• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.3.1-3.1
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• 2010

Water splitting reaction using photocatalysts is of great interest in the utilization of solar energy [1]. In the present work, visible light-responsive $TiO_2$ thin films (Vis-$TiO_2$) were prepared by a radio frequency magnetron sputtering (RF-MS) deposition method and applied for the separate evolution of $H_2$ and $O_2$ from water as well as the photofuel cell. Special attentions will be focused on the effect of HF treatment of Vis-$TiO_2$ thin films on their photocatalytic activities. Vis-$TiO_2$ thin films were prepared by an RF-MS method using a calcined $TiO_2$ plate and Ar as the sputtering gas. The Vis-$TiO_2$ thin films were then deposited on the Ti foil substrate with the substrate temperature at 873 K (Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti). Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films were immersed in a 0.045 vol% HF solution at room temperature. The effect of HF treatments on the activity of Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films for the photocatalytic water splitting reaction have been investigated. Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films treated with HF solution (HF-Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti) exhibited remarkable enhancement in the photocatalytic activity for $H_2$ evolution from a methanol aqueous solution as well as in the photoelectrochemical performance under visible light irradiation as compared with the untreated Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films. Moreover, Pt-loaded HF-Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films act as efficient and stable photocatalysts for the separate evolution of $H_2$ and $O_2$ from water under visible light irradiation in the presence of chemical bias. Thus, HF treatment was found to be an effective way to improve the photocatalytic activity of Vis-$TiO_2$/Ti thin films. Furthermore, unique separate type photofuel cell was fabricated using a Vis-$TiO_2$ thin film as an electrode, which can generate electrical power under solar light irradiation by using various kinds of biomass derivatives as fuel. It was found that the introduction of an iodine ($I^-/{I_3}^-$) redox solution at the cathode side enables the development of a highly efficient photofuel cell which can utilize a cost-efficient carbon electrode as an alternative to the Pt cathode.

• 공업화학
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.356-360
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• 2007

나노 다공질 $TiO_2$ 전극막, 광 감응형 염료, 전해질 그리고 상대전극으로 구성된 염료감응형 태양전지(Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, DSSCs)는 최근에 많은 관심을 받아오고 있다. 염료감응형 태양전지에서 $TiO_2$ 전극막은 태양광의 흡수량을 증가시키기 위해 가능한 많은 양의 Ru 착물을 표면에 흡착시켜야 하는데 이를 위해 높은 비표면적과 나노 다공성 입자로 구성된 광전극이 요구된다. 또한 에너지 전환 효율을 증가시키기 위한 방법으로 $TiO_2$ 페이스트의 제작시 산을 첨가 후 열처리하는 방법이 보고되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 산이 첨가된 페이스트로 제조한 $TiO_2$ 광전극이 염료감응형 태양전지의 에너지 변환 효율에 미치는 영향을 체계적으로 이해하기 위해 FE-SEM, XPS, EXAFS 그리고 AFM 등을 이용하여 제조된 광전극의 물리적 화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 또한 광전류-전압 곡선으로부터 산처리된 페이스트를 이용하여 제조한 염료감응형 태양전지의 에너지 전환효율을 평가하였다. 산처리된 페이스는 염료감응형 태양전지의 에너지 전환효율에 크게 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.135-141
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• 1998

Fe-Ti계 수소저장합금 전극의 방전특성을 개선하기 위하여 Ni을 첨가한 $TiFe_{1-x}Ni_x$ 합금을 제조하여 방전특성과 열처리 온도에 따른 변화를 조사하였다. 합금의 조성은 x = 0.1에서 0.6까지 0.1 단위씩 변화시킨 6가지 조성을 선택하여 각각에 대한 초기방전용량과 충방전사이클에 따른 용량변화를 조사하였다. 초기방전용량은 Ni의 조성이 클수록 증가하다가 x = 0.6 에서 다시 감소하였으며 Ni의 조성이 증가함에 따라 사이클특성은 전반적으로 매우 악화되었다. 열처리온도가 사이클 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 초기용량이 가장 우수한 $TiFe_{0.5}Ni_{0.5}$ 합금에 대하여 $700{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ 의 온도범위에서 열처리를 시행한 후 방전특성을 조사하였다. 열처리에 의해서 초기용량은 감소되지만 사이클 특성은 현저히 개선되었다. $700{\sim}850^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 1시간 열처리한 전극의 경우에 사이클이 진행되면서 방전용량이 크게 회복되었으며, 열처리한 표면조직을 SEM 으로 관찰해 본 결과 이는 충분한 전극강도 및 기공율에 기인한 것으로 생각되었다. $900^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 열처리한 전극은 충분한 기공율을 갖지 못하여 방전특성이 좋지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2021

