• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2021

유도분극 효과는 지층 내 광물입자와 공극수 사이 계면에서의 전기화학적인 반응에 의해 발생하는 것으로 알려졌다. 광대역 유도분극 탐사는 다중 진동수의 교류전류를 지하로 송신할 때 측정되는 위상과 전기비저항 스펙트럼으로부터 지층 내 이상 구간을 파악하는 전기탐사 기술이다. 이 기술은 다양한 광물탐사에서 효과적으로 적용되고 있다. 경기도 포천시 관인면 고남산 일대에는 티탄철광석을 개발하는 광산이 운영되고 있다. 이 광석에는 0.4% 이상의 바나듐을 함유하고 있어서 함바나듐 티탄철광상으로 분류된다. 바나듐은 바나듐 레독스 흐름전지의 핵심원료이고, 이 전지는 대용량 에너지 저장시설에 적합한 것으로 알려졌다. 신규 잠두광체의 부존 여부를 파악하고, 잠재 자원량을 산정하기 위하여 체계적인 광물탐사가 이뤄졌다. 물리탐사에서 노두와 시추코어 시료를 이용한 실내 암석 물성 측정결과는 현장자료부터 신뢰할 수 있는 물성 모델을 생성하는데 도움이 된다. 따라서 이 연구는 함바나듐 티탄철광상의 광석과 주변암석사이의 유도분극 특성 차이를 이해하고, 이를 바탕으로 광대역 유도분극의 VTM 광상 탐사 적용성을 파악하고자 실내 광대역 유도분극 연구를 수행했다. 연구결과 갱도와 시추코어에서 확인한 광석의 위상과 전기비저항 스펙트럼 형상은 몬조섬록암과 석영 몬조섬록암으로 이루어진 주변모암의 스펙트럼 형상과 확연하게 달랐다. 암석의 유도분극 특성은 주로 100 Hz 이하의 진동수에서 반응 차이를 가지게 만든다. 이 진동수 영역에서 광석과 주변 암석의 평균 위상과 평균 전기비저항을 계산했다. 가장 낮은 진동수인 0.1 Hz 진동수에서 광석의 평균 위상은 -369 mrad, 주변 암석은 -39 mrad 이었다. 같은 진동수에서 광석의 평균 교류 전기비저항은 16 Ωm, 주변 암석은 2,623 Ωm이었다. 광석의 실내 광대역 유도분극 특성은 주변 암석과 상당한 차이가 나므로 광대역 유도분극 탐사가 함바나듐 티탄철광상 광물탐사에 효과적으로 적용할 수 있고, 이러한 특성은 현장 탐사 자료를 해석하는 데 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.120-132
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• 2021

기존 LiCoO₂의 고전압 사용의 제약에 따른 용량적 한계와 코발트 원료의 높은 가격을 해결하기 위하여 high-Nickel에 대한 개발이 활발히 진행되고 있지만 Ni 함량의 증가에 따른 구조적 안정성의 저하에 의한 전지 특성의 저하는 상용화를 지연시키는 중요한 원인이 되고 있다. 이에 Ni-rich 삼성분계 양극소재 LiNi_0.6Co_0.2Mn_0.2O₂의 고안정성을 높이고자 전구체에 균일한 이종원소 Ti를 치환을 위해서 나노크기의 TiO₂ 서스펜젼 형태 소스를 사용하여 전구체 Ni_0.6Co_0.2Mn_0.2-x(OH)₂/xTiO₂를 제조하였다. Li₂CO₃와 혼합하고, 열처리 후 양극활물질 LiNi_0.6Co_0.2Mn_0.2-xTi_xO₂ 합성하여 Ti 함량에 따른 물리적 특성을 비교하였다. Field Emission Scanning electron Microscope(FE-SEM) 및 Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) mapping 분석을 통해 Ti 치환된 구형의 전구체와 입자 크기 측정을 통해 균일한 입자크기를 가지는 양극 활물질 제조를 확인하였고, 내부치밀도와 강도가 증가함을 확인 하고, X-ray Diffractometry (XRD) 구조 분석과 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) 정량분석을 통해 Ti 치환된 양극활물질 제조 및 고온, 고전압에서 충·방전을 지속하더라도 효과적으로 용량이 유지됨을 확인하였다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2015

