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Li-ion batteries, its applications and research trends

  • Lim, Jinsub
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2015.08a
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    • pp.84.2-84.2
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    • 2015
  • Growing market of electric vehicles such as hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and bare electric vehicles in the world is accelerating the significance of Li-ion batteries as a renewable green energy. According to such market flow, the developing components such as cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator, composing the Li-ion batteries, is significantly important tasks for the commercialization. In particular, development of the cathode material having high capacity and stable thermal stability is essential for long-distance electric vehicle in the near future. Herein we introduce various applications of Li-ion batteries such as portable electronics, electric vehicles, and energy storage system, and also its research trend, in particular on the cathode materials.

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Initial Stage of Plan for Urban Residents Participation Community Garden (도시 내 주민참여형 커뮤니티 가든 계획의 초기단계에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Eun-Ji;Lee, Yeun-Sook
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2011
  • Recently, people aim for a healthy environment which enhances quality of life, and also there are communication in green space like therapy garden and weekend farm growing. Meanwhile, in Korea, administrative organizations have leaded to plan and proceed in reference to physical regeneration in local areas, and this had caused social and maintenance problems. The purpose of this study was to introduce a concept of community garden which is regarded as green and community space and to insist on a way of residents participation on plan for community garden and its necessity. For that, there were five ways of residents participation on plan for community garden based on literatured and theoretical contemplation and case studies, and these were subject to construction project of community garden in deteriorated area in Jeonju city. This study can provide improvement guidelines for the initial stage of plan for residents participation community garden.

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A New Paradigm of the Relationships between the Natural Environment and Human Health (자연환경과 건강증진에 관한 새로운 패러다임에 관한 고찰)

  • Lee, Juyoung
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.9
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    • pp.1341-1348
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    • 2016
  • The natural environment plays an important role not only in ecological sustainability, but also in human health. Growing attention has been focused on the health benefits of natural environments with increasing scientific evidence in this field. Urban green space has positive effects on individual and community health; thus, it is considered as social infrastructure. The natural environment promotes mental health by relieving psychological stress and depression. Physical health can be improved by experiencing nature, which reduces physiological stress and boosts the immune system. Several international initiatives have been undertaken to improve our understanding in this field and to utilize these benefits for health promotion. Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to promote human health through the natural environment in the fields of science, education, planning and policy.

Generalized Vehicle Routing Problem for Reverse Logistics Aiming at Low Carbon Transportation

  • Shimizu, Yoshiaki;Sakaguchi, Tatsuhiko
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.161-170
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    • 2013
  • Deployment of green transportation in reverse logistics is a key issue for low carbon technologies. To cope with such logistic innovation, this paper proposes a hybrid approach to solve practical vehicle routing problem (VRP) of pickup type that is common when considering the reverse logistics. Noticing that transportation cost depends not only on distance traveled but also on weight loaded, we propose a hierarchical procedure that can design an economically efficient reverse logistics network even when the scale of the problem becomes very large. Since environmental concerns are of growing importance in the reverse logistics field, we need to reveal some prospects that can reduce $CO_2$ emissions from the economically optimized VRP in the same framework. In order to cope with manifold circumstances, the above idea has been deployed by extending the Weber model to the generalized Weber model and to the case with an intermediate destination. Numerical experiments are carried out to validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and to explore the prospects for future green reverse logistics.

Synthesis and Applications of Dicationic Iodide Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

  • Nam, Heejin;Ko, Yohan;Kunnan, Sakeerali C.;Choi, Nam-Soon;Jun, Yongseok
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.214-222
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    • 2019
  • Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have been receiving growing attentions as a potential alternative to order photovoltaic devices due to their high efficiency and low manufacturing cost. DSSCs are composed of a photosensitizing dye adsorbed on a mesoporous film of nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ as a photoelectrode, an electrolyte containing triiodide/iodide redox couple, and a platinized counter electrode. To improve photovoltaic properties of DSSCs, new dicationic salts based on ionic liquids were synthesized. Quite comparable efficiencies were obtained from electrolytes with new dicationic iodide salts. The best cell performance of 7.96% was obtained with dicationic salt of PBDMIDI.

Image Processing and Deep Learning-based Defect Detection Theory for Sapphire Epi-Wafer in Green LED Manufacturing

  • Suk Ju Ko;Ji Woo Kim;Ji Su Woo;Sang Jeen Hong;Garam Kim
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2023
  • Recently, there has been an increased demand for light-emitting diode (LED) due to the growing emphasis on environmental protection. However, the use of GaN-based sapphire in LED manufacturing leads to the generation of defects, such as dislocations caused by lattice mismatch, which ultimately reduces the luminous efficiency of LEDs. Moreover, most inspections for LED semiconductors focus on evaluating the luminous efficiency after packaging. To address these challenges, this paper aims to detect defects at the wafer stage, which could potentially improve the manufacturing process and reduce costs. To achieve this, image processing and deep learning-based defect detection techniques for Sapphire Epi-Wafer used in Green LED manufacturing were developed and compared. Through performance evaluation of each algorithm, it was found that the deep learning approach outperformed the image processing approach in terms of detection accuracy and efficiency.

