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A Study on the Effects of Semi-Gel Electrolyte in Electricity Storage Battery (Semi-Gel 전해액이 전력저장용 배터리에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Soon-Wook;Ku, Bon-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.193-198
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    • 2012
  • The following results are from the test of semi-gel electrolyte to store energy efficiently and use advanced VRLA batteries by photovoltaic and wind power generation. Semi-Gel electrolyte with Silica 5% became Gel after 1 and half hour. It shows it is the most suitable time that the electrolyte can be absorbed into the separator and active material of plate to be gel. The test also says that semi-gel electrolyte shows the much better performance for low-rate discharge and the liquid electrolyte is good for high-rate discharge because the reaction rate of gel electrolyte is slower than liquid one for high-rate discharge performance. The test with DOD10% and DOD100% says that 5% silica electrolyte shows much better performance for life efficiency than liquid one. Because semi-gel electrolyte increase the efficiency of gas recombination at the chemical reaction of VRLA battery and it makes minimizing the reduction of electrolyte. Using the 5% silica electrolyte in order to improve the stroage efficiency and life performance for photovoltic and wind power generation, it causes improving by 4.8% for DOD100% and 20% for DOD10%.

Study on the Electrochemical Characteristics of a EGaIn Liquid Metal Electrode for Supercapacitor Applications (수퍼커패시터 응용을 위한 EGaIn 액체 금속 전극의 전기화학 특성 연구)

  • SO, JU-HEE;KOO, HYUNG-JUN
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.176-181
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    • 2016
  • Recent years, supercapacitors have been attracting a growing attention as an efficient energy storage, due to their long-lifetime, device reliability, simple device structure and operation mechanism and, most importantly, high power density. Along with the increasing interest in flexible/stretchable electronics, the supercapacitors with compatible mechanical properties have been also required. A eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) liquid metal could be a strong candidate as a soft electrode material of the supercapacitors because of its insulating surface oxide layer for electric double layer formation. Here, we report the electrochemical study on the charging/reaction process at the interface of EGaIn liquid metal and electrolyte. Numerical fitting of the charging current curves provides the capacitance of EGaIn/insulating layer/electrolyte (${\sim}38F/m^2$). This value is two orders of magnitude higher than a capacitance of a general metal electrode/electrolyte interface.

Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Ionomer-PTFE Pore-filling Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (고분자전해질연료전지용 과불소계 술폰화 이오노머-PTFE 강화막)

  • Kang, Seong Eun;Lee, Chang Hyun
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2015
  • Perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomers (PFSAs) have been widely as solid electrolyte materials for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, since they exhibit excellent chemical durability under their harsh application conditions as well as good proton conductivity. Even PFSA materials, however, suffer from physical failures associated with repeated membrane swelling and deswelling, resulting in fairly reduced electrochemical lifetime. In this study, pore-filling membranes are prepared by impregnating a Nafion ionomer into the pore of a porous PTFE support film and their fundamental characteristics are evaluated. The developed pore-filling membranes exhibit extremely high proton conductivity of about $0.5S\;cm^{-1}@90^{\circ}C$ in liquid water.

Cycling Performance of Li4Ti5O12 Electrodes in Ionic Liquid-Based Gel Polymer Electrolytes

  • Kim, Jin-Hee;Kang, Yong-Ku;Kim, Dong-Won
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.608-612
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    • 2012
  • We investigated the cycling behavior of $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ electrode in a cross-linked gel polymer electrolyte based on non-flammable ionic liquid consisting of 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide and vinylene carbonate. The $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ electrodes in ionic liquid-based gel polymer electrolytes exhibited reversible cycling behavior with good capacity retention. Cycling data and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analyses revealed that the optimum content of the cross-linking agent necessary to ensure both acceptable initial discharge capacity and good capacity retention was about 8 wt %.

Trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane as an Electrolyte Additive to Enhance the Cycling Performances of Lithium-Ion Cells (Trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane 전해질 첨가제를 이용한 리튬이온전지의 싸이클 특성 향상)

  • Shin, Won-Kyung;Park, Se-Mi;Kim, Dong-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.156-163
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    • 2014
  • In this study, we tried to improve the cycling performance of lithium-ion batteries by suppressing decomposition of the electrolyte solution containing fluorsilane-based additive. Trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane was electrochemically oxidized and reduced prior to the decomposition of the liquid electrolyte composed of lithium salt and carbonate-based organic solvent. Thus, the stable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer on both negative electrode and positive electrode was formed, and it was confirmed that the cycling performance of lithium-ion batteries assembled with electrolyte solution containing 5 wt.% trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane was the mostly enhanced. The products formed on electrodes were analyzed by the SEM and XPS analysis, and it was demonstrated that trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane can be one of the promising SEI-forming additives.

A Study on the Preparation and Characterization of Gel Polymer Electrolyte from Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate in Sonic Liquid (폴리(에틸렌 글리콜) 디아크릴레이트/이온성 액체 젤형 고분자전해질의 제조 및 특성 연구)

  • Shin Bora;Cho Mi Suk;Kim Dukjoon;Sim Sang Jun;Kim Ji-Heung;Lee Dong Hyun;Nam Jae-Do;Lee Youngkwan
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.216-220
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    • 2005
  • A new type of polymer gel electrolyte was prepared from poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate(PEGDA) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluorornethyl) sulfonyl) amide$(BuMeIm^+Tf_2N^-)$ ionic liquid. The effect of the ionic liquid on ionic conductivity of the gel polymer electrolyte was investigated. It was observed that the gel polymer electrolyte having the ionic liquid exhibited higher ionic conductivity $(ca.\;10^{-3}S/cm)$ as well as electrochemical stability than that using organic solvent.