The structures of reinforced concrete have been extensively increased with rapid development of industrial society. Futhermore, these reinforced concretes are easy to expose to severe corrosive environments such as seawater, contaminated water, acid rain and seashore etc.. Thus, corrosion problem of steel bar embedded in concrete is very important in terms of safety and economical point of view. In this study, specimens having six different coating thickness (W/C:0.5) were prepared and immersed in flowing seawater for five years to evaluate the effect of coating thickness and immersion time on corrosion property. The polarization characteristics of these embedded steel bars were investigated using electrochemical methods such as corrosion potential, anodic polarization curve, and impedance. At the 20-day immersion, the corrosion potentials exhibited increasingly nobler values with coating thickness. However, after 5-yr. immersion their values were shifted in the negative direction, and the relationship between corrosion potential and coating thickness was not shown. Although 5-yr. immersion lowered corrosion potential, 5-yr. immersion did not increase corrosion rate. In addition, after 5-yr. immersion, the thinner cover thickness, corrosion current density was decreased with thinning coating thickness. It is due to the fact that ease incorporation of water, dissolved oxygen and chloride ion into a steel surface caused corrosion and hence, leaded to the formation of corrosion product. The corrosion product plays the role as a corrosion barrier and increases polarization resistance. The corrosion probability evaluated depending on corrosion potential may not be a good method for predicting corrosion probability. Hence, the parameters including cover thickness and passed aged years as well as corrosion potential is suggested to be considered for better assessment of corrosion probability of reinforced steel exposed to partially or fully in marine environment for long years.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.286-286
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• 2016

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a dielectric insulator with a two-dimensional (2D) layered structure. It is an appealing substrate dielectric for many applications due to its favorable properties, such as a wide band gap energy, chemical inertness and high thermal conductivity[1]. Furthermore, its remarkable mechanical strength renders few-layered hBN a flexible and transparent substrate, ideal for next-generation electronics and optoelectronics in applications. However, the difficulty of preparing high quality large-area hBN films has hindered their widespread use. Generally, large-area hBN layers prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) usually exhibit polycrystalline structures with a typical average grain size of several microns. It has been reported that grain boundaries or dislocations in hBN can degrade its electronic or mechanical properties. Accordingly, large-area single crystalline hBN layers are desired to fully realize the potential advantages of hBN in device applications. In this presentation, we report the growth and transfer of centimeter-sized, nearly single crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) few-layer films using Ni(111) single crystal substrates. The hBN films were grown on Ni(111) substrates using atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD). The grown films were transferred to arbitrary substrates via an electrochemical delamination technique, and remaining Ni(111) substrates were repeatedly re-used. The crystallinity of the grown films from the atomic to centimeter scale was confirmed based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED). Careful study of the growth parameters was also carried out. Moreover, various characterizations confirmed that the grown films exhibited typical characteristics of hexagonal boron nitride layers over the entire area. Our results suggest that hBN can be widely used in various applications where large-area, high quality, and single crystalline 2D insulating layers are required.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.248-255
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• 2017

Many rivers and seas have been affected by environmental contamination. Therefore, city water supplies often require a high-degree purification treatment to provide safe drinking water. However, in order to achieve a high-degree purification treatment, a large amount of chlorine has to be added to sterilize city drinking water. The added chlorine reacts chemically with water and forms hypochlorous and chlorine ions. The hypochlorous ionizes with hypochlorous ions and hydrogen ions. As a result, the city water contains a large amount of chlorine ion. As such, when city water is used with domestic boilers, many kinds of heat exchangers, and the engines of vehicle and ships, there are often corrosion problems. In this study, alkali water was electrochemically made by electrolysis of city water, and corrosion properties between alkali and city water were investigated with an electrochemical method. Most of the chlorine ions are thought to not be contained in the alkali water because the alkali water is created in the cathodic chamber with an electrolysis process. In other words, the chlorine ion can be mostly removed by its migration from a cathodic chamber to an anodic chamber. Moreover, the alkali water also contains a large amount of hydroxide ion. The alkali water indicated relatively good corrosion resistance compared to the city water and the city water exhibited a local corrosion pattern due to the chlorine ion created by a high-degree purification treatment. In contrast, the alkali water showed a general corrosion pattern. Consequently, alkali water can be used with cooling water to inhibit local corrosion by chlorine ions in domestic boilers, various heat exchangers and the engine of ships and for structural steel in a marine structure.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.352-360
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 하수슬러지 가용화를 위한 불용성전극을 개발하여 전기화학적 특성을 확인하였다. 이리듐을 주촉매로 사용하여 하수슬러지 가용화에 적합한 촉매를 선정하여 내구성이 우수하고 하수슬러지 전기분해에 적합한 기능성 전극 실험을 진행하였고 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 전극의 코팅 소성온도를 주 촉매인 Ir의 질량감소가 적고, 흡열반응 구간인 $300^{\circ}C$부터 $500^{\circ}C$까지의 범위로 선정하고 실험을 하였다. 실험결과 $350^{\circ}C$에서 촉매의 효율성이 가장 우수하게 나왔다. 각각의 바인더 별(Ta, Sn, W) 실험에서도 $350^{\circ}C$에서 가장 큰 촉매효율성이 나타났다. 바인더로 사용한 탄탈럼, 주석, 텅스텐 중 탄탈럼이 다른 금속보다 주 촉매의 특성을 그대로 유지시키며 전극의 효율성을 향상시키는 것을 확인하였다. 50%$IrO_2$ 전극의 경우 1.4 V(vs. Ag/AgCl) 약 $29mA/cm^2$의 전류가 발생하여 전극의 효율을 평가하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.441-441
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• 2009