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Biological Turf Restoration

  • Wilson, Carol W.;Kim, Hyung-Ki
    • Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 1993
  • There is a growing concern in the United Stares over the environmental and human health implications associated with heavy use of water, pesticides, and inorganic ferilizers in maintaining picture perfect golf courses. There is also a growing awareness that a beautiful course is not necessarily a healthy course. The following discussion reviews the interrelationship of turfgrass and the soil that supports it and provides basic information on currently available alternatives to turf management practices that feature intensive application of inorganic fertilizers. water and pesticides. Soil is a dynamic natural environment in which microorganisms play an important role. Soil contains a large mass of microorganisms which produce thousands of enzymes that can catalyze the transformation and degradation of many organic molecules. (In top soil under optimum conditions may contain 10 billion cells per gram of soil.). Turfgrass and the soil which supports it are interdependent. The natural organic cycle as applied to turf and soil begins with healthy vigorous grass plants storing up the sun's energy in green plant tissues as chemical energy. Animals obtain energy by eating plants and when plants and animals die, their wastes are returned to the soil and provide "food" for soil microorganisms. In the next step of the organic cycle soil microorganisms break down complex plant tissues into more basic forms and make the nutrients available to grass roots. Finally, growing plants extract the available nutrients from the soil. By free operation of this organic cycle, natural grasslands have some of the most fertile soils on earths.

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Evaluation of Legume Green Manure Crops for Spring-Sowing in the Central Regions of Korea (중부지역에서 이용 가능한 춘파용 두과 녹비작물 선발)

  • Cho, Hyeoun-Suk;Jeon, Weon-Tai;Seong, Ki-Yeung;Kim, Min-Tea;Lee, Jong-Ki;Kim, Chung-Guk;Jeong, Kwang-Ho
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.333-338
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    • 2010
  • The use of green manure crop for sustainable agriculture can reduce the use of chemical fertilizer and herbicides, and the cultivation area of the green manure crop has gradually increased. However, there has been little information about appropriate use of spring-sown green manure crop in the central regions of Korea. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different legume crops on application of sown green manure in spring. Each of the green manure crops including alfalfa, chinese milk vetch, crimson clover, crotalaria, hairy vetch, lupin, red clover and white clover was grown in upland soil of silt loam. The dry weight and C/N ratio of all crops increased throughout the growing period, while C/N ratio of all crops during growing period was lower than 25. The highest value of dry weight among the green manure crops was observed in crimson clover, followed by red clover, lupin, chinese milk vetch and alfalfa. Also, the highest value of contents of nitrogen, phosphous and potassium of green manure crops were observed in hairy vetch, alfalfa and crimson clover, respectively. And the values were 41.3, 4.3 and 35.9 g $kg^{-1}$, respectively. In terms of nitrogen yield, crimson clover that showed 71 kg N $ha^{-1}$ was the highest yield among the green manure crops, followed by chinese milk vetch of 51 kg $ha^{-1}$, red clover of 46 kg $ha^{-1}$, and hairy vetch of 41 kg $ha^{-1}$. These results suggest that crimson clover, chinese milk vetch, red clover, and hairy vetch could be a suitable green manure crop for spring sowing.

Four strategic approaches to the national nature restoration plan for achieving carbon neutrality and national environment recovery (탄소중립 및 국토환경 회복을 위한 녹색복원 종합계획의 4가지 전략적 접근)

  • Son, Seung-Woo;Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Kim, Byung-Suk;Lee, Gil-Sang;Choi, Hee-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2024
  • To achieve carbon neutrality and restore the national environment, there is growing interest in policies to transform national land areas into green space, such as expanding nature-based solutions, increasing biodiversity, and improving ecosystem service functions. In addition to complying with international agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, it is necessary to expand green spaces to achieve the 2050 Carbon Neutrality goal, which can be achieved by restoring the damaged land in an ecological way. However, it is challenging to implement green restoration in a systematic and active way due to conflicts of interest among landowners and lack of institutional support and advanced technology. Therefore, this study aims to develop a strategy to expand green restoration and implement it smoothly and systematically. This study examined the current status of green restoration in South Korea by investigating green restoration laws and systems and overseas trends, and by surveying the perceptions of 1,000 people selected from a pool of the public. The results of this study show that it is difficult to implement the green restoration efficiently because the laws related to restoration are scattered. According to the relevant legal plans, the perception and direction of restoration is to pursue a sustainable national land environment, allow people to benefit from nature, improve the quality of life, and nurture related industries and human resources. In the international community, it is mentioned that green restoration contributes to achieving the 2050 Carbon Neutrality goal, revitalizing green industries, developing and applying advanced technologies, maintaining consistency in restoration-related policies, expanding citizens' access to green spaces, and adopting nature-based solutions. Both experts and the public are aware of the seriousness of the damage to the natural environment and prefer restoration with human use rather than focusing on natural recovery. It is expected that this study will contribute to the future direction of green restoration and the implementation of tasks for the sustainable restoration of the national land environment and the zero-carbon era.

System Design and Implementation of FLV Move Picture Solution Based on IDC apply to Mini IPTV (IDC기반 FLV동영상 솔루션의 Mini IPTV 적용시스템의설계 및 구현)

  • Kwon, O-Byoung;Shin, Hyun-Cheul
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we propose system design and implementation of FLV Move Picture Solution based on IDC apply to Mini IPTV. IDC of energy minimize and Green Data Center design resources make use of maximization, and Mini IPTV of diverse contents service provider and network provider offer Mini IPTV customers to transmit network. at this time implemented on the improve Move Picture of motion blur and compressibility using FLV solution file format and a compression technique, and reduced traffic cost and solved security question. specially, on the web quickly growing a branch of e-Learning wish to be of help.