Preparation and Characterization of Ionic Liquid-based Electrodes for High Temperature Fuel Cells Using Cyclic Voltammetry

  • Ryu, Sung-Kwan;Choi, Young-Woo;Kim, Chang-Soo;Yang, Tae-Hyun;Kim, Han-Sung;Park, Jin-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 2013
  • In this study, a catalyst slurry was prepared with a Pt/C catalyst, Nafion ionomer solution as a binder, an ionic liquid (IL) (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate), deionized water and ethanol as a solvent for the application to polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) at high-temperatures. The effect of the IL in the electrode of each design was investigated by performing a cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurement. Electrodes with different IL distributions inside and on the surface of the catalyst electrode were examined. During the CV test, the electrochemical surface area (ESA) obtained for the Pt/C electrode without ILs gradually decreased owing to three mechanisms: Pt dissolution/redeposition, carbon corrosion, and place exchange. As the IL content increased in the electrode, an ESA decrement was observed because ILs leaked from the Nafion polymer in the electrode. In addition, the CVs under conditions simulating leakage of ILs from the electrode and electrolyte were evaluated. When the ILs leaked from the electrode, minor significant changes in the CV were observed. On the other hand, when the leakage of ILs originated from the electrolyte, the CVs showed different features. It was also observed that the ESA decreased significantly. Thus, leakage of ILs from the polymer electrolyte caused a performance loss for the PEFCs by reducing the ESA. As a result, greater entrapment stability of ILs in the polymer matrix is needed to improve electrode performance.

High-Voltage Liquid-Electrolyte Microbatteries Inspired from Electric Eels (전기뱀장어의 전기발생을 모사한 고전압 액체 전해질 미소전지)

  • Kim, Mun-Chul;Cho, Young-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.469-473
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    • 2009
  • We present high-voltage liquid-electrolyte microbatteries, inspired from the high-voltage generation mechanism of electric eels using serially connected multiple-cell arrays. In the microbatteries, we purge air into the electrolyte filled in a channel layer to isolate serially connected multiple cell arrays using three surface-tension valves (cell-front, outlet, and cell-end valves). Compared to the previous multi-cell stack or interconnection, present microbatteries provide a reduced multi-cell charging time. We have designed and characterized four different prototypes C1, C10, C20, and C40 having 1, 10, 20, and 40 cells, respectively. In the experimental study, the threshold pressures of cell-front, outlet, and cell-end valves were measured as $460{\pm}47$, $1,000{\pm}53$, and $2,800{\pm}170$ Pa, respectively. The average charging time for C40 was measured as $26.8{\pm}4.9$ seconds where the electrolyte and air flow-rates are 100 and $10{\mu}l/min$, respectively. Microbatteries showed the maximum voltage of 12 V (C40), the maximum power density of $110{\mu}W/cm^2$ (C40), and the maximum power capacity of $2.1{\mu}Ah/cm^2$ (C40). We also proposed a tapered-channel to remove the reaction gas from the cell chamber using a surface tension effect. The present microbatteries are applicable to high-voltage portable power devices.

Fabrication and Chacterization of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (평판형 고체산화물 연료전지 제조 및 특성 연구)

  • Song, Rak-Hyun;Lee, Byun-Rok;Kim, Chang-Soo;Shin, Dong-Ryul
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1996.07c
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    • pp.1700-1702
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    • 1996
  • Solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) is an electrochemical energy device which converts the free energy of fuel gas directly to electric energy. SOFC has several diratinct advantages over other types of fuel cells: no use of noble metals, no requirement of a reformer, no problem of liquid electrolyte management, and no problem of corrosion by liquid electrolyte. In this study, we have investigated the cell components and the single cell of the planar SOFC fabricated by composite plate process, in which green films of electrolyte, anode and cathode were co-fired. The planar SOFCs were tested and the cell performance characteristics wag evaluated by using electrochemical methods.

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Pore-network Study of Liquid Water Transport through Multiple Gas Diffusion Medium in PEMFCs (고분자 연료전지의 다공성층 내에서의 액상수분 이동에 관한 공극-네트워크 해석 연구)

  • Kang, Jung-Ho;Lee, Sang-Gun;Nam, Jin-Hyun;Kim, Charn-Jung
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.46-53
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    • 2011
  • Water is continuously produced in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), and is transported and exhausted through polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM), catalyst layer (CL), microporous layer (MPL), and gas diffusion layer (GDL). The low operation temperatures of PEMFC lead to the condensation of water, and the condensed water hinders the transport of reactants in porous layers (MPL and GDL). Thus, water flooding is currently one of hot issues that should be solved to achieve higher performance of PEMFC. This research aims to study liquid water transport in porous layers of PEMFC by using pore-network model, while the microscale pore structure and hydrophilic/hydrophobic surface properties of GDL and MPL were fully considered.

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