• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2017

The valorization of domestic wastes becomes a very important research axis that can reduce the energy consumption and protect our environment. The objective of this study is to remove zinc ions from wastewater by using banana peels after their activation as sensor in the working electrode for an environmental application. Banana peels were dried, crushed and treated with sulfuric acid then mixed with polyaniline to improve their electrical conductivity. Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry were used for electrochemistry tests. The obtained voltammogramms at well optimized conditions of applied potential of -1.3 V/SCE and initial zinc concentration of 0.2M during 2 hours of electrolysis, showed the reduction peak of the zinc at a potential of -1.14 V/SCE, which confirmed the activity of this electrode. The modeling of experimental data revealed that the adsorption was fitted by the Langmuir isotherm with a maximal adsorption capacity of 3.4188 mg/g. Changes in the structure of the powder after the electrosorption was noticed by SEM and EDX. Finally, the dosage of the electrolytic solution showed a diminution of the zinc concentration with yield of 99.99%.

• Carbon letters
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• 제21권
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• pp.81-85
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• 2017

The objective of this study is the removal of chromium from tannery wastewater by electrosorption on carbon prepared from lignocellulosic natural residue "peach stones' thermally treated. The followed steps for obtaining coal in chronological order were: cleaning, drying, crushing and finally its carbonization at $900^{\circ}C$. The characterization of the carbon material resulted in properties comparable to those of many coals industrially manufactured. The study of the dynamic adsorption of chromium on the obtained material resulted in a low removal rate (33.7%) without applied potential. The application of negative potentials of -0.7 V and -1.4 increases the adsorption of chromium up to 90% and 96% respectively. Whereas a positive potential of +1.4V allows desorption of the contaminant of 138%.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.245-246
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• 2005

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.701-706
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• 2003

A study on the electrosorption of U(VI) onto porous activated carbon fibers (ACFs) was performed to treat uranium-containing lagoon sludge. Effective U(Ⅵ) removal is accomplished when a negative potential is applied to the activated carbon fiber(ACF) electrode. For a feed concentration of 100mg/L, the concentration of U(VI) in the cell effluent is reduced to less than 1mg/L. The adsorbed uranium could be deserted from the ACF by passing a 1M NaCl solution through the cell and applying a positive potential onto the electrode. The regeneration of ACF from the cycling experiments was confirmed.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2008

상전이 방법을 이용하여 전기흡착용 다공성 탄소전극을 제조하였다. 활성탄소분말(ACP)과 Polyvinylidene fluoride(PVdF) 용액을 혼합한 전극슬러리를 제조한 후 나이프 캐스팅 방법으로 전극슬러리를 흑연박막 위에 코팅하였다. 코팅된 전극을 비용매인 증류수에 침지시켜 다공성 탄소전극을 제조하였다. ACP의 함량비(50.0, 75.0, 83.3, 87.5, 90.0 wt%)를 변화시켜 전극을 제조하여 ACP 함량에 따른 탄소전극의 물리적, 전기화학적 특성을 분석하였다. SEM 사진을 통해 제조된 탄소전극의 표면을 관찰한 결과 상전이에 의해 미세한 기공들이 전극 표면에 균일하게 형성됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 전극의 평균 기공 크기는 72.7$\sim$86.4 nm로 나타났으며 ACP의 함량이 증가할수록 기공의 크기는 감소하였다. 제조된 전극들에 대해 cyclic voltammetry(CV) 분석법으로 전기화학적 특성을 분석하였다. 모든 전극에서 전형적인 전기이중층에서의 흡착 및 탈착반응을 나타내었다. 전극의 축전용량은 ACP의 함량비가 증가할수록 크게 증가하였으며 ACP 함량이 50.0 wt%일 때 2.18 F/cm$^2$, 90.0 wt%일 때 4.77 F/cm$^2$의 축전용량을 나타내었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제27권
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• pp.64-71
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• 2018

$TiO_2$-doped activated carbon fibers (ACFs) were successfully prepared as capacitive deionization (CDI) electrode materials by facile ultrasonication-assisted process. ACFs were treated with titanium isopropoxide (TTIP) and isopropyl alcohol solutions of different concentrations and then calcinated by ultrasonication without heat-treatment. The results show that a certain amount of anatase $TiO_2$ was present on the ACF surface. The specific capacitance of the $TiO_2$-doped ACF electrode was remarkably improved (by 93.8% at scan rate of $50mV\;s^{-1}$) over that of the untreated ACF electrode, despite decreases in the specific surface area and total pore volume upon $TiO_2$ doping. From the CDI experiments, the salt adsorption capacity and charge efficiency of the sample with TTIP percent concentration of 15% were found to considerably increase by 71.9 and 57.1%, respectively. These increases are attributed to the improved wettability of the electrode, which increases the number of surface active sites and facilitates salt ion diffusion in the ACF pores. Additionally, the Ti-OH groups of $TiO_2$ act as electrosorption sites, which increases the electrosorption capacity.

• 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.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.2999-3003
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• 2012

Various types of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) containing 1,1-dicyano-1-acetylmethanide anion ($[C(CN)_2(COCH_3)]^-$, $[DCNAcC]^-$) were prepared and their physical and electrochemical properties were studied. All of these ILs exhibited high thermal stabilities over $200^{\circ}C$ and relatively high ionic conductivities up to 29.4 $mS\;cm^{-1}$ at $80^{\circ}C$. Although the ionic conductivity of IL containing bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)-imide ($[Tf_2N]^-$) anion is higher than that of ILs bearing $[DCNAcC]^-$ anion, the specific capacitance of ILs bearing $[DCNAcC]^-$ anion are higher than that of IL containing $[Tf_2N]^-$ anion and showed high temperature dependence. Such favorable electrochemical properties of these ILs are likely to be attributed to the efficient dissociation of cation and anion at higher temperature and enhanced electrosorption of $[DCNAcC]^-$ anion at the electrode.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2015

Surface modified carbon felts were utilized as an electrode for the removal of inorganic ions from seawater. The surfaces of the carbon felts were chemically modified by alkaline and acidic solutions, respectively. The potassium hydroxide (KOH) modified carbon felt exhibited high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface areas and large pore volume, and oxygen-containing functional groups were increased during KOH chemical modification. However, the BET surface area significantly decreased by nitric acid ($HNO_3$) chemical modification due to severe chemical dissolution of the pore structure. The capability of electrosorption by an electrical double-layer and the efficiency of capacitive deionization (CDI) thus showed the greatest enhancement by chemical KOH modification due to the appropriate increase of carboxyl and hydroxyl functional groups and the enlargement of the specific surface area.

• Carbon letters
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2014

This paper reports the effect of adding reduced graphene oxide (RGO) as a conductive material to the composition of an electrode for capacitive deionization (CDI), a process to remove salt from water using ionic adsorption and desorption driven by external applied voltage. RGO can be synthesized in an inexpensive way by the reduction and exfoliation of GO, and removing the oxygen-containing groups and recovering a conjugated structure. GO powder can be obtained from the modification of Hummers method and reduced into RGO using a thermal method. The physical and electrochemical characteristics of RGO material were evaluated and its desalination performance was tested with a CDI unit cell with a potentiostat and conductivity meter, by varying the applied voltage and feed rate of the salt solution. The performance of RGO was compared to graphite as a conductive material in a CDI electrode. The result showed RGO can increase the capacitance, reduce the equivalent series resistance, and improve the electrosorption capacity of CDI electrode.