• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.87.1-87.1
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• 2017

High functional catalyst to efficiently produce clean and earth-abundant renewable fuels plays a key role in securing energy sustainability and environmental protection of our society. Hydrogen has been considered as one of the most promising energy carrier as represented by focused research works on developing catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from the water hydrolysis over the last several decades. So far, however, the major catalysts are expensive transition metals. Here using first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations we screen various pyrites for HER by identifying fundamental descriptor governing the catalytic activity. We enable to capture a strong linearity between experimentally measured exchange current density in HER and calculated adsorption energy of hydrogen atom in the pyrites. The correlation implies that there is an underlying design principle tuning the catalytic activity of HER.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.77.4-78
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• 2016

Binary interactions may have significant impact on Pop III stellar evolution. Pop III single star evolution indicates that for primary masses less than $20M_{\odot}$, no significant binary mass transfer would occur before core helium exhaustion. We perform binary system evolution for various primary masses ($20M_{\odot}$ < $M_1$ < $60M_{\odot}$) and initial periods under same mass ratio $M_2/M_1=0.9$, and follow the evolution and mass transfer of the primary star. If binary mass transfer occurs during post main sequence, the primary star does not evolve into naked helium star and still contain significant hydrogen in the envelope. During the post mass transfer phase, the primary star evolves redward, and does not become sufficiently hot to enhance the number of ionizing photons, compared to the case of single star evolution for a given initial mass. This result implies that primary stars of massive Pop III binary systems would have little contribution to the reionization in the early universe. Given the large hydrogen content ($0.326-1.793M_{\odot}$), the primary stars that underwent stable mass transfers would explode as a Type IIb supernova, and it would be difficult for Pop III binary stars to produce Type Ib/c supernovae that look similar to those found in the local universe.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2001

KOH 강염기성 전해질을 사용하는 알루미늄-공기 단위전지에서 합금원소. 전해질에 첨가하는 억제제의 종류, 억제제의 농도, 전해질 온도, KOH 농도, 방전전류밀도 등을 변화시키면서 수소발생속도를 측정하였으며, 각 실험 변수들이 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 전해질 용액에 ZnO를 포화농도로 첨가하면 첨가하지 않은 경우에 비해 수소발생속도를 $50\%$ 정도로 억제시킬 수 있는 반면에, ZnAc(Zinc Acetate)는 반응억제제로서 역할을 하지 못하였다. KOH 농도와 전해질온도가 높을수록 ZnO의 반응속도 억제효과가 상승하였다. 알루미늄의 수소발생속도는 KOH 농도와 전류밀도에 대해 1차선형 증가함수의 경향을 가지며, 온도에 대해 지수형 증가함수로 나타났다.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 1998

알루미늄-공기전지의 4M KOH전해질에 아연화합물과 같은 첨가제를 넣어 수소발생 및 알루미늄의 부식에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 첨가제중의 아연화합물은 수소발생과전압을 증가시키고, TPC(tripotasium citrate)와 CaO는 알루미늄표면에 치밀한 막을 형성하여 수소발생속도와 알루미늄부식속도를 감소시켰다. 이들 첨가제들에 의해 고순도알루미늄(순도, 99.999%)의 개회로전위는 양의 방향으로, 알루미늄 No 1050(순도, 99.5%)의 개회로전위는 음의 방향으로 약간 이동했다. 개회로전위에서 첨가제는 수소발생속도와 알루미늄 부식속도를 감소시켰으며, 과전압이 증가할수록 수소발생속도가 감소하여 알루미늄의 이용율이 증가하였다. 높은 전류밀도$(>100mA/cm^2)$에서는 TPC/CaO/ZnO 첨가제에 의해 고순도 알루미늄의 이용율이 In,Ga,Tl 합금 알루미늄의 이용율과 비슷하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.567-575
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• 2023

물의 전기 분해는 효과적인 그린 수소를 생산하기 위한 유망한 기술 중 하나로서 활발한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 수전해 시스템의 원료로 해수를 직접 사용하게 되면 지구상에 있는 물의 약 97%를 해수가 차지하고 있으므로, 기존 담수 원료의 제한성에 대한 문제를 해결할 수 있다. 동시에 풍부한 부생 원료를 얻을 수 있는데, 그 성분과 pH 환경에 따라 전기 분해 과정에서 생성되는 Cl₂, ClO^-, Br₂ 및 Mg(OH)₂ 등이 대표적이다. 성공적인 해수 수전해 시스템 개발과 이에 필수적인 산소발생반응(oxygen evolution reaction, OER)과 수소발생반응(hydrogen evolution reaction, HER) 촉매를 개발하기 위해서는 해수 환경에서 일어나는 반응의 원인과 결과에 대해 파악할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 해수 수전해 시스템의 반응 메커니즘과 특징 및 애노드와 캐소드 전극에 사용되는 전기화학 촉매들의 연구 개발 동향에 대해 살펴보고자 한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2013

