• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2009

Carbon black, activated carbon and carbon nanotube have been used as supporting materials for precious metal catalysts used in fuel cell electrodes. One-step flame synthesis method is used to coat 2-5nm Pt dots on flame-generated carbon particles. By adjusting flame temperature, gas flow rates and resident time of particles in flame, we can obtain Pt/C nano catalyst-support composite particles. Additional injection of hydrogen gas facilitates pyrolysis of Pt precursor in flame. The size of as-incepted Pt dots increases along the flame due to longer resident time and sintering in high temperature flame. Surface coverage and dispersion of the Pt dots is varied at different sampling heights and confirmed by Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Energy-dispersive spectra (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Crystalinity and surface bonding groups of carbon are investigated through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy.

• 한국결정성장학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국결정성장학회 1998년도 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH KACG TECHNICAL MEETING-PACIFIC RIM 3 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM SESSION 4, HOTEL HYUNDAI, KYONGJU, SEPTEMBER 20-23, 1998
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• pp.103-111
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• 1998

Au fine particle dispersed TiO2 film was prepared on silica glass substrate by sol-gel dip and firing process. The films were fabricated from the system of titanium tetraisoproxie-EtOh-HCl_H2O-hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) tetrahydrate. The conditions for the formation of the clear solution and dissolving high concentration of Au compound were examined. And a photoreduction process was adopted to control the size of gold metal particles. Phase evolution of matrix TiO2 and variation of Au particle with UV irradiation were investigated by XRDA, SEM, TEM and UV-visible spectrophotometer. And the effect of CPCl(Cetylpyridinium chloride monohydrate) as a dispersion agent was evaluated.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.443-447
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• 1994

Compacts of mixed SiO2-Si powder were liquid phase sintered at 145$0^{\circ}C$ for up to 60 min in a hydrogen atmosphere. In contrast to the conventional microstructures of liquid phase sintered materials, the specimens showed that the solid phase of SiO2 formed a matrix while the liquid phase of Si was the dispersed in the solid matrix. The dispersion of liquid Si pockets was attributed to the high wetting angle of liquid Si on solid SiO2. Because of relatively high solubility of SiO2 in liquid Si at 145$0^{\circ}C$, SiO2 particles accommodated their shape via a solution-reprecipitation process. The liquid Si pockets grew by coalescing with their neighbour pockets. In the latter stage of the sintering, plate-shape grains appeared in the liquid Si pockets. The grains were SiO2 phase precipitated from the liquid Si which was oversaturated with oxygen during cooling to room temperature. By the formation and subsequent removal of the gaseous SiO phase due to the reaction between SiO2 and Si, the specimens became porous.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.65-66
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• 2006

Solubility of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been determined in various dispersing media by using the solvent parameters such as Kamlet-Taft parameter and 3-dimensional parameters. Nitric acid-treated SWNTs exhibit significantly improved solubility in hydrogen bondable solvents as well as in solvent mixtures. The forming bucky gel with ionic liquid allows for the new group of dissolving solvent. The dissolution behavior of SWNTs provides a route for SWNT dispersion/exfoliation in preparing electrically conductive films such as transparent electrode.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.320-328
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• 2008

We established a thermodynamic framework of group contribution method based on modified double lattice (MDL) model. The proposed model included the long-range interaction contribution caused by the Coulomb electrostatic forces, the middle-range interaction contribution from the indirect effects of the charge interactions and the short-range interaction from modified double lattice model. The group contribution method explained the combinatorial energy contribution responsible for the revised Flory-Huggins entropy of mixing, the van der Waals energy contribution from dispersion, the polar force, and the specific energy contribution from hydrogen bonding. We showed the solvent activities of various polymer solution systems in comparison with theoretical predictions based on experimental data. The proposed model gave a very good agreement with the experimental data.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2023

수소는 화석연료를 대체할 수 있는 COx-free 에너지원으로 사용량은 지속적으로 증가할 것이다. 수소는 단위 질량당 에너지 함량이 높으나, 낮은 저장 밀도와 장기 저장의 어려움으로 저장 및 운송에 한계가 존재한다. 반면, 암모니아는 단위 부피당 저장용량이 크고, 비교적 액화가 용이하여 대용량 수소를 저장 및 운송할 수 있는 수소 운반체로 주목받고 있다. 암모니아 분해를 통한 수소 생산 반응은 흡열반응으로 공정의 효율성 및 경제성을 위해 저온 활성이 우수한 촉매 개발이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 활성금속 Ni의 고분산 담지를 위해 넓은 비표면적의 제올라이트를 지지체로 사용하였으며, 제올라이트 종류(5A, NaY, ZSM5)에 따른 특성(기공구조, 양이온, Si/Al-비)이 촉매 활성 및 반응 특성에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. 5A 제올라이트는 표면, 기공, 구조체 내에 Ni 을 고분산 담지를 가능하게 하였으며, 낮은 Si/Al-비로 인한 풍부한 산점은 암모니아 흡착을 증가시켰다. 또한, 지지체에 포함된 Na과 Ca 양이온으로 인한 중간-염기점은 질소 탈착속도를 향상시켰다. 따라서, 15wt%Ni/5A 촉매는 강한 금속-지지체 상호작용과 중간-염기점을 통한 질소 탈착 속도 향상으로 가장 우수한 암모니아 전환율과 높은 수소 생성율 23.5 mmol/g_cat·min (30,000 mL/g_cat·h, 600 ℃)을 보였다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2015

