• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.132-139
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• 1997

This study was carried out to examine the kinetics and reaction mechanism of denitration with formic acid in the simulated radwaste solution containing 6 components such as Nd, Pd, Ru, Zr, Mo and Fe. All experiments were performed with the changes of initial nitric acid concentration, molar ratio of formic acid to nitric acid, and denitration time at $90^{\circ}C$ and a batch system. As results, destruction rate of nitric acid and formic acid was obtained as follows, respectively. $\frac{d[HNO_3]}{dt}=-4.842{\times}10^{-2}[HNO_3][HCOOH],\;\frac{d[HCOOH]}{dt}=-8.911{\times}10^{-2}[HNO_3][HCOOH]$ It was confirmed that denitration with formic acid was controlled by reaction mechanism suggested this study in the range of the initial nitric acid of 2~5M and $[HCOOH]/[HNO_3]$ of 1.5~2.0. In the 1M initial nitric acid, however, it was found that the nitric acid and the formic acid were decomposed by a different reaction mechanism.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.84-91
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• 2020

The PtBi/C and PtBiPd/C electrocatalysts were synthesized via the irreversible adsorption of Pd and Bi ions precursors on commercial Pt/C catalysts. XRD and XPS revealed the formation of an alloy structure among Pt, Bi, and Pd atoms. The current of direct formic acid oxidation (I_d) increased ~ 8 and 16 times for the PtBi/C and PtBiPd/C catalysts, respectively, than that of commercial Pt/C because of the electronic, geometric, and third body effects. In addition, the increased ratio between the current of direct formic acid oxidation (I_d) and the current of indirect formic acid oxidation (I_ind) for the PtBi/C and PtBiPd/C catalysts suggest that the dehydrogenation pathway is dominant with less CO formation on these catalysts.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.1997-2001
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• 2006

The photodissociation dynamics of formic acid (HCOOH) at 206 nm have been investigated from rotationally resolved laser induced fluorescence spectra of OH ($^2\Pi$) fragments produced exclusively in the ground state. From the spectra, the rotational energy of the fragments was measured to be $820\;{\pm}\;50\;cm^{-1}$. The translational energy released in the products, which is 87% of the total available energy of the system, was also measured from analyses of the Doppler profiles. Joining these data with quantum chemical molecular orbital calculations, we have concluded that the dissociation should take place along the S1 surface with an exit channel barrier and also that the energy partitioning is determined at the exit channel.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.10-18
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• 2010

Controlled electrodeposition of dendritic nano-structured gold-platinum (AuPt) alloy onto an electrochemically pretreated carbon paper substrate was conducted in an attempt to improve catalyst utilization and to secure an electronic percolation network toward formic acid (FA) fuel cell application. The AuPt catalysts were obtained by potentiostatic deposition. AuPt catalysts synthesized as bimetallic alloys with 60% Au content exhibited the highest catalytic activity towards formic acid electro-oxidation. The origin of this high activity and the role of Au were evaluated, in particular, by XPS analysis. Polarization and stability measurements with 1 mg $cm^{-2}$ AuPt catalyst (only 0.4 mg $cm^{-2}$ Pt) showed 52 mW $cm^{-2}$ and sustainable performance using 3M formic acid and dry air at $40^{\circ}C$.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.3
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• pp.70-78
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• 1985

The purpose of this study was to find out effects of several chemicals treatment for cocoon sericin. and there was several results of use to control the solubility of cocoon sericin in water. The results obtained was summarized as follows ; The chemicals which showed the strongest accelerating power on the solubility of cocoon sericin in water was sodium peroxide ($Na_2O_2$), the second was sodium carbonate ($Na_2CO_3$), the third was sodium sulfite ($Na_2SO_3$), the weakest was ammonia water ($NH_4OH$) in order among noticed silk-reeling accelerators. The chemicals which showed the inhibiting power on the solubility of cocoon sericin in water was tannic acid ($C_{14}H_{10}O_9$), the second was stannic acid ($Sn(OH)_4$), the third was formic acid (HCOOH) and the weakest was methyl alcohol ($CH_3OH$) in order among noticed silk-reeling inhibitors. Particulary stannic acid and formic acid showed accelerating power on the solubility of cocoon sericin at high temperature over 100 degrees of celsius thermometer in water Methyl alcohol did not show the inhibiting power on the solubility of cocoon sericin in low concentration. (at 1,500-2,000 times)

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.270-274
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• 2017

Formic acid has been known as one of key sources of hydrogen. Among various monometallic catalysts, hydrogen can be efficiently produced on Pd catalyst. However, the catalytic activity of Pd is gradually reduced by the blocking of active sites by CO, which is formed from the unwanted indirect oxidation of formic acid. One of promising solutions to overcome such issue is the design of alloy catalyst by adding other metal into Pd since alloying effect (such as ligand and strain effect) can increase the chance to mitigate CO poisoning issue. In this study, we have investigated formic acid deposition on the bimetallic $Pd/Pd_3Fe$ core-shell nanocatalyst using DFT (density functional theory) calculation. In comparison to Pd catalyst, the activation energy of formic acid dehydrogenation is greatly reduced on $Pd/Pd_3Fe$ catalyst. In order to understand the importance of alloying effects in catalysis, we decoupled the strain effect from ligand effect. We found that both strain effect and ligand effect reduced the binding energy of HCOO by 0.03 eV and 0.29 eV, respectively, compared to the pure Pd case. Our DFT analysis of electronic structure suggested that such decrease of HCOO binding energy is related to the dramatic reduction of density of state near the fermi level.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.314-318
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• 2006

Direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) are potential alternative power sources for portable devices such as cellular phone, personal digital assistants (PDA) and laptop computers. In this study, we developed the catalysts for great performance of fuel cell, and investigated their characteristics by using EDS and SEM. Pt-Pd catalysts showed uniform size and homogeneous distribution. As the content of palladium increased, the performance of DFAFC increased. Pd black showed the greatest performance among the five catalysts tested. Also, Pt-Pd (1:1) catalyst had an excellent maximum power density of $120mW/cm^2$. As the operating temperature increased, fuel cell performance was increased due to a reaction activity increases of catalyst. But, temperature had only a slight effect on the performance of fuel cell in the best activity range of membrane.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.158-165
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the dyeing property and ultraviolet-cut ability on silk 100% and nylon 100% fabrics dyed with Rhus verniciflua extracts. This study was investigated K/S values, surface color, washing fastness, dry cleaning fastness and ultraviolet-cut ability of the silk and nylon fabrics dyed with Rhus verniciflua extracts under the various dyeing conditions. As mordanting were used Tin(II) Chloride dihydrate $(SnCl_2{\cdot}2H_2O)$, Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate$(CuSO_5{\cdot}5H_2O)$, Iron(II)Chloride$(FeC_2{\cdot}4H_2O)$. pH was adjusted by sodium carbonate$(Na_2CO_3)$ and formic acid(HCOOH). The optimum dyeing temperature, dyeing time, and pH of the silk fabrics dyed with Rhus verniciflua extracts were $90^{\circ}C$, 100min, and in the nylon fabrics were $90^{\circ}C$, 45min. It were colored(munsell value) 6.4Y 7.5/4.1 in the silk fabrics and colored 4.3Y 6.6/5.9 in the nylon fabrics dyed with Rhus verniciflua extracts. Washing fastness and dry-cleaning fastness in the silk and nylon fabrics dyed with mordanting agent improved in $4{\sim}5$ grade. UV-A test showed that nylon fabrics a high rate of 92% with Rhus verniciflua extracts.