In this paper, a three-dimensional hydrogen desorption model is applied to a thin double-layered annulus ZrCo hydride bed and validated against the temperature evolution data measured by Kang et al. The present model reasonably captures the bed temperature evolution behavior and the 90% hydrogen discharging time. In addition, the performance of thin double-layered annulus bed is evaluated by comparing with a simple cylindrical bed using hydrogen desorption model. This study provides multi-dimensional contours such as temperature and H/M atomic ratio in the metal hydride region. This numerical study provides fundamental understanding during hydrogen desorption process and indicates that efficient design of the metal hydride bed is critical to achieve rapid hydrogen discharging performance. The present three-dimensional hydrogen desorption model is a useful tool for the optimization of bed design and operating conditions.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2023

Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) via electrochemical oxidation process can replace oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for green hydrogen production since UOR has lower thermodynamic potential (0.37 V_RHE) than that of OER (1.23 V_RHE). However, in the case of UOR, 6 electrons are required for the entire UOR. For this reason, the reaction rate is slower than OER, which requires 4 electrons. In addition, it is an important challenge to develop catalysts in which both oxidation reactions (UOR and OER) are active since the active sites of OER and UOR are opposite to each other. We prove that among the NiFe₂O₄ nanoparticles synthesized by the hydrothermal method at various synthesis temperatures, NiFe₂O₄ nanoparticle with properly controlled particle size and crystallinity can actively operate OER and UOR at the same time.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2015

To improve its textural properties as a support for platinum catalyst, carbon aerogel was chemically activated with KOH as a chemical agent. Carbon-supported platinum catalyst was subsequently prepared using the prepared carbon supports(carbon aerogel(CA), activated carbon aerogel(ACA), and commercial activated carbon(AC)) by an incipient wetness impregnation. The prepared carbon-supported platinum catalysts were applied to decalin dehydrogenation for hydrogen production. Both initial hydrogen evolution rate and total hydrogen evolution amount were increased in the order of Pt/CA < Pt/AC < Pt/ACA. This means that the chemical activation process served to improve the catalytic activity of carbon-supported platinum catalyst in this reaction. The high surface area and the well-developed mesoporous structure of activated carbon aerogel obtained from the activation process facilitated the high dispersion of platinum in the Pt/ACA catalyst. Therefore, it is concluded that the enhanced catalytic activity of Pt/ACA catalyst in decalin dehydrogenation was due to the high platinum surface area that originated from the high dispersion of platinum.

• 천문학회보
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.42.4-43
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• 2020

The hydrogen-rich envelope mass of a dying massive star is the key factor that determines the type and properties of the resulting supernova. Emulating wind-driven mass loss of single stars with the MESA(Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) stellar evolution code, we made a grid of models for a large parameter space of initial mass (12 M⊙ to 30M⊙), metallicity (solar, LMC and SMC), hydrogen envelope mass (0.01M⊙ to 10M⊙) for progenitor stars in their final step of evolution. Our results suggest the final luminosity of the progenitor is largely determined by the initial mass, which means there is luminosity degeneracy for stars with the same initial mass but with different hydrogen-rich envelope masses. Since we can break this degeneracy by correcting luminosity with surface gravity (spectroscopic HR diagram), we can infer the exact mass property of an observed progenitor. The surface temperature drastically varies near the envelope mass of ~0.1M⊙ and surface temperature of ~10000 K, where the demarcation between the hydrogen-rich envelope and the helium core lies, which explains the rarity of 'white' supergiants. There also exists a discontinuity in the chemical composition of the progenitor envelope around this critical hydrogen-rich envelope mass of ~0.1 M⊙, which can be tested in future observations of "flash spectroscopy" of supernovae.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.709-714
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• 2020

For zinc-air batteries, there are several limitations associated with zinc anodes. The self-discharge behavior of zinc-air batteries is a critical issue that is induced by corrosion reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of zinc anodes. Aluminum and indium are effective additives for controlling the hydrogen evolution reaction as well as the corrosion reaction. To enhance the electrochemical performances of zinc-air batteries, mechanically alloyed Zn-Al and Zn-In materials with different compositions are successfully fabricated at 500rpm and 5h milling time. Investigated materials are characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Alloys are investigated for the application as novel anodes in zinc-air batteries. Especially, the material with 3 wt% of indium (ZI3) delivers 445.37 mAh/g and 408.52 mAh/g of specific discharge capacity with 1 h and 6 h storage, respectively. Also, it shows 91.72 % capacity retention and has the lowest value of corrosion current density among attempted materials.