리튬계 이차전지의 수요는 휴대전화 및 전기자동차 등의 관련 산업의 폭발적인 성장과 더불어 크게 증가하고 있으며, 한국은 전 세계 이차전지 사업의 40%를 점유하는 리튬 이차전지 제조 강국이다. 폐기된 리튬 이차전지의 경우 대부분은 스크랩 형태로 유가금속 회수 차원에서 재활용되고 있으나, 코발트와 니켈 등 유가금속 회수 후 폐액은 잔류 리튬 농도에 따라 일부 폐기되고 있으며, 제조 공정 시 발생하는 폐액에 관한 연구는 전무하다. 뿐만 아니라 리튬 이온 농도에 의한 수계 오염 가능성에 관한 연구는 시도되지 않았으며 해마다 공공하수처리시설의 방류수 수질기준은 엄격해지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고성능 장시간 목적으로 사용되는 고니켈계 NCM 양극재 제조 공정에서 전극 코팅을 위한 공정에서 발생하는 폐액에 대하여 분석하고, 폐액 처리공정에 대한 과정을 제시하였다. 제안한 제조 공정 폐액 처리 공정별 리튬 이온의 농도 및 pH 영향에 따른 수질오염 척도인 생태독성과의 연관성에 대하여 수질검사와 함께 물벼룩 생태독성 시험을 통해 상관관계를 분석하였다. 또한, 다른 산업군의 생태독성 시험과의 비교를 통해 향후 리튬 공장 폐액에 대한 현실적인 처리 방안에 대하여 서술하였다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2021

Objective: This study aimed to prospectively compare the efficacy, safety, and mid-term outcomes of dual-switching monopolar (DSM) radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to those of conventional single-switching monopolar (SSM) RFA in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Materials and Methods: This single-center, two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled study was approved by the Institutional Review Board. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients upon enrollment. A total of 80 patients with 94 HCC nodules were randomized into either the DSM-RFA group or SSM-RFA group in a 1:1 ratio, using a blocked randomization method (block size 2). The primary endpoint was the minimum diameter of the ablation zone per unit time. The secondary endpoints included other technical parameters, complication rate, technique efficacy, and 2-year clinical outcomes. Results: Significantly higher ablation energy per unit time was delivered to the DSM-RFA group than to the SSM-RFA group (1.7 ± 0.2 kcal/min vs. 1.2 ± 0.3 kcal/min; p < 0.001). However, no significant differences were observed between the two groups for the analyzed variables, including primary endpoint, regarding size of the ablation zone and ablation time. Major complication rates were 4.9% in the DSM-RFA group and 2.6% in the SSM-RFA group (p = 1.000). The 2-year local tumor progression (LTP) rates of the HCC nodules treated using DSM-RFA and SSM-RFA were 8.5% and 4.7%, respectively (p = 0.316). The 2-year LTP-free survival rates of patients in the DSM-RFA and SSM-RFA groups were 90.0% and 94.4%, respectively (p = 0.331), and the 2-year recurrence-free survival rates were 54.9% and 75.7%, respectively (p = 0.265). Conclusion: Although DSM-RFA using a separable clustered electrode delivers higher ablation energy than SSM-RFA, its effectiveness failed to show superiority over SSM-RFA in the treatment of HCC.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.1065-1077
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• 1996

