• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.242-248
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• 2002

SnCo alloy powder prepared by high energy ball milling is examined as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries. As the ball-milling time increased, the crystallinity of SnCo decreased. XRD and TEM SADP showed that nanocrystalline and amorphous phase coexisted after 16 h ball-milling. As the crystallinity decreased, the cycleability increased. At first cycle, there are 4 plateau potentials. The observation of voltage plateau at about 0.68 V confirms the formation of Sn-Li alloy and Co metal. It is considered that The plateau potentials below 0.68 V were reaction between Li and Sn. The change of chemical diffusion coefficient showed that the structure of SnCo alloy abruptly changed at first cycle, and maintained after 2nd cycle.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2018

Many electronic devices are powered by various rechargeable batteries such as lithium-ion recently, and occasionally the batteries undergo thermal runaway and cause fire, explosion, and other hazards. If a battery fire should occur in an electronic device of vehicle and aircraft cabin, it is important to quickly extinguish the fire and cool the batteries to minimize safety risks. Attempts to minimize these risks have been carried out by many researchers but the results have been still unsatisfied. Because most rechargeable batteries are operated on the ion state during charge and discharge of electricity and the combustion of ion state has big difference with normal combustion. Here we focused on the effect of ions including an electron during combustion process. The effects of an ionized fuel on the flame stability and the combustion products were experimentally investigated in the propane jet diffusion flames. The burner used in this experiment consisted of 7.5 mm diameter tube for fuel and the propane was ionized with th ionizer (SUNJE, SPN-11). The results show that toe overall flame stability and shape such as flame length has no significant difference even in the higher ion concentration. However the fuel ionization affects to the pollutant emissions such as NOx and soot. NOx and CO emissions measured in post flame region decreased by fuel ionization, especially high fuel velocity, i.e. high ion density. TGA analysis and morphology of soot by TEM indicates that the fuel ionization makes soot to be matured.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 1999

Polyacrylonitrile(PAN)섬유를 원료로 여러 가지 조건하에서 탄소섬유를 제조하여 리튬이온 이차전지 음극 활물질로 사용하여, 전지의 충$\cdot$방전 특성과 전기화학적 특성을 고찰하였다. 음극활물질 제조에 있어서 고려한 주요한 변수들은 탄화 열처리 온도(HTT : heat treatment temperature), 탄화시의 가스분위기와 안정화(stabilization)시 섬유 축방향으로 가해주는 장력이며, 제조된 탄소섬유의 물성 및 전기적 특성 역시 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 열처리 온도 범위는 $700^{\circ}C\~1500^{\circ}C$로서, 처리온도가 상승 할 수록 전도성은 비례하여 향상되었으나, 900"C 범위는 아직 낮은 전도성을 보였다. 또한 처리온도 증가에 따라 충 방전효율은 증가하는 반면, 충 방전용량은 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 그리고 탄화시의 가스 분위기에 따라서 제조되는 음극활물질의 전지특성에 영향을 받았다. 특히, 다른 가스 분위기 하에서 제조된 PAN계 전극들의 측정된 리튬이온의 확산계수 값은 전지의 충$\cdot$방전 특성과 일치하는 결과를 보였다. 탄화시 서로 다른 가스분위기에서 탄소섬유 표면상에 형성된 다양한 기능기그룹(surface functional group)들이 리튬이온과의 비가역적 반응이 진행되는 사실을 간접적으로 확인하게 해준다. 산화분위기에서의 안정화시의 PAN섬유에 가해지는 장력은 가교 결합 중에 형성되는 분자의 배향을 유지시켜 주는 역할을 하는데, 안정화처리 후에도 섬유의 길이변화가 없는 장력조건 (fixed-length condition)에서 충 방전효율 및 용량과 사이클 안정성이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2019

Simple fabrication of a powdered Ge-reduced graphene oxide (Ge-rGO) composite via spray pyrolysis and reduction is introduced herein. Successful incorporation of the rGO nanosheets with Ge hindered the aggregation of Ge and conferred enhanced structural stability to the composite by alleviating the mechanical stress associated with drastic volume changes during repeated cycling. The Li-ion storage performance of Ge-rGO was compared with that of powdered Ge metal. The reversible discharge capacity of Ge-rGO at the $200^{th}$ cycle was $748mA\;h\;g^{-1}$ at a current density of $1.0A\;g^{-1}$ and Ge-rGO showed a capacity of $375mA\;h\;g^{-1}$ even at a high current density of $5.0A\;g^{-1}$. The excellent performance of Ge-rGO is attributed to the structural robustness, enhanced electrical conductivity, and formation of open channels between the rGO nanosheets, which facilitated electrolyte penetration for improved Li-ion diffusion.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.224-224
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• 2012