Ceramic foams are prepared as positive images corresponding to a plastic foam structure which exhibits high porosities (85-90%). This structure makes the ceramic foams attractive as a catalyst in a dry reforming process, because it could reduce a high pressure drop problem. This problem causes low mass and heat transfers in the process. Furthermore, the reactants would shortly contact to catalyst surface, thus low conversion could occur. Therefore, this research addressed the preparation of dry reforming catalysts using a sol-gel catalyst preparation via a polymeric sponge method. The specific objectives of this work are to investigate the effects of polymer foam structure (such as porosity, pore sizes, and cell characteristics) on a catalyst performance and to observe the influences of catalyst preparation parameters to yield a replica of the original structure of polymeric foam. To accomplish these objectives industrial waste foams, polyurethane (PU) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foams, were used as a polymeric template. Results indicated that the porosity of the polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol foams were about 99% and 97%. Their average cell sizes were approximate 200 and 50 micrometres, respectively. The cell characteristics of polymer foams exhibited the character of a high permeability material that can be able to dip with ceramic slurry, which was synthesized with various viscosities, during a catalyst preparation step. Next, morphology of ceramic foams was explored using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and catalyst properties, such as; temperature profile of catalyst reduction, metal dispersion, and surface area, were also characterized by $H_2-TPR$ and $H_2-TPD$ techniques, and BET, respectively. From the results, it was found that metal-particle dispersion was relatively high about 5.89%, whereas the surface area of ceramic foam catalysts was $64.52m^2/g$. Finally, the catalytic behaviour toward hydrogen production through the dry reforming of methane using a fixed-bed reactor was evaluated under certain operating conditions. The approaches from this research provide a direction for further improvement of marketable environmental friendly catalyst production.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2013

Porous $Al_2O_3$ dispersed with nano-sized Cu was fabricated by freeze-drying process and solution chemistry method using Cu-nitrate. To prepare porous $Al_2O_3$, camphene was used as the sublimable vehicle. Camphene slurries with $Al_2O_3$ content of 10 vol% were prepared by milling at $50^{\circ}C$ with a small amount of oligomeric polyester dispersant. Freezing of the slurry was done in a Teflon cylinder attached to a copper bottom plate cooled to $-25^{\circ}C$ while unidirectionally controlling the growth direction of the camphene. Pores were subsequently generated by sublimation of the camphene during drying in air for 48 h. The green body was sintered in a furnace at $1400^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. Cu particles were dispersed in porous $Al_2O_3$ by calcination and hydrogen reduction of Cu-nitrate. The sintered samples showed large pores with sizes of about $150{\mu}m$; these pores were aligned parallel to the camphene growth direction. Also, the internal walls of the large pores had relatively small pores due to the traces of camphene left between the concentrated $Al_2O_3$ particles on the internal wall. EDS analysis revealed that the Cu particles were mainly dispersed on the surfaces of the large pores. These results strongly suggest that porous $Al_2O_3$ with Cu dispersion can be successfully fabricated by freeze-drying and solution chemistry routes.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2006

Ru이 첨가된 $Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매 상에서의 메탄 수증기 개질 반응을 수행하였다. 반응 전에 $H_2$를 사용한 전처리가 필요한 $Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매에 비해, $Ru/Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매는 별도의 전처리 과정이 없이도 우수한 반응 활성을 나타내었다. $CH_4-TPR$과 반응 후 촉매에 대한 $H_2-TPR$ 결과, 메탄의 분해반응에 의한 $RuO_x$의 환원이 저온($220^{\circ}C$)에서부터 진행되며, 환원된 Ru이 NiO의 환원을 촉진하게 되어 자발적인 환원이 일어나게 된다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 금속 입자의 분산도를 높이기 위하여 $Ru/Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매를 $45^{\circ}C$에서 2 h 동안 $7M\;NH_4OH$ 수용액에 담근 후 소성하여 반응을 수행하였다. $NH_4OH$ 수용액으로 처리한 $Ru/Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매는 상대적으로 더 높은 반응 활성을 나타내었으며, $H_2$-화학흡착과 XRD, XPS 분석 결과로부터 입자크기가 감소하고 금속의 분산도가 향상되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. $NH_4OH$ 수용액에 의한 촉매의 고분산을 이용하여 Ru의 함량을 감소시켜 소량의 첨가로 높은 반응 활성을 보이고자 하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.478-482
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• 2021

고정층 상압 유통식 반응기를 사용하여 Ln(1)-Ni(5)/SBA-15 (Ln = Dy, Eu, Pr, Tb) 촉매상에서 메탄의 부분 산화 반응을 수행하여 수소의 수율을 조사하였다. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) 분석으로 Ni(5)/SBA-15 촉매에 1 wt%의 Eu를 첨가함으로써 Eu(1)-Ni(5)/SBA-15의 O1s와 Si2p의 핵심 전자 수준의 화학적 이동이 있었으며, O1s, Ni2p_3/2, Si2p의 원자의 비가 1.284, 1.298, 1.058로 증가하였다. 촉매 표면상에 O^-, O^2-의 산소와 Eu³⁺, Ni⁰, Ni²⁺, Si⁴⁺의 이온이 존재함을 알 수 있었다. Eu(1)-Ni(5)/SBA-15 촉매상에서 수소의 수율은 57.2%이었으며, Ln(1)-Ni(5)/SBA-15 (Ln = Dy, Pr, Tb)보다 우수한 수소 수율을 보여주었고 25 h의 반응에서 안정된 촉매 활성을 유지하였다. Eu를 Ni(5)/SBA-15에 1wt%를 첨가함으로서 금속과 담체 간에 강한 상호 작용에 의한 SMSI 효과로 산소 빈자리를 만들고 촉매 표면상에 Ni⁰, N²⁺의 나노입자의 분산을 증가시켜 촉매 활성을 유지시켰다.