Fees for medical insurance services in Korea has not being been set based on service costing. Recently in the USA, fees for physican services are determined by developing and applying Resoure Based Relative Value Scales (RBRVS). This study attempts to develop relative value scales for personal factors of rehabilitative and physical therapeutic services. The personal factors were classified into four categories as having been done in the USA;service time, treatment technology and physical efforts, mental efforts and judgement, and stress. Input factors were measured using Magnitude Estimation Method (MEM), and relative value units were calculated for each of twenty eight rehabilitative and physical therapeutic services. Results show that service time surveyed differs from that provided in the public fee schedules in 24 services; the three personal factors but the service time are highly correlated; the physical therapists hold treatment technology and physical efforts to be the most important factor in setting the for services; and that relative values developed for noninsurance services such as Silver Spike Electrode (SSP) and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) are higher than those of similar insurance services. The policy implications and measures for improvement for the above findings were suggested respectively.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.370-376
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• 1990

From April, 1981, through March, 1989, 30 patients had received valve replacements and 1 patient had received foreign body removal for infective endocarditis at Seoul National University Hospital. There were 22 male and 9 female patients, ranged in age from 22 to 59 [mean 34.9] years. Twenty-three had native valve endocarditis, 7 had prosthetic valve endocarditis and 1 had infected transvenous permanent pacemaker electrode in right heart. Twenty-four required operation during active phase of disease and 7 during inactive phase. The infecting organism was Streptococcus in 10 patients, Staphylococcus in 5 patients, both Staphylococcus and Streptococcus in 1 patient, E. coli in 2 patients, and Candida in 1 patient. Indications for Surgery were congestive heart failure in 20, systemic emboli in 5, combination of both in 3, congestive heart failure with uncontrolled sepsis in 2, and complete heart block in 1 patient. Hospital mortality was 9.7% [3/31], and all were the patients who received emergency operation. There were 2 late mortality [7.7 %] due to acute myocardial infarction and recurrent endocarditis. This report suggests that the surgical treatment can be achieved with acceptable low mortality and morbidity in medically intractable congestive heart failure, emboli and sepsis.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2012

Flexible organic thin film solar cell device with Bulk Hetero-Junction (BHJ) structure was fabricated with blended conjugated polymer of PCDTBT : $PC_{71}BM$ as active layer. Surface of ITO anode for the organic solar cell device was treated with ozone. The organic solar cell device with bare ITO showed short circuit current density ($J_{sc}$) of $8.2mA/cm^2$, open-circuit voltage ($V_{oc}$) of 0.73V, fill factor (FF) of 0.36, and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.16%, respectively. The organic solar cell device with ozone treated ITO anode revealed distinctively improved performance parameters:$J_{sc}$ of $9.8mA/cm^2$, $V_{oc}$ of 0.82V, FF of 0.43, PCE(${\eta}$) of 3.42%.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.296-299
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• 2015

$In_2O_3/Ti$ bi-layered films were deposited on glass substrate at room temperature with radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) magnetron sputtering to consider the effect of Ti buffer layer on the electrical and optical properties. In a comparison of figure of merit, $In_2O_3$ 90 nm/Ti 10 nm thin films show the higher opto-electrical performance of $3.0{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}^{-1}$ than that of the $In_2O_3$ single layer films ($2.6{\times}10^{-4}{\Omega}^{-1}$). From the observed results, it is supposed that the $In_2O_3\;90nm/TiO_2$ 10 nm bi-layered films may be an alternative candidate for transparent electrode in a transparent thin film transistor device.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.198-201
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• 2010

Persistent and intractable hiccups (with respective durations of more than 48 hours and 1 month) can result in depression, fatigue, impaired sleep, dehydration, weight loss, malnutrition, and aspiration syndromes. The conventional treatments for hiccups are either non-pharmacological, pharmacological or a nerve block treatment. Pulsed radiofrequency lesioning (PRFL) has been proposed for the modulation of the excited nervous system pathway of pain as a safe and nondestructive treatment method. As placement of the electrode in close proximity to the targeted nerve is very important for the success of PRFL, ultrasound appears to be well suited for this technique. A 74-year-old man suffering from intractable hiccups that had developed after a coronary artery bypass graft and had continued for 7 years was referred to our pain clinic. He had not been treated with conventional methods or medications. We performed PRFL of the phrenic nerve guided by ultrasound and the hiccups disappeared.