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been widely investigated as a next-generation solar cell because of their simple fabrication process and low coats. The cells use a porous nanocrystalline TiO2 matrix coated with a sensitizer dye that acts as the light-harvesting element. The photo-exited dye injects electrons into the $TiO_2$ particles, and the oxide dye reacts with I- in the electrolyte in regenerative cycle that is completed by the reduction of $I_3^-$ at a platinum-coated counter electrode. Since $TiO_2$ porous film plays a key role in the enhancement of photoelectric conversion efficiency of DSSC, many scientists focus their researches on it. Especially, a high light-to-electricity conversion efficiency results from particle size and crystallographic phase, film porosity, surface structure, charge and surface area to volume ratio of porous $TiO_2$ electrodes, on which the dye can be sufficiently adsorbed. Effective treatment of the photoanode is important to improve DSSC performance. In this paper, to obtain properties of surface and dispersion as nitric acid treated $TiO_2$ photoelectrode was investigate. The photovoltaic characteristics of DSSCs based the electrode fabricated by nitric acid pre-treatment $TiO_2$ materials gave better performances on both of short circuit current density and open circuit voltage. We compare dispersion of $TiO_2$ nanoparticles before and after nitric acid treatment and measured Ti oxidized state from XPS. Low charge transfer resistance was obtained in nitric acid treated sample than that of untreated sample. The dye-sensitized solar cell based on the nitric acid treatment had open-circuit voltage of 0.71 V, a short-circuit current of 15.2 mAcm-2 and an energy conversion efficiency of 6.6 % under light intensity of $100\;mWcm^{-2}$. About 14 % increases in efficiency obtained when the $TiO_2$ electrode was treated by nitric acid.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2013

Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is a power generation system to convert chemical energy of fuels and oxidants to electricity directly by electrochemical reactions. As a catalyst support for PEMFCs, carbon black has been generally used due to its large surface area and high electrical conductivity. However, under certain circumstances (start up/shut down, fuel starvation, ice formation etc.), carbon supports are subjected to serve corrosion in the presence of water. Therefore, it would be desirable to switch carbon supports to corrosion-resistive support materials such as metal oxide. $TiO_2$ has been attractive as a support with its stability in fuel cell operation atmosphere, low cost, commercial availability, and the ease to control size and structure. However, low electrical conductivity of $TiO_2$ still inhibits its application to catalyst support for PEMFCs. In this paper, to explore feasibility of $TiO_2$ as a catalyst support for PEMFCs, $TiO_2$ nanofibers were synthesized by electrospinning and calcinated at 600, 700, 800 and $900^{\circ}C$. Effects of calcination temperature on crystal structure and electrical conductivity of electrospun $TiO_2$ nanofibers were examined. Electrical conductivity of $TiO_2$ nanofibers increased significantly with increasing calcination temperature from $600^{\circ}C$ to $700^{\circ}C$ and then increased gradually with increasing the calcination temperature from $700^{\circ}C$ to $900^{\circ}C$. It was revealed that the remarkable increase in electrical conductivity could be attributed to phase transition of $TiO_2$ nanofibers from anatase to rutile at the temperature range from $600^{\circ}C$ to $700^{\circ}C$.

• 청정기술
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.78-82
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 보다 효율적인 광 전기화학적 수소제조를 위하여 광촉매로써 티타니아 골격에 positive-type 반도체로써 B 이온, negative-type 반도체로써 P 이온을 삽입하여 고온 고압에서 용매열(solvothermal)법으로 P- 그리고 B-$TiO_2$ 나노 입자를 제조하였다. 제조한 P-$TiO_2$와 B-$TiO_2$의 물리적 특성은 X-ray 회절분석법, 투과전자현미경, 자외선-가시선 분광광도계, 발광분광계를 통해 확인하였다. 메탄올/물(1:1) 광분해 수소제조 실험 결과, 1.0 mol% B-$TiO_2$ 광촉매가 순수 anatase $TiO_2$ 광촉매 보다 활성이 향상되었으며, 0.5 g의 1.0 mol% B-$TiO_2$ 촉매를 사용한 경우 10시간 반응 시 0.42 mL의 수소가 발생되었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.269-275
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• 2005

단전지의 성능을 혼합전도체인 LSCF 양극의 미세구조, 특히 전극반응에 필요한 표면적의 양과 연관되는 앙극의 기공률의 변화에 따라 평가하였다. 기공률이 서로 다른 양극을 제조하기 위해 미세한 양극분말과 조대한 양극분말의 혼합비를 달리하여 양극을 제조한 결과 양극의 기공률을 각각 14, 23, 27, $39\%$로 얻을 수 있었다. 양극 기공률이 서로 다른 4종류의 단전지에 대한 직류 전류차단법과 교류임피던스법을 이용한 전기화학적 평가 결과 전극에서의 분극은 양극의 기공률이 증가할수록 감소하는 결과를 얻었다. 이러한 분극특성은 양극의 기공률이 증가하며 전극반응에 필요한 활성면적이 증가했기 때문으로 추론되며 이러한 이유로 단전지의 성능 또한 양극의 기공률이 증가하면서 향상되는 것으로 나타났다.