For decades, carbon fiber has expanded their application fields from reinforced composites to energy storage and transfer technologies such as electrodes for super-capacitors and lithium ion batteries and gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Especially in fuel cell, water repellency of gas diffusion layer has become very important property for preventing flooding which is induced by condensed water could damage the fuel cell performance. In this work, we fabricated superhydrophobic network of carbon fiber with high aspect ratio hair-like nanostructure by preferential oxygen plasma etching. Superhydrophobic carbon fiber surfaces were achieved by hydrophobic material coating with a siloxane-based hydrocarbon film, which increased the water contact angle from $147^{\circ}$ to $163^{\circ}$ and decreased the contact angle hysteresis from $71^{\circ}$ to below $5^{\circ}$, sufficient to cause droplet roll-off from the surface in millimeter scale water droplet deposition test. Also, we have explored that the condensation behavior (nucleation and growth) of water droplet on the superhydrophobic carbon fiber were significantly retarded due to the high-aspect-ratio nanostructures under super-saturated vapor conditions. It is implied that superhydrophobic carbon fiber can provide a passage for vapor or gas flow in wet environments such as a gas diffusion layer requiring the effective water removal in the operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Moreover, such nanostructuring of carbon-based materials can be extended to carbon fiber, carbon black or carbon films for applications as a cathode in lithium batteries or carbon fiber composites.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2011

We investigated the surface morphology changes of a lithium/sulfur battery using multi-walled canbon nanotube added sulfur electrode during charge-discharge cycling. The Li/S cell showed the first discharge capacity of 1286 mAh/g-S, which utilized is 71% of the theoretical value. It decreased to 328 mAh/g-S at the 100th cycle, which corresponds to about 19% utilization of the total sulfur in the cathode. The spherical lumps of the reaction product were observed on the surface of the sulfur electrode. This material was verified as lithium sulfide by X-ray diffraction measurement. The pores in the separator were filled with reaction product. Thus the diffusion of the $Li^+$ ion decreased, which resulted in the decreased capacity of the Li/S cell.

• 공업화학
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.689-692
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• 2005

스피넬계 $LiMn_2O_4$를 양극 활물질로 사용하는 리튬이온전지의 전기화학적 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 서로 상이한 입자크기를 가지는 Super P Black 및 $Vulcan^{(R)}$ XC-72R을 사용한 이성분계 전도성물질을 제조하였다. 이렇게 이성분계 전도성물질을 사용하여 제조되어진 $LiMn_2O_4$ 전지 시스템은 충 방전 동안의 비용량 및 사이클 수명의 관점에서 특성 평가되었다. 결과적으로 Super P Black 및 $Vulcan^{(R)}$ XC-72R이 3:7의 비율로 구성되어진 이성분계 전도성물질을 사용하였을 때의 전지가 우수한 전기화학적 성능을 보여주었으며 이는 적절한 조합의 ionic diffusion rate와 electric contact에 의해 제어되어졌기 때문인 것으로 여겨진다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.282-290
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• 2020

In this article, we report the effect of blended cathode materials on the performance of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASLBs) with oxide-based organic/inorganic hybrid electrolytes. LiFePO₄ material is good candidates as cathode material in PEO-based solid electrolytes because of their low operating potential of 3.4 V; however, LiFePO₄ suffers from low electric conductivity and low Li ion diffusion rate across the LiFePO₄/FePO₄ interface. Particularly, monoclinic Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ (LVP) is a well-known high-power-density cathode material due to its rapid ionic diffusion properties. Therefore, the structure, cycling stability, and rate performance of the blended LiFePO₄/Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ cathode material in ASLBs with oxidebased inorganic/organic-hybrid electrolytes are investigated by using powder X-ray diffraction analysis, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller sorption experiments, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and galvanostatic measurements.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.741-746
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• 2010

Three-dimensionally ordered macro-porous Sn-C composites were prepared by using polystyrene microsphere as a template. The Sn-C composites were composed of well-interconnected pore with circular shape and wall structure with wall thickness of a few tens of nano-meters. This porous three-dimensional structure is readily and uniformly accessible to the electrolyte, which facilitates lithium ion diffusion during charge-discharge reactions. The wall thickness of the composites was increased as the increase of Sn content of the composite. From EDS analysis, it is confirmed that the Sn was dispersed uniformly in Sn-C composites. The capacity was increased as the Sn content increased, which is due to Sn anode with high capacity. The Sn-C composites with high Sn content showed superior cyclic performances. Such enhancement is ascribed to the thick wall thickness and small pore size of the sample with high Sn content. The Sn-C composite with Sn 30 wt% showed relatively high capacity and stable cycle life, however, the stability of the 3-dimensional structure should be enhanced by further work.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.212-212
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• 2010

Recently, lithium transition metal phosphates with an ordered olivine-type structure, $LiMPO_4$ (M=Fe, Mn, Ni, and Co), have attracted extensive attention due to a high theoretical specific capacity (170 mAh/g). The $LiMPO_4$ is the most attractive because of its high stability, low cost, high compatibility with environment. However, it is difficult to attain its full capacity because its electronic conductivity is very low, and diffusion of Li-ion in the olivine structure is slow and the supervalue cation doping was used. In this research, we are used the supervalue cation doping methode such as Cu, Ti, and Mg were partially replace the Fe. The cycling performance resulted of the used $LiM_xFe_{1_x}PO_4$ cathode materials for lithium batteries exhibit excellent high capacity than $LiFePO_4$/Li cells.