crystallinity and electrode density tended to increase, showing a maximum volumetric capacitance at a medium carbonization temperature. Therefore, it was possible to control the crystalline structure, SSA, and pore structure of AC by changing the pre-carbonization temperature. Because the electrode density increased with increasing of the pre-carbonization temperature, the highest volumetric capacitance of 28.4 F/cc was obtained from the PP pre-carbonized at $700^{\circ}C$, exhibiting a value over 150% of that of a commercial AC (MSP-20) for EDLC. Electrochemical activation was observed from the electrodes of PP as they were pre-carbonized at high temperatures above $700^{\circ}C$ and then activated by KOH. This process was found to have a significant effect on the specific capacitance and it was demonstrated that the higher charging voltage of EDLC was, the greater the electrochemical activation effect was.